Studies of the Political Society in Early Modern and Modern Europe

2002- 2006年研究项目的主题是对早期现代和现代欧洲政治社会的历史研究。这里的欧洲指的是一个更广泛的欧洲，不仅包括不列颠群岛，还包括美洲的历史殖民地。该项目由20位日本著名的16至19世纪欧美历史学家组成，该项目强调欧洲历史经验的多样性和差异性以及完整性和平行性。欧洲文明一直是知识分子的试金石，在人文学科的研究中仍然如此。本文回顾了历史上关于欧洲复合国家和政治社会的大量文献，通过不断的讨论，使我们达成了共识。国际交流与合作日益扩大。不仅项目成员经常到欧洲和美洲进行研究访问，并在国际会议上发表演讲，而且许多海外著名的历史学家也被邀请到这里参加研讨会和会议。取得了具体的知识和更深的理解，成员的出版物也很出色。研究小组负责人的网站每周更新一次。资助金带来了丰富的成功产品，目前的研究成果是未来具有更广泛学术意义的出版物的中期报告。

Historical studies of the political society in early modern and modern Europe have been the theme of the research project 2002-6. Europe here means a wider one including not only the British Isles but also historical colonies in the Americas. The project team consists of 20 distinguished Japanese historians of Europe and America from the 16th to 19th centuries.The project has placed emphasis on the variety and divergence as well as the integrity and parallelism of historical experiences in Europe. The European civilization has been a touchstone of intellectuals, and it remains so in the study of humanities. Innumerable literature on composite states and political societies of historic Europe has been reviewed, common understanding among us through unending discussion is reached. International exchange and cooperation have loomed large. Not only the project members made frequent research visits to Europe and America and gave talks in international conferences, but also a number of leading historians overseas have been invited to seminars and conferences here. Specific knowledge and deeper understandings have been achieved, and the publications by the members have been remarkable. The website of the head of the team is weekly updated.The grant-in-aid has brought about a rich, successful product, and the present volume of research results is an interim report of a future publication of a wider academic significance.