Alexander Von Lunen

Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities, Department of English, Linguistics and History
School of Music, Humanities and Media
Centre for Health Histories

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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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Geographic information systems Engineering & Materials Science

GIS Earth & Environmental Sciences

history Earth & Environmental Sciences

Visualization Engineering & Materials Science

geographical knowledge Earth & Environmental Sciences

Monitoring Engineering & Materials Science

Search engines Engineering & Materials Science

Fans Engineering & Materials Science

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Projects 2018 2018

1 Finished

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 2006 2019

13 Chapter
5 Conference contribution
5 Book/Film/Dance Article review
4 Book
7 More

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

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

Gaming

Historian

History

Paradigm

Teaching

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

Fans

Beuys don't cry: From social sculptures to social media

Von Lunen, A., 2016, The digital arts and humanities: Neogeography, social media and big data integrations and applications. Travis, C. & Von Lunen, A. (eds.). Springer Verlag, p. 23-45 23 p. (Springer Geography).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Joseph Beuys

Social Media

Social Sculpture

Art

Artist