Dr. phil. Elena Lewers

Research Assistant

Curriculum vitae

• 06/2025 PhD (Dr. phil.) at Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• 03/2024-10/2025 Research assistant in the project "Forschendes Lernen mit Oral History in der Geschichtswissenschaft (FLOH)" of the junior professorship for mining history (Jun.-Prof. Dr. Juliane Czierpka)
• since 06/2023 Research Assistant at the Chair for History Education and Public History
• 06/2020-06/2023 Research Assistant in the project ViRaGe - Virtuelle Realitäten als Geschichtserfahrung 
• 05/2020 Master of Arts Public History
• 04/2020 Master of Education in German, History and Educational Sciences
• 09/2019 to 06/2020 Student Assistant of the Assistant Professor for History Education  (Prof. Dr. Christian Bunnenberg)
• 06/2019 to 05/2020 Student Assistant of the Junior Professorship for European Expansion (Jun.-Prof. Dr. Tim Neu)
• 12/2018 to 06/2020 Student Assistant at the Chair for History Didactics (Prof. Dr. Nicola Brauch)
• 10/2017 to 05/2020 Study of Public History in the 1-subject Master of Arts at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• 08/2017 to 09/2019 Student assistant at the Chair of Early Modern History and Gender History (Prof. Dr. Maren Lorenz)
• 07/2017 to 03/2020 Member in the Council of Student Representatives of History at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• 10/2016 to 04/2020 Study of History and German Studies in the Master of Education at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• 08/2016 Bachelor of Arts
• 10/2013 to 09/2016 Study of History and German Studies in the Bachelor of Arts at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Research focuses 

• History Education
• Public History
• Digital Media (focus on Vritual Reality)

Memberships

• Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands e. V. (VHD)
• Konferenz für Geschichtsdidaktik (KGD)