#TheAsianWorld #ExchangeNetworks #ArchaeologicalHistoricalMaterials #Interdisciplinary_ConvergentResearch
#MovementofPeopleThingsIdeas #Diaspora

The Exchange and Cooperation in the Asian World Program aims to identify the various exchange networks that existed in the ‘Asian World’ and to trace their diachronic developments. Due to the vastness of the study area and the diversity of the research topics involved, this program seeks to establish a new research framework for ‘Asian Regional Studies’ through an interdisciplinary and convergent approach. Empirical research on past networks can demonstrate how ‘mobility’ and ‘connectivity’ have contributed to the formation and reproduction of the Asian World, and also provides insights on exchange and cooperation in the contemporary Asian World.

Research goals for 2022-2024 include the construction of an ‘Archaeological and Historical Evidence for Exchange in the Asian World Database’ for empirical research of various exchange networks that created the Asian World. The program will also carry out in-depth research on how people, things, and ideas have moved across borders.

• Theoretical and methodological consideration of the Asian World: Exploring Asian World composed on networks
• Empirical studies on the exchange networks of the Asian World: Tracing the mobility of people, things, and ideas
• Comparative research on the maritime worlds of Eurasia’s eastern and western ends

Oh Young Kwon | Director | koy1108@snu.ac.kr | Ancient Korean History

Ilhong Ko | HK Professor | mahari95@snu.ac.kr | Korean Prehistoric Archaeology

Byung-Joon Kim | Co-Researcher | bj426@snu.ac.kr | Ancient Chinese History

Jongil Kim | Co-Researcher | jikim218@snu.ac.kr | European Prehistoric Archaeology