Denise Löwe

Denise Löwe is a doctoral student and research assistant affiliated with the Faculty of Cultural, Social, and Educational Sciences at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, specifically within the Department of Historical Educational Research. She works at the Library for Research on the History of Education (BBF) of the DIPF (Leibniz Institute for Educational Research and Information), focusing on historical educational research, school history, and digital humanities.

• Research Priorities: Historical educational research (19th-20th centuries), Abitur examination practices, student magazines as cultural artifacts, and digital methodologies.
• Projects: 'Abitur Examination Practice and Abitur Essay 1882–1972' (since 2018), 'School in Transition – SchiWa' (2017–2022), and others.

Her recent publications analyze Abitur essays, school rituals, and digital infrastructure for historical research. She has presented at conferences on topics like wartime Abitur, modernization debates, and gender dynamics in education. Löwe also teaches seminars on Abitur evolution, gymnasium history, and gender in education at institutions such as Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.