The workshop entitled ‘Networks and Communication in East Asia and Beyond in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries’ will be taking place on 6 and 7 March, 2015, at Senate House, University of London. This workshop sets out to explore the building of information and communications networks during the 19th and early 20th centuries across East Asia and beyond. Building on prior studies on trade and exchange of ideas between East and West, this workshop will focus on the modes of communications and type of networks that were essential elements in enabling and facilitating these exchanges.  For further details please visit http://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/crcworkshop We cordially invite your participation: please send a 200 word abstract through our website by 30 November.