Team

Dr. Thekla Keuck is a lecturer in Public History and directs the master’s program in Public History. She sees herself as a mediator, multiplier, and advocate for linking practice-oriented and research-driven teaching in both face-to-face and digital ways. Her current work focuses on conceptual and methodological approaches to Public History, memory cultures, and modern Jewish history, particularly the history of Jewish life in Bremen. Significant stages of her academic career include Cologne, New York, Jerusalem, Vienna, Kraków, G?ttingen, Berlin, Heidelberg, and Paris. more >

Jared Schauer supports the Public History team as a student assistant in the development and maintenance of digital learning materials. After earning bachelor’s degrees in Media Informatics, History, and Art History in Leipzig and Bonn, his passion for Public History brought him to Bremen. His research focuses on constructions of authenticity in popular representations of history, particularly in graphic novels; his primary epochal focus is on the era of National Socialism.

Anna Leinen is writing her doctoral thesis on the history of Displaced Persons in Bremen between 1945 and 1951. After study and internship stays in Japan and France, she earned her degree in History at the University of Bremen with a focus on Public History. During this time, she played a key role in supporting the Public History working group in the field of social media. Before her doctoral research, she worked as an independent historian, focusing on the history of National Socialism—particularly forced labor and forced laborers in Bremen—as well as local memory culture.

Viktor Pordzik is a doctoral candidate in Public History. His dissertation examines the application of the “German People’s List” (Deutsche Volksliste, DVL) to the Polish minority in Bremen between 1939 and 1945. After earning his master’s degree in History with a focus on Public History, he completed a dual diploma program in Archival Studies in Bremen and Marburg. His research interests include Nazi population policy, the history of East-Central Europe, and local history of Bremen. He has also been actively involved in various citizen science projects through historical and genealogical associations.