Dr Richard Millington
Programme Leader German / Lecturer in German
Biography
I started working at the University of Chester in 2012. I completed my undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of Liverpool, where I also worked as a University Teacher. I have also worked as a Foreign News Editor for an international media company in Liverpool. I was in that post for seven years. I run the the X/Twitter account EastGermanyOnline (@DDROnline). I post regularly about my research, as well as on East Germany in general. You can also find me on Bluesky Social.
Teaching and Supervision
I teach a range of modules including ones on German language and grammar, European politics, culture, film and literature. My teaching interests include contemporary German society and politics, memory and its role in modern societies, and the Cold War in Germany.
Research and Knowledge Exchange
My current research investigates crime and criminality in East Germany. My doctoral research focused on East German citizens' experiences and memories of the uprising of 17 June 1953 in East Germany. I have more general research interests in everyday life in dictatorships, oral history, and memory studies. I have also published on the French Resistance, and slavery and the British Empire.