Prof. Dr. Frank Trentmamnn

Frank Trentmann is Professor of History at the School of Historical Studies at Birbeck College at the University of London and an associate at the Centre for Consumer Society Research, Helsinki. He specializes in the history of modern Britain, Germany and the world. His work explores the interplay between material, political and moral transformations. He has written about consumer culture, energy and water, everyday life, trade and political economy. His newest book Out of the Darkness, the Germans 1942–2022 was published in English and German in 2023. In 2014 Trentmann was awarded the Moore Distinguished Fellowship at Caltech, in 2017 the Humboldt Prize for Research (Humboldt-Forschungspreis) by the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation and in 2023 the Bochum Historians’ Prize.

Frank Trentmann is at CAS upon the invitation of Dr. Sina Steglich (CAS Researcher in Residence/LMU) during the summer semester 2025.