
{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/template-faculty01\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2025-08-19T14:51:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:51:34","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/heather-perry\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My historical specialty is the history and culture of the First World War; however, I focus more broadly on the study of German and European History, the History of Medicine and the Body, and the History of War and Society.&nbsp; In particular, I enjoy researching how warfare has impacted society, culture, medicine, and science in European history from the late nineteenth century through 1945.&nbsp; My publications discuss WWI Germany, the history of disabled veterans, and the development of rehabilitation medicine and artificial limb technology, history museums, health exhibitions, and John Dillinger. I am currently working on two projects: The first examines food, gender, and civilian health during the First World War; the second examines the internment of enemy aliens in WWI America.&nbsp; I teach courses on Modern German history, History of the First World War, Medical History, War and Medicine, and Epidemics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">Fall 2025 Office Hours:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tues: 1:00-2:00 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weds: 12:00 -2:00 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>occasional appointments on Thurs &amp; Fri<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Office: Garinger 232<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Pronouns: She\/Hers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Modern Germany; History of Medicine and War; World War I; Disabled Veterans; Disability Studies&#8211; History &amp; Policy; gender, technology, and the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My research focuses on the impact of war on medicine, population health, and public policies. My <a href=\"https:\/\/manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk\/9780719089244\/\">first book<\/a> examines how the First World War transformed disability medicine and policy in Germany.&nbsp; I am currently working on several projects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Feeding War: Nutrition, Health, and National Belonging in Germany, 1914-1924<\/em> <\/strong>examines nutrition, public health and the national foodscape during and after Germany&#8217;s WWI experience.&nbsp; I published an essay related to this research in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palgrave.com\/us\/book\/9783030271374\">my second book<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Appalachia in the Trenches<\/em><\/strong> looks at civilian internees in WWI America&#8211;and especially the Carolinas.&nbsp; I showcase some of this research in a related Digital Humanities Project: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/uncc.edu\/carolina-in-wwi\/home\">Carolina in the Trenches.<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/uncc.edu\/carolina-in-wwi\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">carolinainthetrenches.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ph.D., Indiana University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M.A., Indiana University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B.A., Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My historical specialty is the history and culture of the First World War; however, I focus more broadly on the study of German and European History, the History of Medicine and the Body, and the History of War and Society.&nbsp; In particular, I enjoy researching how warfare has impacted society, culture, medicine, and science in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":363,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3iXvU-5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/heather-perry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/heather-perry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/heather-perry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/heather-perry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/heather-perry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":54,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/heather-perry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/heather-perry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/heather-perry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}