3rd EurasiaTrajeco Conference
Empires, Trade and Migrations across the Eurasian Continent 10th-20th Century
The International Research Network in Comparative Economic History (EurasiaTrajeco) proposes to undertake the first large-scale investigation on a variety of economic institutions which have been crucial to the achievement of economic development in Asia and in Europe: business
partnerships, share-holding companies, maritime insurance, the bill of exchange and accounting methods, among others. The main purpose of this study is to conduct a systematic comparison of the trajectories of peculiar economic institutions and business practices in different environments: Europe and Asia. It will draw on the analysis of an unpublished collection of private documents, local gazettes, stone inscriptions, prescriptive narratives and legal archives relating to economic development and merchants’ memoirs and genealogies over a period of five centuries, from the 16th to the 20th.Our objective is to detect the extent of exchange and borrowing by traders established in various trading areas of the Eurasian continent with economic institutions outside this geographic area. The trajectories of economic institutions will be treated as different layers within a comprehensive analysis of a single process of economic development that links historical and comparative dimensions. This framework will provide a firm foundation for
diverse interactions between scholars involved in economic history, historical geography, legal studies, and anthropology, in Western Europe, the Near East and East Asia.The EurasiaTrajeco programme started on January 1, 2013. The CNRS and various Asian and European academic institutions will finance it for four years. The first conference was held in Paris, November 29 and 30, 2013, hosted by the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS).Researchers from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East are invited to take part in this network. The first two conferences have provided us with an opportunity for intellectual exchange between scholars from different areasof the Eurasian continent. The idea is to create some topics for discussion on sources, methodology, and the hypothesis regarding comparative economic history. It aims to promote comparative economic history – history, economics, business history, legal standing, anthropology – and to introduce a strong comparative dimension.In addition, the EurasiaTrajeco website and blog are now online*. They include recent articles, newly published books that are related to the objective of our project, interviews with historians, which will be presented through videos or by printed texts, the announcement of conference, news, etc.
- Blog EurasiaTrajeco: http://gdri.hypotheses.org/
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Jacqueline Nivard (19 octobre 2015). 3rd EurasiaTrajeco Conference. Carnets de l'UMR Chine, Corée, Japon. Consulté le 14 mai 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/mbqx




