Emerging Eastern Europe and Japan: A new perspective from Slavic Eurasia

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12941
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: History of Europe and America
• Research Institution: Waseda University (2017); Hokkaido University (2015-2016)
• Principal Investigator: Ieda Osamu 早稲田大学, 社会科学総合学術院, 教授(任期付) (20184369)
• Research Collaborator: KOSHIMURA Isao 東京造形大学, 造形学部, 教授 ; INOUE Koichi 北海道大学, 名誉教授 ; SHIBA Riko 城西国際大学, 国際人文学部, 准教授 ; MURAKAMI Ryo 福山大学, 人間文化学部, 講師 ; OTSURU Atsushi 神戸大学, 名誉教授 ; SATO Yukino 東北大学, 国際文化学研究科, 准教授
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 東欧 / スラブ・ユーラシア / 両大戦間期 / 国際連盟 / 日本外交 / 日露関係 / 第一次世界大戦 / トランスナショナル

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Northern Eurasia, ranging from Europe to Far East through Siberia, is divided among the regions such as European Union, Russia, and East Asia. However, here has been a open space over which various civilizations and empires like Mongols, Russians, Socialists, Chineses had influence. Japan. following the Meiji restoration, expanding to East Asia, progressed to the west ward with interests in Russia and Eastern Europe. Her diplomatic policy of Manchuria was in a scope of whole Northern Eurasia. This research project aims to establish a new approach to Northern Eurasia as "transnational history" though lightening on networks of the peoples .

Free Research Field

東欧地域研究