Laura Herges
Research Associate - Study Program Coordinator
Contact
Heidelberg Center for American Studies
Hauptstraße 120
69117 Heidelberg
Tel.: +49 6221 543713
E-Mail: lherges@hca.uni-heidelberg.de
Office Hours
Wednesday, 10;00 -12:00 p.m.
Friday, 10:00 -12:00 p.m.
HCA, Room 207
(during the semester break by appointment only)
About
Laura Herges pursues her PhD at the English Department with Philipp Löffler and Margit Peterfy. Her dissertation project “The Military-Entertainment Complex: ‘Reframing History for a New Generation’” focuses on the depiction of real-life operations of the U.S. military abroad in movies that were produced with the support of the Department of Defense or the CIA.
Areas of Specialization
- American military history
- 9/11 and the War on Terror
- Postcolonialism and Orientalism
- American film- and pop culture
Education and Employment
- 2023-2025 Student Assistant, Graduate Academy, Heidelberg University
- 2023 MA English Studies (Literature & Cultural Studies), Heidelberg University
- 2018 BA English Studies & Romance Language Studies, Heidelberg University