Daniel Brandau

Daniel Brandau is a Senior Lecturer at Bielefeld University’s Faculty of History, Philosophy and Theology, Department of History. His work bridges history didactics, digitality, data literacy, and the cultural memory of technology.

• Education: Doctorate in Modern History (Free University of Berlin, 2017); M.Ed. and First State Examination (University of Bielefeld, 2010); M.Phil. in Modern European History (University of Cambridge, 2009); BA in German Studies and History (University of Bielefeld, 2007).

Research Interests:

• History didactics and theory
• Early historical learning
• Digitality and data literacy
• History of technology and science in museums

Scientific Awards and Funding:

• Maurice Daumas Prize (3rd), International Committee for the History of Technology (2022)
• Dissertation Prize of the Georg Agricola Society (2018)
• Second Prize in Modern European History, University of Cambridge (2010)
• Multiple scholarships (DAAD, Cambridge European Trust, Trinity Hall, etc.)

Key Roles: Co-speaker of Bielefeld University’s “Cultures of History” profile area; co-speaker of the Conference for History Didactics working group “Digitality”; member of NFDI4Memory (Task Area 4 “Data Literacy”).