Scott C.M. Bailey is a historian and Associate Professor at Kansai Gaidai University in Japan. He has published on the history of exploration, travel, and cultural encounters in world history. He teaches courses on the history of modern Japan, film and history, Asian history, and world history. His first book was titled In the Wild Countries of Central Asia: Ethnography, Science, and Empire in Imperial Russia (published in 2019). His new book is Approaching Recent World History Through Film: Context, Analysis, and Research (New York: Routledge, 2021).