Mark Philip Bradley

Mark Philip Bradley is a historian specializing in twentieth-century US international history, global human rights politics, and postcolonial Southeast Asia. He has held significant editorial roles, including editor of the American Historical Review (2021–present) and general editor of the Cambridge History of America and the World. His research explores transnational frameworks, decolonization, and the evolution of human rights discourses. Bradley has served as president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations and deputy dean of the Social Sciences, reflecting his leadership in academic governance.

Bradley’s key publications include The World Reimagined: Americans and Human Rights in the Twentieth Century (2016), Imagining Vietnam and America (2000, winner of the Harry J. Benda Prize), and co-edited volumes such as Making the Forever War (2021). His current project, under contract with Yale University Press, examines the intellectual and cultural history of the global South.

Bradley has been a recipient of prestigious fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, ACLS, and NEH. His scholarship bridges diplomatic history, cultural studies, and global perspectives, with a focus on postcolonial Vietnam and the Cold War era.

• Key Awards: Harry J. Benda Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, ACLS Fellowship
• Editorial Roles: American Historical Review (editor), Cambridge History of America and the World (general editor)
• Leadership: President, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations