Koji Hirata
@khirata.bsky.social
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.
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
 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。
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。
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...
history.stanford.edu
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
 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。
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。
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。
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。
October 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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。
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。
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...
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...
September 20, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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...
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...
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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September 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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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July 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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...
asaa.asn.au/news/book-ab...
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🙂
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🙂
June 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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🙂
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🙂
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...
doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
doi.org/10.1080/0306...
May 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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...
doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
doi.org/10.1080/0306...
You ain't heard nothin' yet
If you thought tariff chaos was over, you haven't been paying attention.
May 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
You ain't heard nothin' yet
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.
May 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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.
Reposted by Koji Hirata
Proof this guy is full of SITH.
In Star Wars. those who have embraced the Dark Side of the Force wield red lightsabers. So, in other words, perfect.
May 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Proof this guy is full of SITH.
Reposted by Koji Hirata
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!
May 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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!
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...
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
global.history.ox.ac.uk
April 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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...
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...
If you are the person who canceled your booking at the Bank of England Archive this morning, you are my hero.
April 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If you are the person who canceled your booking at the Bank of England Archive this morning, you are my hero.
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。
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。
February 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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。
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。
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).
February 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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).
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.
January 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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.
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...
The book shows that steel production—and the steel workers who produce it—were the backbone of Mao’ China.
www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...
January 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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...
The book shows that steel production—and the steel workers who produce it—were the backbone of Mao’ China.
www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...
Thanks, Maura!
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.
https://buff.ly/4guYAZr
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January 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thanks, Maura!
Happy White People's New Year, based on the calendar established by the 1582 papal bull issued by Pope Gregory XIII🎊🎊
January 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Happy White People's New Year, based on the calendar established by the 1582 papal bull issued by Pope Gregory XIII🎊🎊
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.
December 27, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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.
My book, “Making Mao’s Steelworks,” is now available online via Cambridge Core.
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
December 27, 2024 at 10:27 AM
My book, “Making Mao’s Steelworks,” is now available online via Cambridge Core.
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
My book, “Making Mao’s Steelworks” is now available in online via Cambridge Core.
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
December 27, 2024 at 10:26 AM
My book, “Making Mao’s Steelworks” is now available in online via Cambridge Core.
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Reposted by Koji Hirata
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
doi.org/10.1111/aehr...
📉📈🗃📗📜🍎 #history #Australia #AcademicSky #gendersky #polisky #sociology
December 22, 2024 at 12:19 AM
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
doi.org/10.1111/aehr...
📉📈🗃📗📜🍎 #history #Australia #AcademicSky #gendersky #polisky #sociology
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.
December 21, 2024 at 9:53 AM
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.