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Bio

Dr. Peter Gölz studied German and English literature at the University of Mannheim and the University of Sussex. He completed his MA at the University of Waterloo and his PhD at Queen's University. Peter’s publications include articles on German literature, German film, cyberpunk, humor ³Ô¹ÏÍø, CALL, and vampire ³Ô¹ÏÍø. Peter served as Chair of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies for 10 years, and with the support of UVic’s Innovation and Development Corporation, he founded HyperEdvantage Language Services. He received the University of Waterloo Arts in Academia Award for outstanding contribution to academics, and he served as President of the Canadian Association of University Teachers of German. Without interruption, Peter taught his favorite course, the “Cultural History of Vampires in Literature and Film,” for 22 years and the course often attracted 300 students. Peter retired in 2024 after 32 years at UVic, and he is looking forward to giving talks about his favorite subject, to play guitar every day, and to improve his cooking skills.

Selected publications

“Vampires in a Virtually Flipped Classroom.” Approaches to Teaching Stoker’s Dracula. Ed. William Thomas McBride. Modern Language Association of America. 2025. 135-142.

“.” Bulletin of the Silvania University of Brasov. Philology and Cultural Studies Special Issue. 14.63 (2021): 129-140.

“.” Cultural Topographies of the New Berlin. Eds. Karin Bauer and Jennifer Hosek. New York: Berghahn, 2017. 347-63

“.” Cinema and Social Change in Germany and Austria. Eds. Gabriele Mueller and James M. Skidmore. Waterloo: WLU Press, 2012. 173-188.

“.” Journal of Dracula Studies (Fall 2009): 23-41.

“See Lola run – Run Lola Run.” HoBO Magazine 7 (Fall-Winter 06/07) 113, 125-26.

“Von Ödipus zu Parzival: Inter- und Intratextualität bei Adolf Muschg.” Neue Perspektiven zur deutschsprachigen Literatur der Schweiz. Romey Sabalius, ed. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1997. 215-25.

"Räume ohne Grenzen: Cyberspace und reale Virtualität." Natur, Räume, Landschaften: 2. Internationales Kingstoner Symposium. Burkhardt Krause and Ulrich Scheck, eds. München: iudicium, 1996. 261-272.

Selected presentations/talks

April 6, 2024. “Of the foul German Spectre - the Vampyre.” Online. GSURS 2024 Conference. Hosted by University of Washington, UBC, and UVic.

March 18, 2024. “A Short History of Vampires.” Mary Winspear Center, Sidney.

Nov. 19, 2022. “Flying High: Blood Red Sky and the New Wave of German Vampire Films.” Children of the Night International Dracula Congress 2022. Online. Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania and Marie Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland.

October 26, 2022. “Dracula, Bram Stoker and Orson Welles: Staged Versions and Readings.” Invited lecture for LOST (Lawyers on Stage). UVic.

September 28, 2022. “Interview with a Vampire.” Interviewed by The Stoop Show, New York, for AMC podcasts to accompany all episodes of the new Interview with the Vampire.

April 17, 2021. “Nosferatu’s Cats: Undead Genre Conventions in Murnau, Herzog, and Merhige.” International Dracula Congress 2021. Online. Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania and Marie Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland.

March 21, 2022. “’It is no laughing matter!’ Or is it? The Lighter Side of Vampirism.” Invited lecture. Nerd Night Victoria. Victoria Event Center.

June 3, 2021. Popular Culture Association. Online. Boston. “Herzog’s Dialogue with Murnau & The Creation of the Cinematic Pandemic Vampire.”

Selected interviews

An Undying Interest in Vampires

Current research projects/information

Peter is presently preparing a series of lectures on Nosferatu for UVic’s Continuing Studies.