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Frank Biess is a Professor of Modern European History at the University of California, San Diego, specializing in 20th-century Germany, particularly post-1945 societies. He holds academic affiliations within the Department of History in the College of Arts and Humanities. Biess earned his PhD from Brown University (2000) after studies at the Universities of Marburg and Tübingen, and completed postgraduate work at Washington University in St. Louis. His research explores postwar emotional cultures, Cold War anxieties, and German colonial legacies, with a current focus on fear in West Germany and Weimar as a post-colonial state.
Education:
- PhD in History, Brown University, 2000
- Studies at the Universities of Marburg and Tübingen
- Exchange Student, Washington University in St. Louis
Research Interests:
- Postwar emotional histories
- Cold War nuclear anxieties
- German colonialism and its aftermath
- Memory and trauma studies
- Intellectual transformations in West Germany
Publications include Homecomings (2006) and Die Republik der Angst (2019), with an upcoming Oxford study on German angst. Teaching encompasses courses on modern Germany, European history since 1945, and the history of emotions.
Advising/grants: No specific grants or advisees listed, but active in graduate mentorship through UCSD’s History Department.
Labs/teams: Collaborates with transnational research networks on emotion history and colonial studies, including co-editing projects with institutions in Europe and the U.S.
