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Colonial Cover-up: Britain's Destruction of Sensitive Records Worldwide

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K03169
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field History of Europe and America
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

Sato Shohei  早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 准教授 (70597939)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords集合的記憶 / 忘却 / 文書管理 / 植民地独立 / 脱植民地化 / イギリス帝国 / マルタ / セイロン / スリランカ / 記憶 / 公文書管理 / 文書等毀棄 / 集団的記憶 / 歴史認識 / 協力者 / コラボレーター / 隠蔽 / 記録 / 植民地 / 帝国 / 史料批判
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The twentieth century was a period of imperial decline and national liberation, during which the Japanese and European empires retreated from around the world as dozens of their former colonies gained independence. Amid the decolonization processes, the aforementioned imperial powers are believed to have concealed many of the records of their unsavory past. While it is difficult to acquire a clear picture of how these acts of obfuscation took place, new information about the history of the British Empire is beginning to emerge. Drawing on newly-discovered sources, this research project examines how, throughout its colonies, the British Empire concealed and destroyed sensitive documents in the mid to late twentieth century, with a particular emphasis on the early stages of this process.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

植民地独立期のイギリス帝国による文書隠蔽工作は、世界の現代史の理解を大きく歪めるものであった可能性がある。つまりこの文書隠蔽工作で何が起きたのかを解明することは、それ自体として学術的な意義があると言えるが、さらに事例を超えた社会的な意義を考えることも出来る。今日、多くの国家や民族は、自分たちの過去についての記憶を共有してアイデンティティの一部としている。その一方で、同じ集団が、自分たちにとって都合の悪い歴史からは目をそらしながら何とか社会としてのまとまりを保っているという場合もある。集合的記憶の裏にある意図的で集合的な忘却、言わば集合的忘却に、本研究は光を照らし得るのだ。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results) Book (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] 破棄された文書に光を当てる : イギリス帝国による植民地文書の隠蔽2019

    • Author(s)
      佐藤尚平
    • Journal Title

      歴史学研究

      Volume: 985 Pages: 11-21

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] The Middle East and the Economy of the British Empire2019

    • Author(s)
      佐藤尚平
    • Journal Title

      イスラーム地域研究ジャーナル

      Volume: 11 Pages: 116-117

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 西アジア・北アフリカ(近現代)2018

    • Author(s)
      佐藤尚平
    • Journal Title

      史学雑誌

      Volume: 127 Pages: 305-310

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 'Operation Legacy': Britain's Destruction and Concealment of Colonial Records Worldwide2017

    • Author(s)
      Shohei Sato
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

      Volume: オンライン先行公開 Issue: 4 Pages: 1-23

    • DOI

      10.1080/03086534.2017.1294256

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Towards a global comparison of selective amnesia: Britain’s colonial cover-up across Asia2019

    • Author(s)
      Shohei Sato
    • Organizer
      The 11th International Conference of Asia Scholars (ICAS 11)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The economic decolonization of oil producers: ‘Kuwait gap’ and the formation of the ‘oil triangle’2017

    • Author(s)
      Shohei Sato
    • Organizer
      Workshop on ‘The 1970s as the turning point of the mwodern world system: the impact of the oil crises’ at National Chengchi University, Taipei
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 中東・オリエント文化事典2020

    • Author(s)
      鈴木董、近藤二郎、赤堀雅幸
    • Total Pages
      826
    • Publisher
      丸善出版
    • ISBN
      9784621305539
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] スポーツの世界史2018

    • Author(s)
      坂上康博・中房敏郎・石井昌幸・高嶋航(編)
    • Total Pages
      652
    • Publisher
      一色出版
    • ISBN
      9784909383044
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Routledge Handbook of the Global Sixties2018

    • Author(s)
      Chen Jian, Martin Klimke, Masha Kirasirova, Mary Nolan, Marilyn Young, Joanna Waley-Cohen (eds)
    • Total Pages
      616
    • Publisher
      Routledge
    • ISBN
      9781138557321
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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