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 水島 司
Tsukasa Mizushima


E-mail: zushima2010@gmail.com
Web: http://tsukasa-mizushima.com/tm/index_en.html

Dr. Mizushima is the Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo. Currenly he teaches "Global Economic History" at the Open University of Japan as a visiting professor. He is also affiliated as fellow with the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

Recent Publication
Shares, land and market", Journal of Cultural Economy, Volume 15, 2022 - Issue 5, pp. 713-716.
The Rural-Urban Nexus in India's Economic Transformation (Routledge New Horizons in South Asian Studies) , edited by Tsukasa Mizushima, Routledge, December 2022.
Indian Economic Growth in Historical Perspective: The Roots of Development, authored by Haruka Yanagisawa, edited by Tsukasa Mizushima, translated by Gaynor Sekimori, Routledge, December 2022.
Sustainable Development in India: Groundwater Irrigation, Energy Use, and Food Production, edited by Koichi Fujita and Tsukasa Mizushima, Routledge, 2020.
"Introduction" (co-authored by Koichi Fujita and Tsukasa Mizushima) , in Sustainable Development in India: Groundwater Irrigation, Energy Use, and Food Production, Koichi Fujita and Tsukasa Mizushima(eds.), Routledge, 2020, pp. 1-16.
"Land Development and Demographic Change in Tamil Nadu from the Late Eighteenth to the Early Twentieth Century", in Sustainable Development in India: Groundwater Irrigation, Energy Use, and Food Production, Koichi Fujita and Tsukasa Mizushima(eds.), Routledge, 2020, pp. 19-37.
"Bringing Local Towns into the Global Economy: the Role of Nattukottai Chettiyars on the Malay Peninsula", in Chinese and Indian Merchants in Modern Asia, edited by Chi-cheung Choi, Takashi Oishi, and Tomoko Shiroyama, Brill, 2019, pp. 155-189.

Past Research Projects (April 2009 - March 2018)
Project Title Duration
Historical Maps of Asia"sponsored by JSPS April 2017 - March 2019
“Comparative Studies of Two Iron Cities in Asia: Yawata in Japan and Jamshedhpur in India” sponsored by JSPS(Bilateral Programs) April 2016 - March 2018
“Studies of Urban Formation in India: Madras, Coimbatore, and Kanchipuram” sponsored by JSPS (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)) April 2015 - March 2018
"Integrated Area Studies on South Asia (INDAS South Asia) at The University of Tokyo (TINDAS) sponsored by the National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU) April 2015 - March 2017
"GIS-based Global History from Asian Perspective" sponsored by JSPS (Topic-Setting Program to Advance Cutting-Edge Humanities and Social Sciences Research: Global Initiatives ) April 2013 - March 2017
"The Center for the Study of Contemporary India" at The University of Tokyo (TINDAS) sponsored by the National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU) April 2010 - March 2015
"Long-term Trends of Indian Villages" sponsored by JSPS(Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(S)) April 2009 - March 2014
JSPS: The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  Interview Article
  • THE HINDU, August 27, 2013
    An interview article about India Place Finder, one of the achievements of Research Project on ”Long-term Trends of Indian Villages(Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(S)).”

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