Susan G. Pedersen

Pedersen is a wide-ranging and prize-winning scholar whose studies have encouraged re-interpretation of such major issues of modern political history as welfare systems, modern feminism, colonialism, and international institutions. Her books range from the comparative history of welfare in Britain and France, to the biographical and intellectual history of British feminist political activists, to a comparative analysis of settler colonialism and its legacies, and most recently, to the mandate system of the League of Nations and the collision of international institutions with imperialism. Her work is characterized by its deep archival foundations, ambitious and focused analytics, and prose.