Encyclopaedia of Historiography: Africa, Americas, Asia

Presentation

What relationships do human societies maintain with their past, and what narratives of history do they form? For this first volume of the Encyclopaedia of Historiography: Africa, Americas, Asia, 157 specialists from 88 academic institutions in and beyond France explore the universe of human productions that form sources for historians, analysing the many “scientific”, literary, artistic and monumental modalities of historiography. Discussing Africa, Latin America, Asia and Oceania in turn, the 216 entries present historical materials of all sorts and from all periods that are often little-known, as well as the history of their use. 

This collective undertaking aims to innovate and spark historiographical thought that is resolutely not West-centric, in order to provide a useful supplement to traditional epistemological approaches. The Encyclopaedia of Historiography, a new tool for historical knowledge forged in the age of globalization, takes the reader on a veritable journey.

Authors

Nathalie Kouamé is a history professor at Université de Paris and a member of the CESSMA laboratory (UMR 245). As a specialist in modern-era Japan (16th-19th century), she has conducted research centred on religion, which she addresses in all its dimensions. 

Éric P. Meyer is a qualified history teacher and has published numerous works on pre-colonial and colonial Sri Lanka, as well as on the emergence of Tamil separatism and Buddhist extremist movements. After leading the CNRS/EHESS Indian and South Asian Studies Centre from 1983 to 1991, he was a professor of history of the Indian world at Inalco until 2009. He is also a former Vice-President of Inalco. 

Anne Viguier is a qualified history teacher and lecturer at Inalco (South Asia and Himalaya Department). She is a member of the CESSMA laboratory (UMR 245). She is a specialist in the history of modern and contemporary India and has worked on the urban world of the Tamil country during the British colonial period. She is now researching the contemporary social and cultural history of South India. 

1012 + 1036 pages (two volumes)
18 x 24 cm
Publication date: 02/07/2020
ISBN: 9782858313440