Dr. Georg Wolff
Curt Engelhorn Chair in American History
Research Associate
Contact Details:
Heidelberg University
Department of History
Grabengasse 3-5
D-69117 Heidelberg
Room: 044A
Phone: +49 (0) 62 21 / 54 - 3361
E-Mail: georg.wolff@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de
Dissertation Project:
“Conservative Mujahideen. Young Americans for Freedom’s Crusade for Conservatism” (finished)
Profile:
Georg Wolff studied History and Political Science at Heidelberg University. In 2021, he earned a PhD from the Faculty of Philosophy with a thesis entitled “Conservative Mujahideen. Young Americans for Freedom’s Crusade for Conservatism”. For his work, he was presented with the Ruprecht-Karls Prize 2022. From 2017 to 2020, he worked at the DFG-Graduiertenkolleg “Authority and Trust in American Culture, Society, History and Politics” at the Heidelberg Center for American Studies.
For a full academic CV, please click here.
Research Interests:
- U.S. Intellectual History
- Authority and Trust in Political Institutions in U.S.-American Society
- Game Studies - Metahistory in Videogames
- Narratology and Historiography
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