Tokyo College Event: “Informal Empire: Towards a New Approach”
Details
| Type | Lecture |
|---|---|
| Intended for | General public / Enrolled students / Applying students / International students / Alumni / Companies / High school students / Technical college students / University students / Academic and Administrative Staff |
| Date(s) | July 9, 2026 14:00 — 15:00 |
| Location | Online |
| Venue | Zoom Webinar |
| Entrance Fee | No charge |
| Registration Method | Advance registration required
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| Registration Period | June 15, 2026 — July 9, 2026 |
| Contact | tokyo.college.event@tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp Tokyo College collects personal information in order to provide you with the event URL and information about our current and future activities. Your personal information will not be disclosed to any third parties. |
Abstract
‘Informal Empire’ describes a form of 19th-century influence based on British free trade and on the manipulation from London of investment and debt to establish asymmetric commercial relations. This lecture will expand the concept of ‘Informal Empire’ to include other types of scientific, cultural, and religious advantage, and to examine informal imperialism situated in eastern and southern Europe, in the Americas, and in the Pacific. How can we reformulate our framework to make visible actors and spaces that are pushed to the margins by a focus on the strength of the ‘Anglosphere’? An exploration of imperial practices outside, or in between, the spaces of formal empire could also increase our understanding the role of collaboration, contestation, and failure in the making of modern empires.Program
LecturerLucy RIALL (Invited Professor, Tokyo College, 麻豆视频; Professor, European University Institute)
Commentator
YAMAMOTO Koji (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, 麻豆视频)
Moderator
SHIMAZU Naoko (Deputy Director, Tokyo College, 麻豆视频)
