Joachim Brenner M.A.
postdoctoral researcher, subproject C02
CRC 1671
Historisches Seminar
Room 225
Grabengasse 3-5
69117 Heidelberg
E-Mail: j.brenner@sfb1671.uni-heidelberg.de
about
Joachim Brenner studied history, philosophy and global history at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and received his PhD in 2025 with a dissertation on childhood and education in the atomic age. Since December 2024 he has been working on subproject C02 “The German Fatherland.” Heimatkunde in the Child’s Room and the Classroom: A comparison between west and east Germany” researching historical constructions of home(s) for and by children in divided postwar Germany.
research emphasis
- History of Childhood
- Cold War Studies and Cold War Culture
- History of nuclear energy, the “atomic age” and “atomic culture”
- Comparative history of divided Germany
- History of play and toys
- Labour History
