Dr. Tom Ullrich

Academic Vita

Tom Ullrich studied media, culture, photography and film studies at Bauhaus University Weimar, Lumière University Lyon 2 and Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3. Since 2017, he has been a researcher and lecturer at the Institute for Film, Theater, Media, and Culture Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.

Research

Tom Ullrich's doctoral thesis “Barricades. Media History of Revolution in 19th Century Paris” examines the interrelations between barricade construction, street fighting and urban planning in Paris (1830-1871). As a postdoctoral researcher, he is studying urban mobility conflicts within the media culture studies subproject E04, “Mobility Types. Infrastructuring Human Differentiation in Urban Road Traffic”.

His research focuses on cultural techniques and media history (photography, maps, prints, film), urban studies and urban history (especially Paris and Berlin), transportation infrastructures (train stations, streets), history of nature conservation, revolutions, and protest cultures.

Foto: Stephanie Füssenich