Yannick Bauer read history and English philology at Freie Universität Berlin. During his studies Yannick spent a year in London where he discovered his interest in the history of historiography, intellectual history and the history of the British Empire. After his return to Berlin Yannick took up a position as a student assistant at the department of global history at Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut. He decided to follow up his undergraduate degree with a masters course on global history as it allows him to engage with broader processes and developments whilst not losing focus of his regional expertise.