Roman Smirnov, Dr. des.

Research Assistant 

Curriculum Vitae

• since July 2026 Research Assistant at the Chair of History Didactics and Public History at Ruhr University Bochum (developing the GraKo grant proposal as part of the project “Between Pleasure and Conscience – Experiences of Reception and Learning in the Context of Dynamic Digital Media Cultures,” funded by the MERCUR program of the UA Ruhr)
• 07/2023 to 06/2026 Research assistant at the Collaborative Research Center "Virtual Environments" in the subproject Scientific Service Project: Methods and Didactics
• 05/2022 to 06/2023 Research volunteer at the Historical Museum Bremerhaven
• 09/2020 to 12/2020 Internship at LWL Museums of Industrial Heritage Heinrichshütte Hattingen
• 10/2019 to 05/2022 M.A. Studies in Public History at  Ruhr-University Bochum
• 09/2017 to 04/2022 History Teacher at the Russian State Accredited Online School
• 01/2016 to 02/2016 Internship at the Peter and Paul Fortress Museum in Saint Petersburg
• 01/2015 to 02/2015 Internship at the Russian State Historical Archive (RGIA) in Saint Petersburg
• 09/2013 to 06/2017 B.A. Studies in History at Saint Petersburg State University

Research focuses

• Digital Public History
• Memory Studies
• Popularity of Sites of Memory
• History in immersive media
• History Didactics

Memberships

• D-A-CH / Fachverband für Public-History-Forschung (phfv) (since June 2026).
• NFDI4Memory Doctoral Network “Digital History” (since October 2024).
• Early Career Forum of the CRC 1567 “Virtual Lifeworlds” (since July 2023).