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Hannah Shepherd @hannahjshepherd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Excited to announce that The Narrowing Sea has won the UHA Best Book Award! Thrilling that my work has connected with urban historians beyond East Asia. www.urbanhistory.org/Awards

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Urban History Association

Distinguished service and scholarship in urban history.

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sakura christmas @prof-christmas.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Laura Hein went above and beyond the call of duty as moderator! Thank you, friends, for a rigorous roundtable!

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University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Morning, #AAS2026 attendees! We're back at the Vancouver Convention Center and ready to share more Asian & Asian American history with you. Want to save 40% on our books on display? Visit our AAS website for details: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...

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sakura christmas @prof-christmas.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Happening today at #AAS2026!

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University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Before you catch Hannah Shepherd, author of THE NARROWING SEA, in tonight's discussion, "Beyond and Beneath the Japanese Empire: New Books, Sites, and Scales", read her original content for #AAS2026 on the unfolding of her latest book: www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/a... @hannahjshepherd.bsky.social

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“A Reed’s Width of Water”: Urbanization and Migration between Japan and Korea

Author Hannah Shepherd on urban growth between Japan and Korea and how this project came to be.

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sakura christmas @prof-christmas.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Hear about the newest books on #JapaneseEmpire at #AAS2026 on March 14, 5:45-7:15pm, with Kristin Roebuck, @hannahjshepherd.bsky.social, Holly Stephens, and me, Laura Hein as mod @asianstudies.org @columbiaup.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social

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Sayaka Chatani @sayakachatani.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I just received author copies of my book on Chongryon (Chosen Soren). KumHee and I went through many emotional ups and downs during our research. I cannot describe what the weight of a physical copy means to me (FYI: It's physically heavier than I expected). The official release date is 31 March.

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University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Morning, #AHA26 attendees! We're back in the exhibit hall for your Saturday History book needs! Drop by and say hello and check out our latest books. Want to save 40% on our books on display? Visit our AHA website for details: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...

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Hannah Shepherd @hannahjshepherd.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

40% off my new book! Looking forward to see it displayed irl!

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Amy Stanley @astanley711.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Approximately five years ago, I weighed in on an academic controversy. Chaos ensued. At the height of the insanity, very angry people kept on sending me a US military document from 1944. I wrote an article about the infamous document, its context, and its afterlife. academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...

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Revisiting the “Comfort Girls” of Report 49: Race, Sex, and Information in Asia’s War for Empire

Abstract. In 1944, a Japanese American intelligence officer stationed in Ledo, India, unwittingly composed a famous historical document: “Japanese Prisoner

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Hannah Shepherd @hannahjshepherd.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

My first book, The Narrowing Sea: Fukuoka, Pusan, and the Rise and Fall of an Imperial Region is officially out today (Dec 2). It’s an urban history of empire, an imperial history of urbanization, and contains the histories of many people who moved across the Tsushima Straits btw 1876-1953.

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Hannah Shepherd @hannahjshepherd.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

This book is going to be so good! www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

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Sayaka Chatani @sayakachatani.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Just submitted my final page proofs. Forthcoming in March 2026. www.sup.org/books/asian-...

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Sayaka Chatani @sayakachatani.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Mark your calendar! mjha.org/event-6226580

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Hannah Shepherd @hannahjshepherd.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

This is happening!!!! December 2: just in time for Christmas present season. I am still in the anxiety stage, not yet in the Saoirse Ronan as Jo March watching her book get published scene-stage, but I'm glad other people are excited already!

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