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The Kizuna India Japan Study Forum (KIJSF) is aimed at promoting the study of under-researched aspects of India-Japan historical and cultural interactions by holding lectures on a monthly basis. This will open avenues for all young and old researchers/scholars to share and exchange their work encapsulating rich history and contacts between the two countries in trade, business, economic, cultural, philosophical spheres. This would not only enhance mutual understanding but also strengthen the foundations of rapidly expanding multifaceted cooperation between the two countries.
Dr. Martha Chaiklin, is a historian and independent curator, currently based in Maryland, USA. She obtained her PhD at Leiden University. Her major publications include: Cultural Commerce and Dutch Commercial Culture (2003) and Ivory and the Aesthetics of Modernity in Meiji Japan (2014); translated C.T. Assendelft de Coningh’s A Pioneer in Yokohama (2012); and edited several books including Animal Trade Histories in the Indian Ocean World (2020).
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