Abolition of Slavery in the Context of World History: A Case Study on Persian Gulf Coast of Arabian Peninsula

• Project/Area Number: 26884033
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Historical studies in general
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University
• Principal Investigator: SUZUKI Hideaki 長崎大学, 多文化社会学部, 准教授 (80626317)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 世界史 / ペルシア湾 / 奴隷 / 国際関係 / 奴隷制 / 奴隷制廃止 / インド洋 / 廃止 / イギリス帝国 / 国際連盟

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project focuses on abolition of slavery along the Persian Gulf coast of Arabian peninsula and clarifies its significance in the context of world history. Following archival research at several archives including British Library etc., the following points are clarified. a. chronology of abolition in the focused area, b. its context of international relation including that with Britain who was the most influential to the region. These results are published at several international conferences including Asian Association of World Historians (AAWH) and also chapter contribution to the publication which is now in print.

Research Products

• [Presentation] "African" in the early twentieth century Persian Gulf (2015)
  • Author(s): Hideaki Suzuki
  • Organizer: Africa and Asia Entanglements in Past and Present : Bridging between History and Development Studies
  • Place of Presentation: the Special Conference Room in the 100 Anniversary Memorial Building, Kansai University (Osaka, Japan)
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-31 – 2015-08-01
  • Invited
• [Presentation] “Logics of Bonding and Protection in the Early Twentieth Century Persian Gulf,” (2015)
  • Author(s): Hideaki Suzuki
  • Organizer: Free/Unfree Labor: Local Constraints and Global Dynamics, Africa, Europe, Asia, 16th Century to Present Days
  • Place of Presentation: EHESS (Paris, France)
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-09
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Les logiques de la dependance et de la protection dans le golfe Persique au debut du XXe siecle (2015)
  • Author(s): Hideaki Suzuki
  • Organizer: TRAVAIL LIBRE/TRAVAIL FORCE : CONTRAINTES LOCALES ET DYNAMIQUES GLOBALES. AFRIQUE, EUROPE, ASIE, DU XVIE SIECLE A NOS JOURS
  • Place of Presentation: Salle 015, EHESS (Paris, France)
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-08 – 2015-06-10
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Suppression of Slave Trade and Establishing the Informal Empire in the Persian Gulf, 1820-1950,” (2015)
  • Author(s): Hideaki Suzuki
  • Organizer: Asian Association of World Historians, Nanyang University
  • Place of Presentation: Nanyang University, Singapore
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-30
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Suppression of Slave Trade and Establishing the Informal Empire in the Persian Gulf, 1820-1950 (2015)
  • Author(s): Hideaki Suzuki
  • Organizer: AAWH2015
  • Place of Presentation: HSS TR +2, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-29 – 2015-05-31
• [Book] "Bondage in the Age of Crisis: Bondage and the Pearl Industry in the Persian Gulf during the First Half of the Twentieth Century," in Gwyn Campbell (ed.),Palgrave Handbook on Human Bondage and Rights in Afro-Eurasia, 17th Century to the Present (2017)
  • Author(s): Hideaki Suzuki
  • Publisher: Palgrave McMillan
• [Book] Abolitions as a Global Experience (2016)
  • Author(s): Hideaki Suzuki
  • Total Pages: 303
  • Publisher: NUS Press
• [Book] アフリカ学事典 (2014)
  • Author(s): 日本アフリカ学会 (寺嶋 秀明, 荒木 美奈子 , 伊谷 樹一, 遠藤 貢, 北川 勝彦, 木村 大治, 重田 眞義 , 末原 達郎,高橋 基樹,竹村 景子, 水野 一晴, 山越 言, 鈴木英明ほか)
  • Total Pages: 682
  • Publisher: 昭和堂