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Professor Peter Arnds holds positions in both the German and Italian Studies departments at Trinity College Dublin, where he has been a Fellow since 2012. He serves as Director of the M.Phil Programme in Comparative Literature and Faculty Mentor to the Trinity Journal of Literary Translation. His academic work bridges Comparative Literature, German and Italian Studies, Holocaust Studies, Ecocriticism, and Literary Translation.
- Education:
- Ph.D. in German Studies (University of Toronto, 1995)
- M.A. in German Literature (University of Toronto, 1993)
- M.A. in English Literature and Linguistics with minors in German and French (Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, 1990)
Arnds' research explores animal metaphors in Holocaust literature, ecopolitical dehumanization, and rewilding discourse. His 2021 monograph Wolves at the Door examines species reintroduction narratives in postcolonial contexts. His work also connects myth studies with biopolitical theory across European and global literatures.
Recent publications analyze human-animal relations in Günter Grass' work, cockroach metaphors in Kafka-inspired texts, and ecocritical mobility in pandemic fiction. The full spectrum of his research spans from 1998 to 2026, with a focus on German, Italian, and postcolonial literatures.
Recognition:
- Elected to Academia Europaea (2018)
- All-Ireland Teaching Awards (2011, 2015)
- Longlisted for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (2016)
- Visiting Professorships at institutions in India, Spain, and Australia
Arnds contributes to global research networks including Challenging Precarity and Narratives of Resilience, collaborating across 7 countries. He wrote the foreword to Hubert Kueter's memoir My Tainted Blood and has served as Editor for Translating Holocaust Literature (2015).
