In collaboration with
The Nicholson Center for British Studies
The Department of History
presents
The Schaffner Visiting Professor Lecture (2023-24)
Frank Trentmann
Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London
Demanding Citizens
Everyday Environments and New Narratives of Modern Britain
Introduction by Fredrik Albritton Jonsson
Thursday, May 23rd
Franke Institute–Regenstein Library (Rm. 102)
1100 East 57th St.
5:00pm
A historian of modern Britain, Germany and the world, Frank Trentmann’s work explores the interplay between material, political and moral transformations. He is a Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London, and also an associate at the Centre for Consumer Society Research, Helsinki. Professor Trentmann has written about consumer culture; energy and water; everyday life; trade and political economy. In addition to academic audiences, his research has engaged with a wide range of groups and stakeholders, from government ministries to school children, companies and consumer groups, museums, media and visual artists.
