Economic History, Trading Ports in 19th Century East Asia (Especially Hakodate), Colonial Development Debate, Colonial and Postcolonial Migration
Overview of the research
I conduct research into the socioeconomic history of imperial Japan, focusing in particular on economic development, labour, and migration in Hokkaido and Karafuto. I also research the trade and interactions of Western, Chinese and Japanese merchants in the late 19th century focusing on Hakodate as an open trading port.
Research Interests
Treaty Ports
Hokkaido History
Karafuto History
Global History
Socioconomic & Business History
Research Areas
Humanities & social sciences, Economic history
Papers
Western Merchants and the Meiji Transition: John Henry Duus at Treaty Port Hakodate (Part Two 1868-89)
Steven Ivings
Shashi: the Journal of Japanese Business and Company History, 05 Jul. 2022, Peer-reviewed
American Pacific Whaling at Hakodate before the Meiji Restoration
Steven Ivings
Journal of Liberal Arts, Mar. 2022, Lead author
British Trade at Hakodate during the Boshin War
Steven Ivings
The Twelfth International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 12), 2022, Lead author
Investigating the Ukishima-maru Incident in Occupied Japan: Survivor Testimonies and Related Documents
Jonathan Bull; Steven Ivings
The Asia-Pacific Journal Japan Focus, Oct. 2021, Peer-reviewed, Corresponding author
Western Merchants and Intra-Asian Trade: John Henry Duus at Treaty Port Hakodate (Part One 1861-68)
Steven Ivings
Shashi: the Journal of Japanese Business and Company History, 28 Jun. 2021, Peer-reviewed
Korean Repatriation and Historical Memory in Postwar Japan: Remembering the Ukishima-maru Incident at Maizuru and Shimokita
Steven Ivings; Jonathan Bull
The Asia Pacific Journal - Japan Focus, Nov. 2020, Peer-reviewed
“Fostering a Trade in Japan’s Northeast: The West Pacific Company at Hakodate in the 1860s”
Steven Ivings
Commodities of Empire Working Paper Series, Apr. 2020, Peer-reviewed
Settling the Frontier, Defending the North: “Farmer-Soldiers” in Hokkaido’s Colonial Development and National Reconciliation
Steven Ivings
2020, Peer-reviewed
“China and Japan’s Northern Frontier: Chinese Merchants in Nineteenth Century Hokkaido”
Ivings, S. and Qiu, D.
Canadian Journal of History, 2019, Peer-reviewed, Lead author
Return on Display: Memories of Postcolonial Migration at Maizuru
Steven Ivings; Jonathan Bull
Japan Forum, 2019, Peer-reviewed
Trade and Conflict at the Japanese Frontier: Hakodate as a Treaty Port, 1854–1884
Steven Ivings
Transcultural Studies, 2018, Peer-reviewed
Recruitment and coercion in Japan's far north: evidence from colonial Karafuto's forestry and construction industries, 1910-37
Steven Ivings
LABOR HISTORY, Mar. 2016, Peer-reviewed
Colonial settlement and migratory labour in Karafuto 1905-1941
Steven Ivings
2014, Peer-reviewed
Books and Other Publications
“Settling the Frontier and Defending the North: "Farmer-Solders" in Hokkaido's Colonial Development and National Reconciliation”, in Fuess, H. & Hellyer, R. (eds.) The Meiji Restoration: Japan as a Global Nation
Contributor
Cambridge University Press, Apr. 2020
Global Diasporas in the Age of High Imperialism
Steven Ivings, Joint editor
Peter Lang, Mar. 2018, Not refereed
"Settler Colony or Labour Destination? Karafuto as a Japanese Colony" in Global Diasporas in the Age of High Imperialism
Steven Ivings, Contributor
Peter Lang, 2018, Not refereed
"The Economic Reintegration of Former Colonial Residents in Postwar Japan" in The Economic and Business History of Occupied Japan: New Perspectives, Thomas French (ed.)
Steven Ivings, Contributor
Routledge, 2017, Not refereed
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Last Updated :2023/01/25
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Academic Career Training
A915, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 1
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Economic & Business History
A607, Spring, Graduate School of Economics, 2
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J101, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
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Research 1~3-Seminar (SEG)(Lecture)
JK17, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
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Global Economic History
6243, Spring, Faculty of Economics, 2
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Advanced Academic Writing & Presentation
A919, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
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Global Economy and Overseas Exchange Seminar B
6242, Fall, Faculty of Economics, 2
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International Academic Presentation
A916, Spring, Graduate School of Economics, 1
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Economic History Readings B
A630, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
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Global Economy and Overseas Exchange Seminar A
6241, Spring, Faculty of Economics, 2
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International Academic Presentation
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Advanced Seminar
6283, Spring, Faculty of Economics, 2
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Academic Career Training
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Economic Development and Policy in the Asia-Pacific
A649, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
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Economic & Business History
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Field Research in East Asia
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Field Research in East Asia
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Advanced Academic Writing
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Economic & Business History
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Field Research in East Asia
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Field Research in East Asia
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Global Economy and Overseas Exchange Seminar
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International Academic Presentation
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International Academic Presentation
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Readings in Global Economic History
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Readings in Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics, English)A-E1
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Academic Career Training
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Academic Writing and Discussion
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Advanced Academic Writing
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Economic & Business History
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Economic Development and Policy in the Asia-Pacific
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Economic History Readings A
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Field Research in East Asia
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Field Research in East Asia
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Global Economy and Overseas Exchange Seminar A
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Global Economy and Overseas Exchange Seminar B
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International Academic Presentation
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Internship
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