Daniel Pick

Professor Daniel Pick is a historian and psychoanalyst affiliated with Birkbeck, University of London. He holds a position in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of History. His research spans 19th- and 20th-century cultural and intellectual history, including evolutionary theory, degeneration, eugenics, and psychoanalytic approaches to history. He leads a Wellcome Trust-funded project on Cold War-era 'brainwashing' and human sciences. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the British Psychoanalytical Society.

• Education: Implied through academic rank, but specific degrees not listed.

His research interests include Victorian cultural attitudes, militarism, dreams, and methodological challenges in psycho-biography. Recent work explores Cold War human sciences and the intersection of psychoanalysis with historical inquiry. He has contributed to BBC radio documentaries and media commentary.

Grants: Senior Investigator grant from the Wellcome Trust (2012).

Labs/Teams: Affiliated with the Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism.