Project information
Project manager
Stefan Eklöf Amirell
Other project members
Hans Hägerdal, Linnaeus University
Eleonora Poggio, Linnaeus University
Birgit Tremml-Werner, Linnaeus University
Maarten Manse, Linnaeus University
Isak Kronberg, Linnaeus University
Simon Ottosson, Linnaeus University
Ariel Lopez, University of the Philippines, The Philippines
Preedee Hongsaton, Thammasat University, Thailand
Participating organizations
Linnaeus University, University of the Philippines, Leiden University and Thammasat University.
Financier
Vetenskapsrådet (The Swedish Research Council)
Timetable
1 January 2022 – 30 June 2028
Subject
History
Website
Historical Treaties of Southeast Asia
More about the project
The first part of the research studies the contents and character of the original treaty documents, available in Asian, European and American archives, and systematically analyses the different translations and versions at hand as well as the inter-cultural, literal and symbolic, meanings of the treaties.
The second part consists of an in-depth study of twelve to fifteen treaty-making processes involving a sequence of treaties between two or more parties over a long period of time. Based on first-hand archival sources, the research aims to unravel the motivations and priorities of the different Asian, European and American actors involved in the treaty negotiations.
Third, the project uses the empirical data to develop new theories and concepts. All available versions of the treaties are published openly online along with the results of the project’s research. The program thus contributes to spread knowledge about some of the most fundamental source documents in the making of the modern world, whose influence continues to reverberate throughout the world today.
The project is part of the research in:
Centre for Concurrences in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies
Cluster for Colonial Connections and Comparisons
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