Frank Trentmann

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Frank Trentmann is a professor of history in the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is a specialist in the history of consumption.

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Career

Trentmann is professor of history in the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck College, University of London. [1] He was educated at Hamburg University, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and at Harvard University, where he completed his PhD. He has taught at Princeton University and at Bielefeld University. He was Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow at the European University Institute. [2]

Trentmann won the Whitfield Prize from the Royal Historical Society for his 2008 book Free Trade Nation: Consumption, Civil Society and Commerce in Modern Britain (Oxford University Press). [1]

Research

Trentmann is a specialist in the history of consumption. He was director of the Cultures of Consumption research programme, [3] which received £5 million of funding from the Economic and Social Research Council and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. [4]

Selected publications

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References

  1. 1 2 Professor Frank Trentmann. Birkbeck College. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. Professor Frank Trentmann, Programme Director. Cultures of Consumption, Birkbeck College. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. The Consumption of Culture – a Global History. Archived 2015-05-19 at the Wayback Machine History Spot, Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  4. Professor Frank Trentmann. Centre for the Study of British Politics and Public Life, Birkbeck College. Retrieved 19 May 2015.