2022 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Legal Practices, Colonial Rivalry, and Identity in China's Borderlands, 1880-1940
| Project/Area Number |
19K23102
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-08-30 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | China's borderlands / border disputes / legal practices / ethnic identity / colonial rivalry |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
This research project examined the relationship between pluralistic legal practices, state-building, and the formation of identities along China's border regions (1880s-1940s). The analytical framework of this study provided a deeper understanding of the role of legal institutions in state-building practices along China's multiethnic borderlands. The results were presented at conferences in Japan, Europe, and North America. Drawing on untapped archival sources, I produced three journal articles. I am also completing a book manuscript that investigates how pluralistic legal practices impacted the conceptualization of the Chinese nation-state and molded national and ethnic identities in the Sino-Burmese borderlands during the first half of the twentieth century.
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