By Pia Herzan
Almost exactly twenty years ago, I set off on what was, at the time, the biggest adventure of my life—my high school exchange year in the United States. The first couple of weeks were spent soaking up the last…
About Pia
Pia Herzan is a Research Associate at the Chair of North American History, University of Erfurt, and Co-Investigator in the Research Unit on Voluntariness. Her research focuses on voluntariness and political practice in the emerging United States. Prior to working for a German-American cultural and educational institute and a political foundation, she studied North American Studies and Political Science in Berlin and Konstanz.
