RT Journal Article T1 Introduction: Current Challenges of Global History in East Asian Historiographies A1 Pérez García, Manuel K1 Global History K1 Economic History K1 East Asian Studies K1 Historiography K1 China K1 Japan K1 Proyecto GECEM AB Global history is in some instances a very sensitive field, challengingboth traditional and sometimes obsolete national narratives. It is crucialfor this project, through concrete case studies, to rethink the waysin which global history is envisioned and conceptualized in China andJapan, as well as European and American countries. When a historianconstructs a meta narratives, this will always contain a subjective elementborne out of ideological and national constraints. Therefore, we shouldformulate the following pertinent question: how do global events connectto our local and national communities, and, by extension, to ouracademic environment? PB Palgrave Macmillan SN 978-981-10-4053-5 SN 978-981-10-4052-8 YR 2018 FD 2018-01-06 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10433/5121 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10433/5121 LA en NO M. Perez Garcia and L. de Sousa (eds.), Global History and New Polycentric Approaches, Palgrave Studies in Comparative Global History, NO GECEM Project, Global Encounters between China and Europe: Trade Networks, Consumption and Cultural Exchanges in Macau and Marseille (1680-1840), ERC (European Research Council)- Starting Grant, programa Horizon 2020, número de ref. 679371, www.gecem.eu. DS RIO RD May 9, 2026