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Koji Hirata

@khirata.bsky.social

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Modern Chinese (as well as Japanese and Russian/Soviet) history. Monash University. Former Shanghai resident. 中国（及び日ソ・露）近現代史。モナシュ大学。元上海居民。

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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · Dec 27

My book, “Making Mao’s Steelworks,” is now available online via Cambridge Core.

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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks!

Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 6d

I am very happy to announce that I was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
光栄なことに英国王立歴史学協会(Royal Historical Society)の会員(Fellow)に選出していただきました。

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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 18d

The details of my upcoming book talk at Stanford confirmed. I am really grateful to my advisor and the other organizers for inviting me from overseas, which I know is not easy these days.
11月にスタンフォード大学で講演します。久しぶりの米国です。

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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · Sep 4

I am incredibly grateful to Professor Shellen Wu for their engaging review of "Making Mao’s Steelworks" in The China Quarterly. Yes, conducting the archival research for this book was challenging, beginning with an unforgettable trip to Anshan.

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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · Jul 24

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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · Jul 24

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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · Jul 21

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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · Jul 21

I am extremely grateful to the jurors for their time and to the Reid family for their generous endowment. It is a profound honor. I am, however, deeply saddened that I will not have the chance to meet Professor Anthony Reid, who passed away recently, in person at the award ceremony next year.

Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · Jul 21

I am thrilled to share that my book, Making Mao’s Steelworks, has been awarded the 2025 Reid Prize (given for “the most significant book contributing to the understanding of Asia”) by the Asian Studies Association of Australia.

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Book about the Mao-era origins of Chinese industrialisation wins Reid Prize for 2025 - Asian Studies Association of Australia

The Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) is delighted to announce that Dr Koji Hirata, a historian from Monash University in Melbourne, has won the 2025 Reid Prize for his recently published ...

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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · Jun 22

Yangyang Cheng’s excellent review of the much-discussed “House of Huawei” by Eva Dou is packed with sharp insights—and to my surprise and delight, cites the far less-discussed “Making Mao’s Steelworks” by yours truly🙂
昨年出版され話題沸騰の華為についての本の非常に興味深い書評。何故かワタクシの地味な本も引用されてます🙂

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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · May 30

My book, Making Mao's Steelworks, will soon reach its six-month anniversary since publication. It has recently received its third and fourth reviews. I am deeply grateful to Professors Jiaxiang Liu and Kerry Brown for their thoughtful engagement.
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · May 23

You ain't heard nothin' yet

Adam S. Hersh, Ph.D. @ahecon.bsky.social · May 23

If you thought tariff chaos was over, you haven't been paying attention.

Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · May 23

Now that I am a published book author, I assume I am expected to insist that the authors cite my book in every single article/book manuscript I peer-review.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · May 4

Proof this guy is full of SITH.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · May 4

In Star Wars. those who have embraced the Dark Side of the Force wield red lightsabers. So, in other words, perfect.

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Vivian Kong @viviankonghk.bsky.social · May 3

My book Multiracial Britishness: Global Networks in Hong Kong 1910-45 is out in paperback now 😁 It's now only £29.99 (and a further 20% off discount with the code HIST1525) at shorturl.at/15uJU . Really pleased that it received positive reviews on outlets eg H-Diplo, AHR & Journal of Social History!

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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · Apr 23

I'll be giving a talk at Oxford on Thursday 1 May. Everyone is welcome!
5月1日木曜にオックスフォード大学で講演します。来てください！

'Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism'
Thursday 1 May 2025, 5pm
global.history.ox.ac.uk/event/making...

'Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism'

2025

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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · Apr 23

If you are the person who canceled your booking at the Bank of England Archive this morning, you are my hero.

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Ghassan Moazzin @ghassanmoazzin.bsky.social · Mar 3

Very happy to find @khirata.bsky.social's brilliant new book in the mail:) Thanks Koji!

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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · Feb 7

www.kieas.keio.ac.jp/information/...
2月21日に慶應義塾大学三田キャンパス（ハイブリッド）で現在進行中の研究についてお話しさせていただきます。ご興味のある方はどうぞ。

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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · Feb 7

I will give my online talk, “Local Governments and Central SOEs: Historical Evidence from Angang” (Urban China Lecture Series) on February 18 at 8:30PM EST (February 19 at 9:30AM Beijing Time).

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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · Jan 12

It makes me happy to think that now my own book sits on their shelves, where someone might be turning its pages as a momentary distraction from their own writing routine.

Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · Jan 12

A Cambridge student bought my book at the Cambridge University Press Bookshop and sent me this photo. I wrote the book mainly while I was a Cambridge postdoc. When I got tired of writing, I would go for a walk and sometimes drop into the CUP Bookshop to browse random academic books.

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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · Jan 3

Thanks 🙏

Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · Jan 3

Joe Biden has just written a blurb for “Making Mao’s Steelworks.”

The book shows that steel production—and the steel workers who produce it—were the backbone of Mao’ China.

www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...

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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · Jan 3

Thanks, Maura!

Maura Elizabeth Cunningham @mauracunningham.bsky.social · Jan 3

Congratulations to @khirata.bsky.social on the publication of MAKING MAO'S STEELWORKS! My copy arrived recently and is now in a prime spot on my to-read shelf.

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A photograph of MAKING MAO'S STEELWORKS: INDUSTRIAL MANCHURIA AND THE TRANSNATIONAL ORIGINS OF CHINESE SOCIALISM, by Koji Hirata.