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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 · 12/09/2026
Very happy to see my former student's article come out in a leading journal. Simon is now doing a PhD at ANU. doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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A ‘Boy’s Own’ Adventure: Australian War Writings from the Boxer Rebellion, 1900–1901
This article examines the experiences of Australian sailors and marines who travelled to China to fight in the Boxer Rebellion between 1900 and 1901. It analyses their diaries and correspondence to...
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Chen Hao's review of Qingfei Yin, State Building in Cold War Asia: Comrades and Competitors on the Sino-Vietnamese Border (Cambridge University Press, 2024), with a response by the author. networks.h-net.org/number-87-au...
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I am delighted to announce that I have recently begun a new role of Reviews Editor for The Historical Journal: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... In this role, I commission review essays on all aspects of history since the fifteenth century.
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The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core
The Historical Journal - Sara Caputo, Bronwen Everill, Helen Pfeifer
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I really need to launch a campaign against digitising historical sources to prevent AI from taking my job.
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Duygu Yıldırım @duyguyildirim.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
So happy to finally share the news that my book, “A History of Uncertainty: Science between the Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe,” will be out in Spring 2027 by the University of Pittsburgh Press. I still can't believe it's now beyond my hands and on its way to meeting its readers.
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
僕はこれからもコメダに行き続ける。
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Business History, a Taylor & Francis Journal @businesshistory.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
👉 www.tandfonline.com/journals/fbs... Look no further for #scholarship that helps explain and contextualize the extraordinary growth of the #Chineseeconomy. This new collection brings together key work in Chinese #bizhis by @jeremyhgoh.bsky.social @entandsoc.bsky.social @khirata.bsky.social
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Perhaps the first time that my work (Phd thesis) has been cited in a "top 5" econ journal😃 Michela Giorcelli, Bo Li, "Technology Transfer and Early Industrial Development: Evidence from the Sino-Soviet Alliance," The Review of Economic Studies, 2026;, rdag047, doi.org/10.1093/rest...
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Technology Transfer and Early Industrial Development: Evidence from the Sino-Soviet Alliance
Abstract. This paper studies the long-term effects of technology and know-how transfers on structural transformations. In the 1950s, the Soviet Union suppo
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
While I was unable to attend the BHC meeting this year, I am honored that my book, "Making Mao’s Steelworks, was selected as a finalist for the Hagley Prize in Business History. I am very grateful to the prize committee, and congratulations to the recipient and fellow finalists.
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
 history.stanford.edu/news/alumni-... My alumni interview at the website of Stanford’s history department. スタンフォード大学歴史学科のウェブサイトに載った私の卒業生インタビュー。ご笑覧ください。
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Alumni Interview with Koji Hirata | Department of History
Koji Hirata is a Senior Research Fellow in History at Monash University in Australia and Zijiang Visiting Scholar at East China Normal University. A graduate of Stanford History Department (Ph.D. 2018...
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
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 · 20/09/2025
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。 events.stanford.edu/event/making...
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
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. asaa.asn.au/news/book-ab...
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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 · 22/06/2025
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 · 30/05/2025
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. doi.org/10.1016/j.jh... doi.org/10.1080/0306...
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
You ain't heard nothin' yet
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
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 · 04/05/2025
Proof this guy is full of SITH.
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Vivian Kong @viviankonghk.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
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 · 23/04/2025
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...
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'Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism'
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
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 · 07/02/2025
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 · 12/01/2025
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 · 03/01/2025
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 · 03/01/2025
Thanks, Maura!
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Happy White People's New Year, based on the calendar established by the 1582 papal bull issued by Pope Gregory XIII🎊🎊
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Of the more than 400 Soviet experts working in various government agencies and enterprises in China in 1954, only one was assigned to the PRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and that Soviet person served as a Spanish teacher.
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
My book, “Making Mao’s Steelworks,” is now available online via Cambridge Core. doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
My book, “Making Mao’s Steelworks” is now available in online via Cambridge Core. doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Christmas comes early this year with “Gendered enterprise: Women & Australian business history”, 5 original research articles framed by a thoughtful introduction in the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review doi.org/10.1111/aehr... 📉📈🗃📗📜🍎 #history #Australia #AcademicSky #gendersky #polisky #sociology
“Gendered enterprise: Women and Australian business history”, a special issue of the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
I will be in the UK in April 2025, mostly based in Bristol. If you are interested in inviting me for a talk, please DM or email me.
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Comrade Stalin (September 19, 1952): the UN is an American organization and that this UN must be destroyed, but while maintaining the appearance that we are not against the UN. This should be done under the guise of respect for the UN...
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Wen-Yi Huang @wenyihuangtw.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
New book: Xiangli Ding's Hydropower Nation: Dams, Energy, and Political Changes in Twentieth-Century China reurl.cc/L5MV3K #envhist #China
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Amazon (US) has already made my book available. Please buy it ($34.99), regardless of whether you plan to read it or not.
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
On the official birthday of my book (US time), I will give an online book talk at HKU. Thank you so much, HKU, for making this happen. Dec 6, 2024 | 09:00 HKT. More Info: hkihss.hku.hk/en/events/ch...
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Jawaharlal Nehru’s visit to Angang (Anshan Iron and Steel Works), October 24, 1954.
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
With only a week until the publication date of my book, let me remind you that I recently published an open-access article that serves as a “prequel” to the book. The article focuses on 1909-1931—a period that is only lightly touched upon in the book. doi.org/10.1080/0007...
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Mining the informal empire: Sino-Japanese relations and ironmaking in Manchuria, 1909–1931
This article examines the history of ironmaking in Anshan in southern Manchuria (Northeast China) between 1909 and 1931, utilising Japanese and Chinese sources. I argue that the history of Anshan e...
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Inkybrain.bsky.social @inkybrain.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
I was lucky enough to hear some material from this in a workshop a bit ago. It's gonna be a real good one!
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Ghassan Moazzin @ghassanmoazzin.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Many congratulations to @khirata.bsky.social! And we are lucky to have him speak on his book right away at the Chinese Business History Webinar www.hkihss.hku.hk/en/events/ch...
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Victor Seow @eastasiascitech.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I am thrilled that this much-antipated book is finally going to be out in the wild soon. Congrats, @khirata.bsky.social! 🎉
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David Fedman @dfeds.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Been looking forward to this one for years now! This is gonna be a must-read.
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Tadashi Ishikawa 石川匡 @tadashiishikawa.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Finally!!🎉
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Steve Harrell @steveharrell.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Looking forward to reading this.
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Ilaria Maria Sala @ilariamariasala.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Also you can register for a webinar with Koji Hirata’s book here: www.hkihss.hku.hk/en/events/ch...
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HKIHSS | Making Mao’s Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
12月5日にようやく私の本が出ます。読まなくてもいいので買ってください。
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Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
My book, “Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism,” finally has a confirmed publication date—December 5, 2024. You can order it via Amazon. www.amazon.com/Making-Maos-...
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Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism (Cambridge Studies in the History of the People's Republic of China)
Amazon.com: Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism (Cambridge Studies in the History of the People's Republic of China): 9781009382267: Hirata, Koji: Books
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Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
What better way to inaugurate Enterprise and Society's brand new Bluesky account than with Sharon Murphy's superb 2024 @businesshistoryc.bsky.social Presidential Address, presented here Open Access. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Doing Business in the Public Interest | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Doing Business in the Public Interest
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