Aleksandr Rusanov

Aleksandr Rusanov is a Researcher at the Department of History within the Faculty of History, Philosophy and Theology at Bielefeld University. His research focuses on Historical Spaces in Transition, examining museum communication of German contemporary history in East and West Germany since 1958. He has been actively involved in teaching roles, including tutoring history seminars and project courses since 2015.

• Education
  • Master of Arts in History, Bielefeld University (2017-2019), thesis: Karl Marx in the Museum of Contemporary Art: The Karl Marx House in Trier and its permanent exhibitions in historical change, 1968-2018
  • Bachelor’s degree in History, German Studies, and Educational Sciences with a teaching qualification (2013-2017), thesis: "The Germany of 1940 is different from the Germany of 1914/18." A case study of the Westfälische Neueste Nachrichten' reporting on the 1940 French campaign
• Research & Projects
  • Current research: Historical Spaces in Transition (DFG-funded, since 2020)
  • Past roles: Research Assistant at Bielefeld University (2015-2020), Tutor in multiple seminars (2015-2020)
  • Collaboration on exhibitions about National Socialism (2018) and Bethel historical projects (2016-2017)
• Service & Recognition
  • Chairman and Advisory Board Member of voluntary mentoring program Rock Your Life Bielefeld e.V. (2019-2022)
  • Received the Bielefeld Young Talent Fund scholarship (2020)