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4th EurasiaTrajeco Conference:“Empires, Cosmopolitan cities and Merchants in Eurasia 10th-20th century”EurasiaTrajeco proposes to undertake the first large-scale investigation on a variety of economic institutions which have been crucial to the achievement of economic development in Asia and in Europe: business partnerships, share-holding companies, maritime insurance, the bill of exchange and accounting methods, among others. The main purpose of this study is to conduct a systematic comparison of the trajectories of peculiar economic institutions and business practices in different environments: Europe and Asia.La conférence aura lieu les 18 et 19 novembre 2016 à l’EHESS : le vendredi 18, de 9h30 à 17h30, Salle B – 190 avenue de France, 75013 Paris le samedi 19, de 9h30 à 16h30,  Salle 8 – 105 bd Raspail, 75006 ParisCette conférence se déroulera en anglais.Elle est ouverte à tous, dans la limite des places disponibles.                            4th EurasiaTrajeco Conference:“Empires, Cosmopolitan cities and Merchants in Eurasia 10th-20th century”Paris, EHESS, 18-19 November 2016 Day 1. Friday, 18 Nov 2016 Salle B, 190 avenue de France  9:30-9:45 François Gipouloux (CNRS): Introduction to the EurasiaTrajeco Programme 9:45-10:30 Keynote Address: Leonard Blussé (Leiden University): The Dutch East India Company and the Chinese network in Southeast Asia. 10:30-10:45 Coffee Break 10:45-12:00 Session 1: Law, Trade GovernanceChair: Luis Barreto (Macau Scientific and Cultural Centre)-  Billy So (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) &#38; Sufumi So (George Mason University): Corporate Governance in Modern Book Industry: Kinkōdō (Tokyo), Macmillan &#38; Co. (London), Macmillan &#38; Co. (New York), and Shanghai Commercial Press in the 1890s and 1900s Discussant: Christian Lamouroux (EHESS) 12:00-13:30 Lunch 13:30-15:30 Session 2: Enterprises, Family and ClanChair: Ionna Pepelassis (Athens University of Economics and Business)-                Ron Harris (Tel-Aviv University): Three Institutions, Three Paths of Migration: Sea Loan, Funduq/caravanserai and Commanda                                   Discussant: Luca Mola (IUE)-    Wang Zhenzhong (Fudan University): The Nagasaki Trade in the mid to late 19th Century and the Decline of Huizhou Sea Merchants - a research centered on Japanese collections of documents related to Cheng Jiatang Discussant: Michela Bussotti (EFEO)  15:30-15:45 Coffee break 15:45-17:30  -  David Faure, Cheung Sui-Wai &#38; He Xi (The Chinese University of Hong Kong): China in the eighteenth century: physiocrats coming to terms with the market                                   Discussant: François Gipouloux (CNRS)-  Oka Mihoko (University of Tokyo): Nanban Trade and Shuinsen Trade in 16th and 17th Century Japan-focusing on their players/actorsDiscussant: Guillaume Carré (EHESS)19:30 Diner Day 2. Saturday, 19 Nov 2016, Salle 8, 105 bd Raspail 9:30-12:30 Session 3: Cosmopolitan CitiesChair: David Faure (Hong Kong Chinese University)-  Youssef Cassis (EUI) : International Financial Centres in Eurasia, 1900 – 2000-  Jean-Pascal Bassino (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon) &#38; Joerg Baten (University of Tuebingen and CESifo) : A Curse of ‘Point Source’ Ressources? Cash Crops and Numeracy in the Philippines, 19th-20th CenturyDiscussant: Ioanna Pepelassis (Athens University of Economics and Business) 11:00- 11:15: Coffee break 11:15-12:00-   Luca Molà (EUI): A Cosmopolitan City and its Merchants: Early Modern Venice as a Node of Eurasian ExchangeDiscussant : Youssef Cassis (EUI) 12:00-13:30 Lunch  13:30-15:30 Session 4: Empires and Merchants  Chair: Youssef Cassis (EUI)-  Pierre-Emmanuel Bachelet (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon) : Silk and calambac. Japanese merchants in early 17th Hội An (central Vietnam)Discussant: Cheung Sui-Wai (Hong Kong Chinese University)-  Claude Chevaleyre (EHESS): Nature versus economic functions of bondage in Ming China Discussant: He Xi (Hong Kong Chinese University)-   Adele Carrai (EUI): Chinese Officers at the Imperial Maritime Custom Service and the Making of an inter-national China, 1854-1912Discussant: Luis Barreto (Macau Scientific and Cultural Centre) 15:30 -15:45 Coffee Break 15:45-16:30 Session 5: Dissemination and future prospects Chair: Leonard Blussé (Leiden University)-  François Gipouloux (CNRS)  16:45-17:30 Cocktail 