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Dr. Christian Wachter

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  • Since 2022: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Digital History, Department of History, Bielefeld University
  • 2020-2022: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chair of Theory and Methods of History, Department of Medieval and Modern History, University of Göttingen
  • 2020: Doctorate; Ph.D. thesis title: "Geschichte digital schreiben. Hypertext als non-lineare Wissensrepräsentation in der Digital History"; Ph.D. scholarship: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German Academic Scholarship Foundation)
  • 2016: Research assistant, Centre for Collection Development, University of Göttingen
  • 2015-2016: Research assistant, Center for Theory of Culture and Society, University of Göttingen
  • 2015-2016: Research assistant, Göttingen Centre for Digital Humanities, University of Göttingen
  • 2011-2015: Freelancer, Otto von Bismarck Foundation, Friedrichsruh, Germany
  • 2014: M.A. in history (thesis title: "'Medialization follows function!' Hyperstrukturen und Multilinearität als mediale Erweiterung des geschichtswissenschaftlichen Knowledge Designs und ihre Sprachlogik.")
  • 2012-2013: Research assistant, Göttinger Institut für Demokratieforschung, University of Göttingen
  • 2011-2014: Studies of history and philosophy, University of Göttingen
  • 2010-2011: Student research assistant, Otto von Bismarck Foundation, Friedrichsruh
  • 2010: B.A. in history (thesis title: "Antisemitische Agitation des Alldeutschen Verbandes im Ersten Weltkrieg.")
  • 2007-2010: Studies of history and philosophy, University of Hamburg

Current research topics

  • Digital History and Digital Humanities
  • Visual media and multimodality in historical research
  • Theories and methods of history
  • Political discourse history of early 20th century Germany
  • Research on antisemitism and nationalism (19th and early 20th centuries)