Sebastian Conrad

Sebastian Conrad serves as Chair of Modern History at the Free University of Berlin since 2010. Previously, he was Full Professor of Modern History at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy (2007-2010), and held assistant professor positions at the Free University of Berlin from 1999-2007.

His academic credentials include a Habilitation (2005), Ph.D. summa cum laude (1999), and M.A. (1994) from the Free University of Berlin, with majors in History and Japanese Studies and a minor in Economics.

Professor Conrad's research spans the history of the 19th-20th centuries with particular expertise in transnational history, comparative history, European history in broader contexts, and postcolonial studies. His scholarly work examines global historical connections, as demonstrated by his acclaimed book "German Colonialism: A Short History" which received the Choice Outstanding Academic Title award in 2012.

• Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2012, for German Colonialism: A Short History
• Philip Morris Award for research into the history of globalization
• Member of the Young Academy at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (1999-2005)
• Ernst Reuter Dissertation Award (1999)

Professor Conrad has secured significant research funding including the DFG Research Training Group "Global Intellectual History" (4,131,580€) and the "Korea and East Asia in Global History" project (1,000,000€). He has held prestigious fellowships at institutions including the New School for Social Research, University of California Santa Barbara, and École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He also served as Vice Dean of the Faculty of History and Cultural Studies at the Free University of Berlin from 2005-2007.