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Biography
Alexander started as a Senior Lecturer in Modern German History (with Digital Humanities) in the History division on 1 December 2014. He has a degree in computer science and a doctorate in history, both from the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany.
He was working in the software industry in Germany for many years, before joining the University of Portsmouth in 2007, where he became a Research Fellow in the geography department, acting as technical lead for the Vision of Britain website. In 2012 he was hired as Research Fellow for a digital humanities project with the Photographic History Research Centre at De Monfort University, Leicester. In 2014 he then worked as Research Associate on a project in Social Media analysis for the Centre for Information Management at Loughborough University.
Research Expertise and Interests
- Digital History/Humanities
- Spatial History/Historical Geography
- History of Science, Medicine and Technology
- German History (C19 and C20)
- British History (Victorian and Edwardian)
- 20th century European history
Research Degree Supervision
Alexander is happy to supervise research degrees in the above areas. There are opportunities particularly on the history of the Holocaust, as he is on the academic advisory board of the Holocaust Exhibition and Learning Centre that the Holocaust Survivor Friendship Association has set up in the university.
Research Expertise and Interests
- Digital Humanities
- Spatial History
- History of Nazi Germany
- History of Science and Technology
- Underwater Archaeology
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Projects
- 1 Finished
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Hansard at Huddersfield: Making the Parliamentary Record More Accessible
Jeffries, L., Von Lunen, A. & Alexander, M. G.
1/01/18 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
Research Output
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Book Review: Strategies for knowledge transfer: Douglas M. O’Reagan: Taking Nazi technology: allied exploitation of German science after the second world war. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019
Von Lunen, A., 24 Oct 2020, In : Metascience. 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Dance Article review
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Only Following Orders? Aviation Medicine in Nazi Germany
Von Lunen, A., 2020, (Accepted/In press) Recognizing the Past in the Present: New Studies on Medicine before, during, and after the Holocaust. Hildebrandt, S., Offer, M. & Grodin, M. A. (eds.). Berghahn BooksResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Basteln, Tinkering and Bricolage: A Cultural History of Hacking
Von Lunen, A., 2019, Making Our World: The Hacker and Maker Movements in Context. Hunsinger, J. & Schrock, A. (eds.). New York: Peter Lang Publishing Group, p. 153-170 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Historia Ludens: The Playing Historian
Von Lunen, A. (ed.), Lewis, K. J. (ed.), Litherland, B. (ed.) & Cullum, P. (ed.), 4 Sep 2019, 1 ed. Abingdon & New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. 294 p. (Routledge Approaches to History)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Ye Olde FAQ: The Darklands Game, Immersiveness and Fan Fiction
Von Lunen, A., 4 Sep 2019, Historia Ludens: The Playing Historian. von Lünen, A., Lewis, K. J., Litherland, B. & Cullum, P. (eds.). 1 ed. New York & Abingdon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, p. 204-227 24 p. (Routledge Approaches to History).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Activities
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Only following Orders? Perpetratorship revisited
Alexander Von Lunen (Invited speaker)
8 Oct 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing (Journal)
Alexander Von Lunen (Editor)
1 Oct 2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial work
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American Historical Review (Journal)
Alexander Von Lunen (Reviewer)
Aug 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication Peer-review
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Springer (Publisher)
Alexander Von Lunen (Reviewer)
Jun 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication Peer-review
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Digital Humanities 2020 (Event)
Alexander Von Lunen (Reviewer)
14 Nov 2019 → 14 Dec 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Conference Peer-review
Press / Media
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Leni Riefenstahl: both feminist icon and fascist film-maker
26/04/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Mein Kampf publication – the best way to destroy Hitler’s hateful legacy
3/12/15
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Social media can assure in times of disaster -- much like radio in the 1920s
17/11/15 → 25/11/15
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Expert Comment