Prof. Dr. Tamar Herzog

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsHistory of Law, Constitutional History,Other Areas of History
KeywordsEuropäische Geschichte, Rechtsgeschichte Lateinamerika, Rechtsgeschichte Europas, Geschichte Lateinamerikas

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityCambridge MA
InstitutionHarvard University
InstituteDepartment of History

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Thomas DuveMax-Planck-Institut für Rechtsgeschichte und Rechtstheorie (MPILHLT), Frankfurt am Main
Start of initial sponsorship03/04/2023

Programme(s)

2022Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Herzog is a leading scholar in the field of early modern and modern legal history. A jurist and historian, Professor Herzog has been pioneering the study of administration of justice and constitution of communities in colonial settings in the Americas and in Europe. In Germany, she will contribute to the research on the uses of the past in legal cultures of the Global South and the Global North.