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Abbie Hartman is a cultural and public historian working in the fields of public history and historical game studies. Her research focuses on the construction of history in popular culture, why history is presented in culturally-specific ways, and how this might effect public understandings of the past.
Abbie's publication, "Video Games as Public History: Archives, Empathy and Affinity" (Game Studies, 2021), addresses how to utilise video games as a powerful and emotive form of public history.
Additionally, Abbie has extensive experience working in the GLAM and education sectors and is driven by the philosophy that history should be available and consumable for everyone.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Ludic Historicisation: Video Games as Public History
Hartman, A. (Primary Chief Investigator)
1/01/18 → 24/04/23
Project: Research
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Video games as public history: archives, empathy and affinity
Hartman, A., Tulloch, R. & Young, H., Dec 2021, In: Game Studies. 21, 4, 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access12 Link opens in a new tab Citations (Scopus) -
"It's not accurate, but it usually feels authentic": accuracy, authenticity and verisimilitude in Assassin's Creed Origins
Hartman, A., 2026, Ancient Egypt in video games. Cromwell, J. (ed.). Berlin ; Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, p. 19-42 24 p. (Video Games and the Humanities; vol. 21).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Play through history
Hartman, A. (Curator), 2024Research output: Non-traditional research output › Curatorship
Prizes
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Faculty of Arts Early Career Learning and Teaching Award
Hartman, A. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Teaching award
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Highly Commended - Vice-Chancellor's Learning and Teaching Sessional Staff Award 2023
Hartman, A. (Recipient), 15 Nov 2023
Prize: Teaching award