Mark Irvan Choate FRHistS is an American academic and retired colonel and diplomat. He is a history professor at Brigham Young University and adjunct research professor at the Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, specializing in international relations, the history of migration and colonialism, and grand strategy. He emphasizes the relationships between international emigration, immigration, and colonialism, and transnational influences in the fields of diplomacy, trade, currency exchange, and military power.
Mark I. Choate | |
|---|---|
| Awards | Howard R. Marraro Prize (2009) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Yale University (Bachelor of Arts) Yale University (Master of Arts) Yale University (Master of Philosophy) Yale University (Ph.D.) U.S. Army War College (Master of Security Studies) United States Army Command and General Staff College |
| Thesis | Defining “Greater Italy”: Migration and Colonialism in Africa and the Americas, 1880-1915 (2002) |
| Doctoral advisor | Frank M. Snowden III |
| Other advisors | Paul Kennedy, John M. Merriman, Geoffrey Parker (historian), Linda Colley |
| Academic work | |
| Notable students | Amy Reeder |
| Main interests | International relations Military history |
| Notable works | Emigrant Nation: The Making of Italy Abroad (2008) |
| Notable ideas | Emigrant colonialism |
Early life
editAfter living in Pago Pago, American Samoa, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as a child, Choate grew up in rural Osage County, Oklahoma, and graduated from Charles Page High School in Sand Springs. While a freshman at Yale College, he enlisted as a medic in the 179th Infantry Regiment (United States), Army National Guard, using the G.I. Bill to help pay for school.[1]
Fellowships and memberships
editHe has been a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society since 2008,[2] and a fellow of the Società Italiana per lo Studio della Storia Contemporanea since 2009.[3] He was a visiting fellow at the Centre d'études et de recherches internationales at Sciences Po, Paris, in 2014–2015.[4]
Awards and Distinctions
edit2017: Daniel M. Lewin Cyber-Terrorism Technology Writing Award, U.S. Army War College[5]
2009: Howard R. Marraro Prize[6]
2010: Council for European Studies Book Award[7]
2010: BYU Class of 1949 Young Faculty Award teaching prize[8]
2002: Hans W. Gatzke Prize, Yale University[9]
1998-1999: Fulbright Fellow in Italy[10]
Military service
edit| Allegiance |  United States of America |
|---|---|
| Service |  United States Army |
| Rank |  Colonel |
| Battles / wars | War in Afghanistan Insurgency in the Maghreb |
| Awards | Bronze Star[1] Legion of Merit Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal |
Choate enlisted in 1989 as a Private first class in the Oklahoma National Guard. He completed basic training at Fort Jackson and advanced individual training as a medic at Fort Sam Houston. Choate ended his enlistment at the rank of staff sergeant upon being commissioned as a mustang officer through Officer Candidate School in 1994.
As a United States defense attaché, he served in United States embassies in Khartoum, Sudan; Bangui, Central African Republic; and N'Djamena, Chad. [11] [12] [13]
Dates of rank
edit| Rank | Date |
|---|---|
 Second Lieutenant |
1994 |
 First Lieutenant |
1997 |
 Captain |
2001 |
 Major |
2007 |
 Lieutenant Colonel |
2013 |
| Colonel |
2018 |
Decorations and badges
editChoate's decorations and badges include the following:[1][11]
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Works
edit- Emigrant Nation: The Making of Italy Abroad (Harvard University Press, 2008) ISBN 978-0-6740-2784-8
- Italianos no mundo: uma nação emigrante (Contexto, 2023, translated by João Fábio Bertonha) ISBN 978-6-5554-1280-2
- “Liberal Economics or Racial Exclusion: Competing Political and Cultural Narratives in Italian-American Transatlantic Migration,” in “Managing Migration in Italy and the United States” (Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2024) ISBN 978-3110996289
- “Emigrazione italiana, rimesse e ascesa del « made in Italy »,” in “Storia degli italoamericani” (Milan: Le Monnier Mondadori, 2019) ISBN 978-8800749350
- "Italian Emigration, Remittances, and the Rise of Made-in-Italy,” in “The Routledge History of the Italian Americans” (New York/London: Routledge, 2018) ISBN 978-0367230937
- “The Frontier Thesis in Transnational Migration: The U.S. West in the Making of Italy Abroad,” in “Immigrants in the Far West: Historical Identities and Experiences” (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2015) ISBN 978-1607813798
- "New Dynamics and New Imperial Powers, 1876-1905," in The Routledge History of Western Empires (Oxford/New York: Routledge, 2014) ISBN 978-0-4156-3987-3
- "Identity Politics and Political Perception in the European Settlement of Tunisia: The French Colony vs. the Italian Colony". French Colonial History (Fall 2007): 97–109.
- "Italy at Home and Abroad after 150 Years: The Legacy of Emigration and the Future of Italianità". Italian Culture (May 2012): 51–67.
- "National Communications for a Transnational Community: Italy's promotion of italianità among emigrants, 1870-1920," in Transnational Political Spaces: Agents - Structures - Encounters (Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag, 2009) ISBN 978-3-5933-8945-5
- Choate, Mark I. (2010). "Tunisia, Contested: Italian Nationalism, French Imperial Rule, and Migration in the Mediterranean Basin". California Italian Studies (February 2010): 1–20. doi:10.5070/C311008861. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- "Sending States' Transnational Interventions in Politics, Culture, and Economics: The Historical Example of Italy". International Migration Review (Fall 2007): 728–768.
- "Identity Politics and Political Perception in the European Settlement of Tunisia: The French Colony vs. the Italian Colony". French Colonial History (Fall 2007): 97–109. JSTOR 41938170.
- "From Territorial to Ethnographic Colonies and Back Again: The Politics of Italian Expansion, 1890-1912". Modern Italy (Spring 2003): 65–75.
References
edit- ^ a b c Toth, Heidi (15 April 2011). "BYU professor earns Bronze Star after stint in Afghanistan". Daily Herald (Utah). Provo. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "Fellows of the Royal Historical Society" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "Soci della Società Italiana per lo Studio della Storia Contemporanea". Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "Visiting Faculty in History 2014-2015". Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ "TRADOC Commander to Army War College graduates: Invest this education in your units" (PDF). Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ The Ninetieth Annual Meeting of the American Catholic Historical Association, The Catholic Historical Review 96.2 (Apr 2010): 289-304
- ^ "Past Book Award Winners". Council for European Studies. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "BYU honors faculty, staff at Annual University Conference". Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "SISSCO > Soci > CHOATE Mark". Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "BYU FHSS Faculty". Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ a b "U.S. Army War College>>Strategic Studies Institute>>Faculty Directory and Bio Sketches". Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ Losh, Jack, and Owen Mathews (9 August 2018). "'Battle for Africa': Russia Pushes Into 'Free Country for the Taking' In Attempt to Rival the West". Newsweek. New York City. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "SOCAF commander visits Chad". Retrieved 1 December 2023.