Michael Pearson (University of New South Wales)

submitted: Mon, 31 Oct 94 12:25:45 EST

Michael Pearson
Professor of History
School of History
University of New South Wales
Sydney 2052, Australia

phone: [02] 385-2335
       [02] 385-2344
FAX:   [02] 313 7525
email: M.Pearson@UNSW.EDU.AU

DESCRIPTION OF WORK:

Area of interest is S. Asia in general, in the early modern period,
roughly 1450-1750, though I have broader comparative interests in this
period of history.  My 'theoretical' stance is mostly Modern World System
theory, and political economy in general.  I have published and/or
researched on initial European presences in S. Asia, on trade and economic
history, on maritime history, most obviously the Indian Ocean, and on the
movement of peoples, especially the Muslim pilgrim [hajj] to Mecca from
India.  Most recently I have been researching connections across the
Arabian Sea between the Swahili Coast and western India.