Erica Lansberg is the DPAA Research Partner Fellow at the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy. She completed her doctorate summa cum laude at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, writing her dissertation about encounters between American soldiers and German children during the postwar occupation of Germany after World War II. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships from institutions including the German Historical Institute Washington, DC, the Harry S. Truman Library Institute, and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). In addition, she served as an English teaching assistant at a school near Salzburg, Austria through Fulbright Austria. She completed her MA in American history at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, in addition to a BA at Williams College, where she graduated magna cum laude, majoring in both history and Arabic studies. She is also a Research Associate at the Lasky Center for Transatlantic Studies in Munich. In addition to her passion for WWII-era history, she is enthusiastic about public history and has previously worked as a historic house tour guide in Washington, DC.
Erica Lansberg, DPhil
DPAA Research Partner Fellow
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