Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, and Russian Studies, German
Chet Lisiecki earned a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Oregon with a focus on German literature, comparative modernisms, and political literary aesthetics. His research explores questions of complicity and resistance in the context of German colonialism, Nazi fascism, and the conservative revolution, considering how adherences to systems of oppression can be made, unmade, and represented. His work can be found in Monatshefte, Modernism/modernity, and Arendt Studies.
Professor Lisiecki teaches all levels of German language, literature, and culture, including courses taught in Germany for the CC in Berlin program. He regularly teaches in the First-Year Program, and his courses have been cross-listed with Comparative Literature, Film and Media Studies, History, and Feminist and Gender Studies. He is currently the First-Year Program Faculty Fellow, a part-time leadership role in College Transitions Programs. From 2021-2024 he served as the Project Coordinator for Colorado College’s “Humanities For All Times” grant sponsored by the Mellon Foundation.
Recent Publications
“Anti-Totalitarianism, Affective Solidarities, and the Council System,” Arendt Studies 9 (December 2025).
“Hermann Claudius and the Politics of Inner Emigration,” Monatshefte 116.4 (December 2024).
Regular Courses
Representing and Understanding the Holocaust Queer Germany Fairy Tales Fascist Modernism Monsters, Robots, and Cyborgs Critical Game Studies
