Hidetaka Hirota
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Hidetaka Hirota
@hidehirota.bsky.social
Historian of US immigration. Teaches at UC Berkeley. Vice President of @iehs.bsky.social. Author of Expelling the Poor (Oxford). Writing books on foreign contract labor law and on transpacific Japanese migration.
Third class cabin
July 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
First class cabin
July 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Hikawa Maru, a cargo-passenger liner, operated between Yokohama and Seattle in the early 20th century.
July 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
One of the highlights of the #OAH25 conference for me: Meeting with my fantastic #OUP editor, Susan Ferber! Whenever I see her, she inspires and motivates me! @oah.org
April 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Stop by Streeterville for @iehs.bsky.social Dessert Before Dinner, starting at 6pm! #OAH25 @oah.org
April 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Arrived in Chicago for the OAH conference after 3-hour delay. Luggage on a wrong plane and won’t arrive until tomorrow. It was a long day. Time for a drink.
April 3, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Visiting my artist friend Eugene Tssui’s exhibition in Emeryville. Lots of amazing artworks!
March 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Encountering a glitch. I’m just trying to purchase FOUR HISTORY BOOKS!
January 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Visiting the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento.
December 23, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Part of the books I used in the final chapter of my book manuscript. These books are all amazing studies.
December 18, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Visiting the “Roots, Removal, & Resistance: Japanese Americans in Berkeley” exhibition at the Berkeley Historical Society.
December 1, 2024 at 12:44 AM
My latest book acquisitions!
Daniel Morales, Between Here and There (Oxford)
Brianna Nofil, The Migrant's Jail @princetonupress.bsky.social
A David Montgomery Reader @illinoispress.bsky.social
#immigration #detention #laborhistory
November 19, 2024 at 3:33 AM
I'm honored to contribute a chapter on anti-Irish nativism in the mid-19th-century US to The Routledge History of Irish America. Thank you to the volume's wonderful editors, Cian McMahon and Kate Costello-Sullivan, for guiding the authors and putting the project together! #immigrationhistory
September 18, 2024 at 6:46 PM
A paper copy of "Transpacific Connections in the Civil War Era" has arrived! 😆 The issue explores how race, gender, and rights of Asians in the 19th-century US were shaped by engagements with Asia and the Pacific. I hope many people read it! @uncpress.bsky.social
December 21, 2023 at 9:12 PM
The special issue, Transpacific Connections in the Civil War Era, has just been published in the Journal of the Civil War Era! Read brilliant articles by @bethlewwilliams.bsky.social, Ikuko Asaka, Stacey L. Smith, & Tian Xu and an inspiring concluding essay by Mae Ngai! muse.jhu.edu/issue/51479
November 27, 2023 at 10:56 PM
We were honored to have @hcrichardson.bsky.social in the American Political History Seminar yesterday. We had a great discussion of her new book, historians' roles in political discourse, and her process of writing.

Taking a photo with your teacher is always a good thing to do. Thank you, Heather!
November 10, 2023 at 4:17 PM
I found a quarter with Ellis Island on the back in my wallet. Are there quarters with Angel Island or the El Paso station?
November 4, 2023 at 6:08 PM
American Political History Seminar with James Zarsadiaz discussing his award-winning Resisting Change in Suburbia: Asian Immigrants and Frontier Nostalgia in L.A.!
@ucpress.bsky.social
September 29, 2023 at 9:09 PM
Pageproofs of the special issue, "Transpacific Connections in the Civil War Era," in the Journal of the Civil War Era have arrived! The forum includes exciting essays by @bethlewwilliams.bsky.social, Ikuko Asaka, Stacey L. Smith, Tian Xu, and Mae Ngai. Looking forward to its publication in December!
September 5, 2023 at 4:11 PM