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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.
Keywords
- Digital Humanities
- Spatial History
- History of Nazi Germany
- History of Science and Technology
- Underwater Archaeology
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Earth & Environmental Sciences
Visualization
Engineering & Materials Science
geographical knowledge
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Monitoring
Engineering & Materials Science
Geographical Information System
Social Sciences
Search engines
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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 Council
Research Output 2006 2019
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
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 Sculpture
Social Media
Art
Artist
Orit Halpern, Beautiful Data: A History of Vision and Reason since 1945
Von Lünen, A., 16 Mar 2016, In : British Journal for the History of Science. 49, 01, p. 144-146 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
So long, and thanks for the GIS: Digital spatial history
Von Lunen, A., 2016, Spatial cultures: Towards a new social morphology of cities past and present. Griffiths, S. & Von Lunen, A. (eds.). Routledge, p. 193-202 10 p. (Design and the Built Environment).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Spatial Cultures: Towards a New Social Morphology of Cities Past and Present
Griffiths, S. (ed.) & Von Lunen, A. (ed.), 22 Jun 2016, London: Routledge. 282 p. (Design and the Built Environment)Research output: Book/Report › Book