Writing Scottish Asia: Evangelism, Emigration, and Estrangement, 1839 - 1910

• Project/Area Number: 24K03743
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02030:English literature and literature in the English language-related
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: パズディオーラ・ジョン パトリック 東京大学, グローバル教育センター(ALESS/A), 特任講師 (30869095)
• Project Period (FY): 2024-04-01 – 2028-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2027: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 19th Century Literature / Scottish Literature / Missionary Writing / Theology and Literature / East Asian studies

Outline of Research at the Start

This project examines the way Scottish writers constructed a literary identity of Asia during the long nineteenth century, particularly the tumultuous years from 1839 to 1910. It uses the idea of ‘the identity of place’ to read works by Scottish Victorian novelists, missionaries, and educators across Asia and the Pacific, considering how the complexities and contradictions which emerge in their texts construct the distinctly literary place of Scottish Asia.