Basic Information

Faculty

• 経済学部

Email Address

• Email Address

  ivings.stevenedward.8akyoto-u.ac.jp

Academic Degree

• Japanese Studies(SOAS)
• Economic History(LSE)

Academic Resume (Graduate Schools)

• SOAS, Japanese Studies, History, 修了
• LSE, Economic History, Economic History, 修了

ID,URL

• J-Global ID

  201701015297906885

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/7000020591

Research

Research Topics, Overview of the research

• Research Topics

  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

• Averting a Great Divergence: State and Economy in Japan, 1868-1937

  Steven Ivings

  JAPAN FORUM, Oct. 2022

  
• Overcoming Empire in PostImperial East Asia: Repatriation, Redress and Rebuilding

  Steven Ivings

  JAPAN REVIEW, 2022

  
• In Asian Waters: Oceanic Worlds from Yemen to Yokohama.

  Steven Ivings

  PACIFIC HISTORICAL REVIEW, Jan. 1970

  
• 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

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• 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

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  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

  
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  “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

  
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  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

  
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  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

  

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Internship

  A908, Spring, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Internship

  A908, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Economic Development and Policy in the Asia-Pacific

  A649, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Master Thesis Design

  J101, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Advanced Academic Writing & Presentation

  A919, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Economic & Business History

  A607, Spring, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Intermediate Academic Writing and Presentation

  A423, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Advanced Seminar

  6283, Spring, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Advanced Seminar

  6283, Fall, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Global Economic History

  6243, Spring, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Global Economy and Overseas Exchange Seminar B

  6242, Fall, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Global Economy and Overseas Exchange Seminar A

  6241, Spring, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  International Academic Presentation

  A916, Spring, Graduate School of Economics, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  International Academic Presentation

  A916, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Academic Career Training

  A915, Spring, Graduate School of Economics, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Academic Career Training

  A915, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Graduation Thesis

  6286, Fall, Faculty of Economics, 6
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Master Thesis Design

  J101, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Advanced Academic Writing & Presentation

  A919, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Intermediate Academic Writing and Presentation

  A423, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Internship

  A908, Spring, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Internship

  A908, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Economic Development and Policy in the Asia-Pacific

  A649, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Advanced Seminar

  6283, Spring, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Advanced Seminar

  6283, Fall, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Global Economy and Overseas Exchange Seminar B

  6242, Fall, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  International Academic Presentation

  A916, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Academic Career Training

  A915, Spring, Graduate School of Economics, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Academic Career Training

  A915, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  International Academic Presentation

  A916, Spring, Graduate School of Economics, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Graduation Thesis

  6286, Fall, Faculty of Economics, 6
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Economic History Readings A

  A605, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Intermediate Academic Writing and Presentation

  A423, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Business History & Industry Studies Readings A

  A606, Spring, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Internship

  A908, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Economic Development and Policy in the Asia-Pacific

  A649, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Economic & Business History

  A607, Spring, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Master Thesis Design

  J101, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Advanced Academic Writing & Presentation

  A919, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Internship

  A908, Spring, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Advanced Seminar

  6283, Fall, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Global Economic History

  6243, Spring, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Global Economy and Overseas Exchange Seminar B

  6242, Fall, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Advanced Seminar

  6283, Spring, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Global Economy and Overseas Exchange Seminar A

  6241, Spring, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  International Academic Presentation

  A916, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Academic Career Training

  A915, Spring, Graduate School of Economics, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Academic Career Training

  A915, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  International Academic Presentation

  A916, Spring, Graduate School of Economics, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Graduation Thesis

  6286, Fall, Faculty of Economics, 6
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Research 1~3-Seminar (SEG)(Lecture)

  JK17, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Academic Career Training

  A915, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Economic & Business History

  A607, Spring, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Master Thesis Design

  J101, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Research 1~3-Seminar (SEG)(Lecture)

  JK17, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Global Economic History

  6243, Spring, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Advanced Academic Writing & Presentation

  A919, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Global Economy and Overseas Exchange Seminar B

  6242, Fall, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  International Academic Presentation

  A916, Spring, Graduate School of Economics, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Economic History Readings B

  A630, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Global Economy and Overseas Exchange Seminar A

  6241, Spring, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  International Academic Presentation

  A916, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Advanced Seminar

  6283, Spring, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Academic Career Training

  A915, Spring, Graduate School of Economics, 1
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Internship

  A908, Spring, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Internship

  A908, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Economic Development and Policy in the Asia-Pacific

  A649, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Advanced Seminar

  6283, Fall, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Intermediate Academic Writing and Presentation

  A423, Fall, Graduate School of Economics, 2
• From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019

  Academic Writing and Discussion

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019

  Advanced Academic Writing

  Spring, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019

  Field Research in East Asia

  Year-long, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019

  International Academic Presentation

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019

  Overseas Field Research

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019

  Readings in Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics, English)A-E1

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019

  Readings in Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics, English)B-E1

  Fall, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  Academic Writing and Discussion

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  Economic & Business History

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  Field Research in East Asia

  Spring, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  Field Research in East Asia

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  Foundations I-Seminar(SEG)

  Spring, 文学研究科
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  International Academic Presentation

  Spring, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  International Academic Presentation

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  Readings in Global Economic History

  Spring, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  Readings in Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics, English)A-E1

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Academic Writing and Discussion

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Advanced Academic Writing

  Spring, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Advanced Academic Writing

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Economic & Business History

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Economic History Readings B

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Field Research in East Asia

  Spring, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Field Research in East Asia

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Foundations I-Seminar(SEG)

  Spring, 文学研究科
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Global Economy and Overseas Exchange Seminar

  Fall, 経済学部
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  International Academic Presentation

  Spring, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  International Academic Presentation

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Readings in Global Economic History

  Spring, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Readings in Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics, English)A-E1

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Academic Career Training

  Spring, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Academic Career Training

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Academic Writing and Discussion

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Advanced Academic Writing

  Spring, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Advanced Academic Writing

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Economic & Business History

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Economic Development and Policy in the Asia-Pacific

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Economic History Readings A

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Field Research in East Asia

  Spring, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Field Research in East Asia

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Global Economy and Overseas Exchange Seminar A

  Spring, 経済学部
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Global Economy and Overseas Exchange Seminar B

  Fall, 経済学部
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  International Academic Presentation

  Spring, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  International Academic Presentation

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Internship

  Spring, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Internship

  Fall, 経済学研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Research 1~3-Seminar (SEG)(Lecture)

  Fall, 文学研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Readings in Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics, English)A-E1

  Spring, 全学共通科目

Participation in PhD Defense

• Britain as a Contractor State: Cooperation between the Navy and private shipbuilders (1688-1714)（契約者国家としてのイギリス：海軍と民間造船業者の協業,1688年～1714年）

  FUGETSU SHOYA, Graduate School of Economics, Sub-chief Examiner

  24 Mar. 2025
• Stealth Privatization: Power Dynamics behind Sustainable Fisheries Governance

  ALAYNA DEANNE IRENE YNACAY-NYE, Graduate School of Economics, Sub-chief Examiner

  25 Sep. 2023
• Airline privatisation in Europe and industry dynamics: British Airways, Lufthansa, and Air France

  Cozmuta Adrian Alexandru, Graduate School of Economics, Sub-chief Examiner

  24 Nov. 2023
• Colonial and Postcolonial Development of Local Entrepreneurship in Malaysia 1900-1996

  YONG YEN NIE, Graduate School of Economics, Sub-chief Examiner

  26 Sep. 2022

Administration

Faculty management (title, position)

• From 01 Oct. 2021, To 31 Mar. 2023

  経済学研究科 ハラスメント窓口相談員
• From 01 Oct. 2021, To 30 Sep. 2022

  経済学研究科 学生委員会 委員
• From 01 Apr. 2018

  経済学研究科 国際交流教育委員会 委員
• From 01 Apr. 2021

  経済学研究科 国際連携専攻運営委員会 委員
• From 01 Oct. 2021, To 30 Sep. 2022

  経済学研究科 施設運営委員会 委員
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2026

  経済学研究科 部局広報委員会 委員
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2024

  経済学研究科 部局広報委員会 委員
• From 01 Apr. 2018

  経済学研究科 部局人権委員会 委員