Peter Erickson

Peter Erickson is Associate Professor of German and Director of International Studies at Colorado State University. His transdisciplinary research examines German literary, artistic, and religious intersections from the Enlightenment to modernity, with emphases on colonial narratives, architecture theory, and Romantic visual culture. Courses explore Holocaust representation, colonial encounters, and urban life in German literature.

Key research domains:

• Conversion narratives in Enlightenment literature
• Architectural symbolism in Hegelian philosophy
• Prosthetic embodiment in Romantic art
• Colonial performance in cinema

Publications analyze body marking practices, poisoned gifts in Gothic fiction, and geological metaphors in literature. Recent work investigates kinship aesthetics and sacramental envy in women's writing.