Philipp Gassert

Philipp Gassert, born in 1965, is a historian and American studies scholar. He studied history, economics and public law in Heidelberg, Angers and Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 2014, he took up the chair of contemporary history at the University of Mannheim. His academic career also included research and teaching at the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C., Heidelberg University, LMU Munich, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Augsburg. His publications include »Kurt Georg Kiesinger, 1904–1988. Kanzler zwischen den Zeiten« (2006). He was also a co-author of »Amerikas Kriege« (2014) and »Geschichte der USA« (updated edition 2021).