30 Oct 2007

The Indian Ocean World Centre (IOWC)
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Self-description: "[A] research initiative and resource base established [1993/2007 - ed.] to promote the study of the history, economy and cultures of the lands and peoples touching the Indian Ocean World - from Africa to the Middle East, India, Indonesia and Australia to China. A complex regional trading system since the 10th Century, the Indian Ocean World constituted the first 'global' economy. Today the region comprises 50 per cent of the planet's population and is forecast to become the leading world economy by 2020. The IOWC pursues an interdisciplinary approach inspired by French historian Fernand Braudel (1902-1985) who posited history as an ongoing interaction between human and natural forces, encompassing geography, environment, climate and disease. The Centre's current research priorities are: * the rise and development of the first global economy * human migration and diaspora * slavery, the slave trade and slave diaspora * the exchange of commodities, technology and ideas."
Site contents: * Mission; * People; * Events; * Research (Indian Ocean World Centre Research Interests, Current Research, Exchange of Scholars and Reseach Results, Background to the IOWC Research Agenda, Indian Ocean World - the first Global Economy); * Resources (#Seminar room & library, #Student research papers, #Archives [of physical, non-electronic objects only - ed.] (Microfilms: L'Encyclopedie coloniale et maritime. Paris, 1946-51. vols. 1-7 (4 rolls). Despatches From United States Consuls: National Archives and Records Service, Washington DC. Despatches From United States Consuls in Mozambique, Portuguese Africa, 1854-1906: T171 (6 rolls). Despatches From United States Consuls in Port Louis, Mascarene Islands, 1794-1805, 1817-1906: M462 (8 rolls). Despatches From United States Consuls in St. Denis, Mascarene Islands, 1880-1892: M463 (1 roll). Despatches From United States Consuls in Seychelles, Indian Ocean, 1868-1888: M454 (1 roll). Despatches From United States Consuls in Tamatave, Madagascar, 1853-1906: T60 (11 rolls). Despatches From United States Consuls in Zanzibar, Mascarene Islands, 1836-1906: M468 (5 rolls). Notes From the Madagascan Legation in the United States to the Department of State, 1883-1894: T806 (1 roll). Government Papers: Cape Blue Books, 1838-1909 (Customs Returns) - photocopy Natal [Blue Books] Customs Returns, 1864-1904 - photocopy Parliamentary Papers: Report of the East Africa Commission. April, 1925. Report of the Commission on Closer Union of the Dependencies in Eastern and Central Africa. January, 1929. Financial and Economic Situation of Swaziland. Report of the Commission Appointed by the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs. January, 1932.), #Links);
URL http://www.indianoceanworldcentre.com/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/* /http://www.indianoceanworldcentre.com/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
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