Jun.-Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Piller
Research interests
- Europe and the United States since 1776
- North American history, particularly foreign policy of the United States
- Cultural history of diplomacy and international relations (19th and 20th century)
- History of Modern Humanitarianism
Selected publications
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(In)Gratitude, US Ascendancy and Transatlantic Relations after the Great War, in: Contemporary European History 34/2 (2025), S. 213-231.
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Imperium wider Willen? – Visuelle Darstellungen der USA als Kolonialmacht um 1900, in: Ronald G. Asch, Peter Eich und Elisabeth Piller, hrsg. Imperien – Temporalität, Visualisierungen und post-imperiale Ordnungen. Freiburg: Freiburger Imperienforschung, 2024, S. 85-119.
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A Humanitarian Moment? The U.S. Military in Europe, 1943-1947, in: Modern American History 7/1 (2024), S. 92-97.
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Die Rückkehr der Imperien? Putins Krieg und seine globalen Implikationen, in: Journal of Modern European History 20/2 (2022), S. 148-160 (zus. mit Dietmar Neutatz et al.)
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The Transatlantic Dynamics of European Cultural Diplomacy: Germany, France and the Battle for U.S. Affections In the 1920s, in: Contemporary European History 30/2 (2021), S. 248-264.
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American War Relief, Cultural Mobilization and the Myth of Impartial Humanitarianism, 1914–17, in: Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 17/4 (2018), S. 619-635.
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