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Tom Pinsker is a doctoral researcher in the Collaborative Research Center (SFB 1472) at the University of Siegen, focusing on the Department of Modern and Contemporary History. His research explores the reception of history in digital games, emphasizing oral history interviews to understand how historical knowledge is absorbed, integrated, and transferred through gaming. He is also affiliated with subprojects B05 and AG5 within the SFB.
His academic background includes a Bachelor's degree from Leipzig and Jena, focusing on U.S. perceptions of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, and a Master's degree from Friedrich Schiller University Jena, examining U.S. diplomat Hugh S. Gibson in the Second Polish Republic. He has collaborated with Milan Weber on game-related publications and participated in workshops on political order ideals and historical appropriation.
- Workshop: Staging Political Conceptions of Order (2024)
- Lecture: "Personal appropriation and reception of popular history in digital games" (2022)
Tom contributes to the "Popularizing the Past" research group and works with teams AG3, FW1, and CRG. His methodological focus includes media staging, quantitative analysis, and imagery studies.
