News

October 22, 2025, the Digital Classroom and Digital History Lab (GA 5/53) was opened.

The lab enables innovative teaching formats in public history and history didactics. With VR equipment and a smartboard, it offers space for testing history teaching skills for history lessons in digital conditions.

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Publications

The recently published volume of sources on antiquity by Christian Bunnenberg, Tobias Arand, Holger Dietrich and Martin Fell offers a range of sources that are suitable for students to learn by thinking for themselves: Arand, Tobias et al. (Hrgs.): Antike. Ungewöhnliche Quellen für den Geschichtsunterricht (Fundus - Quellen für den Geschichtsunterricht), Frankfurt am Main 2025.

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Research

Current projects include history in immersive media (AR, VR, 360° film), history teaching under digital conditions and history of the 19th century. 
 

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Public History

On May 27, 2026, the exhibition “Licht und Schatten: Fotografien des Bochumer Vereins für Gussstahlfabrikation 1860-1945” opened at the Bochum City Archives. The exhibition was created by students in the eighth cohort of the Public History program in cooperation with and with funding from the Krupp Historical Archives, the Bochum City Archives, and the Krupp Foundation.

Information about the exhibition and accompanying program can be found on the Bochum City Archives website.

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