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.

Research Field

North American History

Affiliation

University of Erfurt

Department of History

Project

Voluntariness as Political Practice

Pia Herzan

Pia Herzan

Co-Investigator (North American History)
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Voluntariness Up For Debate – Workshop Dis-Cover Fellow Citizens

In June 2022, our team of the subproject “Voluntariness as Political Practice” will discuss key issues of their research field at the workshop „Dis-Cover Fellow Citizens: Voluntary Civic Engagement in the Early Republic and Antebellum America“. Find more info here…

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Uncle Sam’s (Post-)9/11 Calling

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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…

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