Dr. Mark Bradley

Biography

Mark Philip Bradley is the Bernadotte E. Schmitt Distinguished Service Professor of International History at the University of Chicago. He studies twentieth-century international history, particularly focusing on human rights politics and postcolonial Southeast Asia. He has authored several significant works, including "World Reimagined: Americans and Human Rights in the Twentieth Century" and "Vietnam and America: Making Postcolonial Vietnam, 1919–1950." His edited volumes include "Familiar Made Strange: American Icons and Artifacts in the Transnational Turn" and "Making Sense of the Vietnam Wars: Transnational and International Perspectives." His articles appear in prominent journals such as the American Historical Review and the Journal of American History. Bradley has received numerous fellowships from prestigious organizations, has served as the elected president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, and has been involved in various editorial capacities in historical publishing. He currently directs the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights and is engaged in a project examining the intellectual and cultural history of the global South. His active role in academic discourses and consulting work reflects his expertise and commitment to educating about human rights and global history.

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