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Dr Michaela Schrage-Frueh

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Contact Details

Lecturer in German
Arts Millennium Building
University Road
Galway
T: +353 91 493602
E: Michaela.Schrage-Frueh@nuigalway.ie
 
researcher
 

Biography

Michaela Schrage-Frueh joined NUI Galway as Lecturer in German in 2017. Prior to this she was a Lecturer in English Literature at Mainz University (where she was awarded her MA and PhD) and DAAD-Lecturer at the University of Limerick (2012-2017).

In Galway she is Course and Erasmus Coordinator of BCommerce International (German) and teaches classes on German language, literature, and culture to Commerce and Arts students.

Her main research interests include gender and ageing studies; cultural, literary, and philosophical dream studies, and German-Irish Studies. She is a founding member of WARN (Women and Ageing Research Network; https://womenandageing.network/) and a member of the Network of Cultural Dream Studies (http://www.culturaldreamstudies.eu/). In December 2021 she was an invited guest lecturer at the Research Training Group 'European Dream Cultures', University of Saarbrücken (https://www.traumkulturen.de/beteiligte/gastwissenschaftlerinnen.html). From 2019-2022 she was part of the Irish research team of the ERC-funded project MASCAGE (https://gender-net-plus.eu/mascage/) and from 2021-2022 she was PI of the IRC-funded project "ReStorying Ageing: Older Women and Life Writing". 

Michaela is particularly interested in supervising postgraduate work on any aspect of ageing in literature and culture or on any other aspect related to contemporatry German, Anglophone or comparative literature.








Research Interests

  • women and ageing in literature and culture
  • cultural, literary and philosophical dream studies
  • poetry, fiction and life writing
  • women's writing from the eighteenth century to the present
  • world literature
  • Irish literature and culture
  • German-Irish cultural connections



Research Projects

  Project Start Date End Date
IRC Postgraduate Scholarship Clare Brannigan: The ageing other: age, gender and social class in Norah Hoult's fiction of the interwar period 01-SEP-22 31-AUG-26
IRC New Foundations: Restorying Ageing: Older Women and Life Writing 01-DEC-21 01-DEC-22

Contract Researchers

  Researcher Name Project Role Funding Body
Dr Margaret O'Neill Restorying Ageing: Older Women and Life Writing Postdoctoral Researcher Irish Research Council (IRC)

Books

  Year Publication
(2016) Philosophy, Dreaming and the Literary Imagination.
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2016) Philosophy, Dreaming and the Literary Imagination. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. [DOI] [Details]
(2004) Emerging Identities: Myth, Nation and Gender in the Poetry of Eavan Boland, Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill and Medbh McGuckian.
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2004) Emerging Identities: Myth, Nation and Gender in the Poetry of Eavan Boland, Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill and Medbh McGuckian. Trier: WVT. [Details]

Edited Books

  Year Publication
(2025) A Cultural History of Sleep and Dreaming (Volume 5: The Modern Age, 1860-1945).
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela; Ahlheim, Hannah (Ed.). (2025) A Cultural History of Sleep and Dreaming (Volume 5: The Modern Age, 1860-1945) A Cultural History of Sleep and Dreaming (Volume 5: The Modern Age, 1860-1945). London: Bloomsbury. [Details]
(2023) Ageing Masculinities in Contemporary European and Anglophone Cinema.
Tracy, Tony; Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (Ed.). (2023) Ageing Masculinities in Contemporary European and Anglophone Cinema Ageing Masculinities in Contemporary European and Anglophone Cinema. London: Routledge. [Details]
(2022) Ageing Masculinities in Irish Literature and Visual Culture.
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela; Tracy, Tony (Ed.). (2022) Ageing Masculinities in Irish Literature and Visual Culture Ageing Masculinities in Irish Literature and Visual Culture. London: Routledge. [Details]
(2020) Women and Ageing: Private Meaning, Social Lives.
O'Neill, Margaret; Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (Ed.). (2020) Women and Ageing: Private Meaning, Social Lives Women and Ageing: Private Meaning, Social Lives. London: Routledge. [Details]
(2019) Women and Ageing: Private Meaning, Social Lives.
O'Neill, Margaret; Schrage-Frueh, MIchaela (Ed.). (2019) Women and Ageing: Private Meaning, Social Lives Women and Ageing: Private Meaning, Social Lives. London: Taylor and Francis. [Details]
(2018) Women and Ageing in Irish Writing, Drama and Film.
O'Neill, Margaret and Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (Ed.). (2018) Women and Ageing in Irish Writing, Drama and Film Women and Ageing in Irish Writing, Drama and Film. Dalarna University Centre for Irish Studies: Nordic Irish Studies Review 17.1 (2018). [Details]
(2017) Ageing Women in Literature and Visual Culture: Reflections, Refractions, Reimaginings.
McGlynn, Cathy; O'Neill, Margaret; Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (Ed.). (2017) Ageing Women in Literature and Visual Culture: Reflections, Refractions, Reimaginings Ageing Women in Literature and Visual Culture: Reflections, Refractions, Reimaginings. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details]
(2015) Medbh McGuckian: New Selected Poems.
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela; Farago, Borbala (Ed.). (2015) Medbh McGuckian: New Selected Poems Medbh McGuckian: New Selected Poems. Winston, Salem: Wake Forest University Press. [Details]
(2013) Anglistentag Potsdam 2012: Proceedings (Section: Recent Ireland).
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela; Heinz, Sarah; Kirchhofer, Anton; Rennhak, Katharina (Ed.). (2013) Anglistentag Potsdam 2012: Proceedings (Section: Recent Ireland). Trier: WVT. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2023) 'Using Autoethnography in e-Tandems for Fostering Glocal Cultural Awareness: An Irish-German Virtual Exchange'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela; Wehrmann, Juergen (2023) 'Using Autoethnography in e-Tandems for Fostering Glocal Cultural Awareness: An Irish-German Virtual Exchange'. Journal of Virtual Exchange, [DOI] [Details]
(2022) 'Wedded to the Land? Representations of Rural Ageing Masculinities in Irish Culture and Society'
Ní Léime, Áine; O'Neill, Margaret; Schrage-Frueh, Michaela; Tracy, Tony (2022) 'Wedded to the Land? Representations of Rural Ageing Masculinities in Irish Culture and Society'. Journal Of Aging Studies, [DOI] [Details]
(2019) 'Women and Ageing: Private Meaning, Social Lives (Editorial)'
O'Neill, Margaret; Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2019) 'Women and Ageing: Private Meaning, Social Lives (Editorial)'. Life Writing, :1-8 [DOI] [Details]
(2018) 'Introduction: Women and Ageing in Irish Writing, Drama and Film'
O'Neill, Margaret; Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2018) 'Introduction: Women and Ageing in Irish Writing, Drama and Film'. Nordic Irish Studies, 17 (1):1-12 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2018) 'Reimagining the Fourth Age: The Ageing Mother in the Poetry of Mary Dorcey and Paul Durcan'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2018) 'Reimagining the Fourth Age: The Ageing Mother in the Poetry of Mary Dorcey and Paul Durcan'. Nordic Irish Studies, 17 (1):77-93 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2017) 'Blurring the Boundaries: Dreaming Children in Katherine Mansfield's Sun and Moon and Daphne du Maurier's The Pool'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2017) 'Blurring the Boundaries: Dreaming Children in Katherine Mansfield's Sun and Moon and Daphne du Maurier's The Pool'. Journal of the Short Story in English, 69 :15-36 [Details]
(2013) 'Negotiating Historical Trauma: The Great Famine as Memory and Metaphor in Contemporary Irish Fiction'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2013) 'Negotiating Historical Trauma: The Great Famine as Memory and Metaphor in Contemporary Irish Fiction'. Critical Engagements: A Journal of Criticism and Theory, 6 (2):59-74 [Details]
(2009) 'Transforming that Past: The Healing Power of Dreams in Paula Meehan's Poetry'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2009) 'Transforming that Past: The Healing Power of Dreams in Paula Meehan's Poetry'. An Sionnach: A Journal of Literature, Culture and the Arts, 5 (1):114-126 [Details]
(2009) 'My Heart Beats as Though It Were Hers: Medbh McGuckian's Intertextual Dialogues with Women in Marconi's Cottage'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2009) 'My Heart Beats as Though It Were Hers: Medbh McGuckian's Intertextual Dialogues with Women in Marconi's Cottage'. Nordic Irish Studies, 8 :43-56 [Details]
(2005) 'An Interview with Medbh McGuckian'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2005) 'An Interview with Medbh McGuckian'. Contemporary Literature, 46 (1):1-17 [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2023) 'Time Travel, Age/ing and Ecology in the German Netflix Series Dark (2017¿2020)'
Tina-Karen Pusse, Michaela Schrage-Früh (2023) 'Time Travel, Age/ing and Ecology in the German Netflix Series Dark (2017¿2020)' In: Aging Studies and Ecocriticism - Interdisciplinary Encounters. :103-117 Washington D.C: Lexington. [Details]
(2023) 'Novels of Ripening: The Maturation of the Bildungsroman'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela; O'Neill, Margaret (2023) 'Novels of Ripening: The Maturation of the Bildungsroman' In: Bloomsbury Handbook to Ageing in Contemporary Literature and Film. :11-23 London: Bloomsbury. [Details]
(2022) 'Uncanny Reflections: Older Widowers in John Banville's 'The Sea', Sebastian Barry's 'The Secret Scripture' and Anne Griffin's 'When All is Said'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2022) 'Uncanny Reflections: Older Widowers in John Banville's 'The Sea', Sebastian Barry's 'The Secret Scripture' and Anne Griffin's 'When All is Said' In: Ageing Masculinities in Irish Literature and Visual Culture. London: Routledge. [Details]
(2022) 'Stories of Exile and Home: Dementia and Masculinity in Arno Geiger's 'Der alte König in seinem Exil' and Ian Maleney's 'Minor Monuments''
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2022) 'Stories of Exile and Home: Dementia and Masculinity in Arno Geiger's 'Der alte König in seinem Exil' and Ian Maleney's 'Minor Monuments'' In: Ageing Masculinities, Alzheimer's and Dementia Narratives. :145-161 London: Bloomsbury. [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2020) 'Surplus to Requirements? The Ageing Body in Contemporary Irish Writing'
O'Neill, Margaret; Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2020) 'Surplus to Requirements? The Ageing Body in Contemporary Irish Writing' In: The Routledge International Handbook of Irish Studies. :435-447 London: Routledge. [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2020) 'The Aging Contemporary: Aging Families and Generational Connections in Irish Writing'
O'Neill, Margaret; Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2020) 'The Aging Contemporary: Aging Families and Generational Connections in Irish Writing' In: The New Irish Studies. :177-191 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2019) 'Struck with Ireland Fever: Hugo Hamilton's Berlin Trilogy'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2019) 'Struck with Ireland Fever: Hugo Hamilton's Berlin Trilogy' In: Perceptions and Perspectives: Exploring Connections between Ireland and the GDR. :57-71 Trier: WVT. [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2017) 'Embarking, Not Dying: Clare Boylan's Beloved Stranger as Reifungsroman'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2017) 'Embarking, Not Dying: Clare Boylan's Beloved Stranger as Reifungsroman' In: Ageing Women in Literature and Visual Culture: Reflections, Refractions, Reimaginings. :55-71 Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2017) 'Introduction'
McGlynn, Cathy; O'Neill, Margaret; Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2017) 'Introduction' In: Ageing Women in Literature and Visual Culture: Reflections, Refractions, Reimaginings. :1-20 Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2016) 'Imagination und Traum-Autorschaft im viktorianischen Traumdiskurs'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2016) 'Imagination und Traum-Autorschaft im viktorianischen Traumdiskurs' In: Das nächtliche Selbst: Traumwissen und Traumkunst im Jahrhundert der Psychologie. :150-169 Göttingen: Wallstein-Verlag. [Details]
(2015) 'Introduction'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela; Farago, Borbala (2015) 'Introduction' In: The Unfixed Horizon: New Selected Poems By Medbh McGuckian. :xiii-xxxvii Winston, Salem: Wake Forest Univesity Press. [Details]
(2015) 'Foreigners Within: Identitity, Belonging and the Migrant Other in Barry McCrea's The First Verse and Sean O'Reilly's The Swing of Things'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2015) 'Foreigners Within: Identitity, Belonging and the Migrant Other in Barry McCrea's The First Verse and Sean O'Reilly's The Swing of Things' In: The Leaving of Ireland: Migration and Belonging in Irish Literature and Film. :121-141 New York et al: Peter Lang. [Details]
(2014) 'Like a Foreigner / in My Native Land: Transculturality and Otherness in Twenty-First-Century Irish Poetry'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2014) 'Like a Foreigner / in My Native Land: Transculturality and Otherness in Twenty-First-Century Irish Poetry' In: Literary Visions of Multicultural Ireland: The Immigrant in Contemporary Irish Literature. :163-175 Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details]
(2013) 'Recent Ireland: Visions and Revisions of Irishness from the 1990s to Today: Introduction'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela; Heinz, Sarah; Kirchhofer, Anton; Rennhak, Katharina (2013) 'Recent Ireland: Visions and Revisions of Irishness from the 1990s to Today: Introduction' In: Anglistentag 2012 Potsdam: Proceedings (Section: Recent Ireland). :3-10 Trier: WVT. [Details]
(2012) '(Un-)Writing the Self: Authorial Strategies in Seventeenth-century Religious Prophecy'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2012) '(Un-)Writing the Self: Authorial Strategies in Seventeenth-century Religious Prophecy' In: Anglistentag Freiburg 2011: Proceedings. :111-127 Trier: WVT. [Details]
(2012) 'Aren't We Citizens of the World? Irish Diaspora and Its Discontents in Deirdre Madden's One by One in the Darkness, Anne Devlin's After Easter and Nuala O'Faolain's My Dream of You'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2012) 'Aren't We Citizens of the World? Irish Diaspora and Its Discontents in Deirdre Madden's One by One in the Darkness, Anne Devlin's After Easter and Nuala O'Faolain's My Dream of You' In: Ireland in / and Europe: Cross-Currents and Exchanges. :137-146 Trier: WVT. [Details]
(2012) 'The Roots of Art Are in the Dream: Dreams, Literature and Evolution'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2012) 'The Roots of Art Are in the Dream: Dreams, Literature and Evolution' In: Telling Stories: Literature and Evolution. :156-171 Berlin: De Gruyter. [Details]
(2011) 'The Danger of Biscuit-Coloured Silk: Dress, Playfulness and Sensuality in the Poetry of Medbh McGuckian and Paula Meehan'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2011) 'The Danger of Biscuit-Coloured Silk: Dress, Playfulness and Sensuality in the Poetry of Medbh McGuckian and Paula Meehan' In: The Playful Air of Light(ness) in Irish Literature and Culture. :95-114 Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. [Details]
(2010) 'Speaking as the North: Self and Place in the Early Poetry of Medbh McGuckian'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2010) 'Speaking as the North: Self and Place in the Early Poetry of Medbh McGuckian' In: The Interior of Words: The Poetry of Medbh McGuckian. :22-44 Cork: Cork University Press. [Details]
(2009) 'Jackie Kay'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2009) 'Jackie Kay' In: Dictionary of Literary Biography: Twenty-First Century Black British Writers. :166-176 Sumter, S.C: Bruccoli, Clark, Layman. [Details]
(2009) 'So Much Psychic Land to Reclaim: Otherworldly Encounters in Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill's Poetry'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2009) 'So Much Psychic Land to Reclaim: Otherworldly Encounters in Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill's Poetry' In: Liminal Borderlands in Irish Literature and Culture. :151-172 New York et al: Peter Lang. [Details]
(2006) 'My Being Cries Out to Be Incarnate: The Virgin Mary and Female Sexuality in Contemporary Irish Women's Poetry'
Schrage-Früh, Michaela (2006) 'My Being Cries Out to Be Incarnate: The Virgin Mary and Female Sexuality in Contemporary Irish Women's Poetry' In: The Body and Desire in Contemporary Irish Poetry. :123-143 Dublin: Irish Academic Press. [Details]
(2005) 'Listening to All: Facetten der englischen Gegenwartslyrik. Ein Nachwort'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2005) 'Listening to All: Facetten der englischen Gegenwartslyrik. Ein Nachwort' In: Wozu Vögel, Bücher, Jazz: Gedichte aus England. :167-178 Heidelberg: Wunderhorn. [Details]
(2004) 'Subversive Weiblichkeit? Die Frau als Muse, Geliebte und Künstlerin im Werk Friedrich Schlegels und Karoline von Günderrodes'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2004) 'Subversive Weiblichkeit? Die Frau als Muse, Geliebte und Künstlerin im Werk Friedrich Schlegels und Karoline von Günderrodes' In: Subversive Romantik. :365-390 Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. [Details]

Other Journals

  Year Publication
(2009) 'The Multiplicity of What I Am: Black Scottishness in the Poetry of Jackie Kay'
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2009) 'The Multiplicity of What I Am: Black Scottishness in the Poetry of Jackie Kay' Folia Litteraria Anglica, 8 :67-78. [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
(2022) Clash of Cultures? Bildungsvermittlung zwischen den Generationen im Zeichen der digitalen Revolution
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2022) OK Boomer: Alters- undd Generationendiskurse in den (sozialen) Medien und im Unterricht Clash of Cultures? Bildungsvermittlung zwischen den Generationen im Zeichen der digitalen Revolution [Details]
(2022) LLC Research Day
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2022) Restorying Ageing: Older Women and Life Writing (Project Presentation) LLC Research Day [Details]
(2021) GSAI Annual Conference Blending in interkulturellen Kontexten
Holfter, Gisela; Krajenbrink, Marieke; Schrage-Frueh, Michaela; Twist, Joseph (2021) New Project - Promoting German Studies in Ireland GSAI Annual Conference Blending in interkulturellen Kontexten University of Maynooth, , 26-NOV-21 - 27-NOV-21 [Details]
(2021) Virtual Exchange in Higher Education: Charting the Irish Experience
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela and Wehrmann, Jürgen (2021) Using Autoethnography in e-Tandems for Fostering Glocal Cultural Awareness Virtual Exchange in Higher Education: Charting the Irish Experience University College Cork and University of Limerick, , 17-SEP-21 - 17-SEP-21 [Details]
(2021) Analyzing Social Constructions of Ageing Masculinities and Their Cultural Representations in Contemporary European Literatures and Cinemas
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2021) Ageing, Dementia and Masculinity in Recent Irish Fiction Analyzing Social Constructions of Ageing Masculinities and Their Cultural Representations in Contemporary European Literatures and Cinemas Södertörn University, Sweden, , 24-FEB-21 - 24-FEB-21 [Details]
(2021) Within and Without: Representations of Ageing
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2021) Burst into Song: Healing and Growth through Intergenerational Friendships in Siri Hustvedt's The Summer without Men Within and Without: Representations of Ageing University of Lisbon, Portugal, , 11-MAY-21 - 11-MAY-21 [Details]
(2020) Imagine Ageing: Irish Culture and Society
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela and Tracy, Tony (2020) Ageing Masculinities in Irish Literature Imagine Ageing: Irish Culture and Society NUI Galway, , 18-SEP-20 - 18-SEP-20 [Details]
(2020) Webinar: Narratives of Dementia and Ageing in the Time of COVID-19
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2020) Dementia Narratives and Covid-19 Webinar: Narratives of Dementia and Ageing in the Time of COVID-19 University of Huddersfield; University of Aston, , 21-JUL-20 - 21-JUL-20 [Details]
(2019) Madrid Mascage Conference
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2019) My Unwanted Widowerhood: Older Widowers in John Banville, Sebastian Barry and Anne Griffin Madrid Mascage Conference Madrid, Spain, , 29-NOV-19 - 01-DEC-19 [Details]
(2019) IASIL 2019 The New Critical Ground
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2019) Representations of Ageing in Recent Irish Poetry IASIL 2019 The New Critical Ground Trinity College Dublin, , 22-JUL-19 - 26-JUL-19 [Details]
(2018) Women, Ageing and Life Narrative
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2018) Ageing and Gender in Nuala O'Faolain's Almost There Women, Ageing and Life Narrative NUI Galway, , 10-MAY-18 - 10-MAY-18 [Details]
(2017) Traum und Psychoanalyse. Zur Geschichte einer komplizierten Beziehung. (5th workshop of the DFG-funded network Das nächtliche Selbst / The Nocturnal Self)
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2017) “The Cognitive Turn in Dream Studies: Calvin S. Hall and His View of the Freudian Theory of Dreams.” Traum und Psychoanalyse. Zur Geschichte einer komplizierten Beziehung. (5th workshop of the DFG-funded network Das nächtliche Selbst / The Nocturnal Self) LMU München, , 24-NOV-17 - 26-NOV-17 [Details]
(2017) Irish-German Relations 2017: Between Böll and Brexit. 17th International Conference in German-Irish Studies
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2017) Lyrical Links: Representations of Germany in Irish Poetry Irish-German Relations 2017: Between Böll and Brexit. 17th International Conference in German-Irish Studies University of Limerick, , 14-SEP-17 - 16-SEP-17 [Details]
(2016) IASIL 2016 “Change”
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2016) Poems to Grow Old in: Ageing in Irish Women's Poetry IASIL 2016 “Change” University College Cork, , 25-JUL-16 - 29-JUL-16 [Details]
(2015) Traumwissen um 1900. (2nd workshop of the DFG-funded network “Das nächtliche Selbst”)
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2015) Imagination und Traum-Autorschaft um 1900 Traumwissen um 1900. (2nd workshop of the DFG-funded network “Das nächtliche Selbst”) Université de Haute-Alsace, Moulouse, , 11-SEP-15 - 12-SEP-15 [Details]
(2015) Women and Ageing: New Cultural and Critical Perspectives
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2015) The Theme of Ageing in the Poetry of Eavan Boland and Medbh McGuckian Women and Ageing: New Cultural and Critical Perspectives University of Limerick, , 20-MAY-15 - 22-MAY-15 [Details]
(2015) Consuming Crime: Consumption, Commodification and Consumerism in Crime Fiction, Film and Television
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2015) Consumerism and Gender in Recent Irish Crime Fiction: Declan Hughes’ The Wrong Kind of Blood and Niamh O’Connor’s Taken Consuming Crime: Consumption, Commodification and Consumerism in Crime Fiction, Film and Television University of Limerick, , 26-JUN-15 - 27-JUN-15 [Details]
(2015) GDI (German Teachers’ Association of Ireland) Fortbildungstag
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2015) Lyrik im DaF-Unterricht GDI (German Teachers’ Association of Ireland) Fortbildungstag University of Limerick, , 04-MAY-15 - 04-MAY-15 [Details]
(2014) Cognitive Futures in the Humanities
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2014) Dreaming Minds and Their Relevance for Cognitive Literary Studies Cognitive Futures in the Humanities University of Durham, UK, , 23-APR-14 - 26-APR-14 [Details]
(2014) 15th Limerick Conference in German-Irish Studies (25 Jahre Mauerfall: Reflections on GDR Literature, its Legacy and Connections between the GDR and Ireland
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2014) Reflections of the GDR in Hugo Hamilton’s Fiction 15th Limerick Conference in German-Irish Studies (25 Jahre Mauerfall: Reflections on GDR Literature, its Legacy and Connections between the GDR and Ireland University of Limerick, , 07-NOV-14 - 08-NOV-14 [Details]
(2013) EFACIS “Towards 2016: Old and New Irelands
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2013) The Migrant Other in Recent Irish Fiction EFACIS “Towards 2016: Old and New Irelands NUI Galway, , 05-JUL-13 - 07-JUL-13 [Details]
(2013) IASIL 2013 “Urban Cultures”
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2013) “Plural Proper Noun: Narrating Dublin in Recent Irish Fiction IASIL 2013 “Urban Cultures” Queen’s University Belfast, NI, , 22-JUL-13 - 26-JUL-13 [Details]
(2012) Symposium: Immersion and the Storyworld
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2012) Dreaming Fictions, Writing Dreams: Cognitive Immersion in Dreamworlds and Storyworlds Symposium: Immersion and the Storyworld St. John’s College, University of Oxford, UK, , 25-JUN-12 - 26-JUN-12 [Details]
(2012) AEDEI conference
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2012) Celtic Others: Interethnic and Multicultural Encounters in Contemporary Irish Literature: Roundtable AEDEI conference University of Huelva, Spain, , 30-MAY-12 - 01-JUN-12 [Details]
(2011) Anglistentag Freiburg
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2011) Women’s Religious Prophecy: A Distinct Seventeenth-Century Genre? Anglistentag Freiburg Universität Freiburg, Germany, , 18-SEP-11 - 21-SEP-11 [Details]
(2010) Bringing Dreams and Community Together, International Association for the Study of Dreams, Conference 2010
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2010) Dreams and the Literary Imagination Bringing Dreams and Community Together, International Association for the Study of Dreams, Conference 2010 Asheville, NC, USA, , 27-JUN-10 - 30-JUN-10 [Details]
(2010) IASIL 2010 “New and Old Knowledges”
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2010) Famine as Metaphor and Memory in Contemporary Irish Fiction IASIL 2010 “New and Old Knowledges” University of Maynooth, , 26-JUL-10 - 27-JUL-10 [Details]
(2010) Contemporary British Fiction: Narrating Violence, Trauma and Loss
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2010) The Irish Trauma Novel Contemporary British Fiction: Narrating Violence, Trauma and Loss JGU Mainz, , 17-SEP-10 - 18-SEP-10 [Details]
(2010) Anglistentag Saarbrücken
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2010) The Land of the Luas’: Dublin’s ‘Fast City’ in Contemporary Irish Writing Anglistentag Saarbrücken Univerität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany, , 19-SEP-10 - 21-SEP-10 [Details]
(2009) Evolution und Literatur – Evolution der Literatur
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2009) 'The Roots of Art Are in the Dream’: Dreams, Literature and Evolution Evolution und Literatur – Evolution der Literatur Friedrich Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany, , 22-MAY-09 - 24-MAY-09 [Details]
(2009) (“Into the Heartland of the Ordinary,” Second Galway Conference of Irish Studies 2009
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2009) The ‘Ordinary Woman’ in Nuala O’Faolain’s My Dream of You (“Into the Heartland of the Ordinary,” Second Galway Conference of Irish Studies 2009 NUI Galway, , 10-JUN-09 - 13-JUN-09 [Details]
(2009) Earth Dreaming: 25 Years of Carrying the Dream Forward”, International Association for the Study of Dreams, Conference 2009
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2009) Dreaming Fictions, Writing Dreams: Intersections Between Dreams and Literature Earth Dreaming: 25 Years of Carrying the Dream Forward”, International Association for the Study of Dreams, Conference 2009 Chicago, USA, , 26-JUN-09 - 30-JUN-09 [Details]
(2009) Ireland in / and Europe: Cross-Currents and Exchanges, EFACIS Conference
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2009) Aren’t We Citizens of the World?’ Diaspora and Its Discontents in Contemporary Irish Literature Ireland in / and Europe: Cross-Currents and Exchanges, EFACIS Conference University of Vienna, Austria, , 03-SEP-09 - 06-SEP-09 [Details]
(2009) Playfulness, Light(ness) and Air in Irish Literature and Culture
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2009) Dreams in Paula Meehan's Poetry Playfulness, Light(ness) and Air in Irish Literature and Culture University of Lodz, Poland, , 04-JUN-09 - 05-JUN-09 [Details]
(2008) Third Conference of the British Society for Literature and Science
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2008) The Science of Dreams in Early Modern Literature and Culture Third Conference of the British Society for Literature and Science Keele University, UK, , 27-MAR-08 - 29-MAR-08 [Details]
(2007) Irish Women Writers: National and European Contexts
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2007) My Heart Beats As Though It Were / Hers: Medbh McGuckian’s Intertextual Dialogues with Women in Marconi’s Cottage (1991) Irish Women Writers: National and European Contexts University of Leuven, Belgium, , 24-OCT-07 - 25-OCT-07 [Details]
(2005) Gravity Regulated: Spatializing and Localizing Selves in Cultures
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2005) Speaking as the North: Self and Space in the Poetry of Medbh McGuckian Gravity Regulated: Spatializing and Localizing Selves in Cultures JGU Mainz, , 13-MAY-05 - 14-MAY-05 [Details]
(2005) 5. Mainzer Workshop Frauen- und Genderforschung, Maskulinität
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2005) “Obsolete, Dinosaurs, Yesterday’s News? Die Krise der Maskulinität in Peter Cattaneos The Full Monty 5. Mainzer Workshop Frauen- und Genderforschung, Maskulinität JGU Mainz, , 22-JAN-05 - 22-JAN-05 [Details]
(2004) Liminal Borderlands: Ireland Past, Present and Future, Nordic Irish Studies Conference
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2004) The Otherworld as Psychic Space in the Poetry of Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Liminal Borderlands: Ireland Past, Present and Future, Nordic Irish Studies Conference University of Dalarna, Sweden, , 21-APR-04 - 24-APR-04 [Details]
(2004) ASNEL Conference
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2004) The Multiplicity of What I Am’: Black Scottishness in the Poetry of Jackie Kay ASNEL Conference University of Frankfurt/Main, , 01-MAY-04 - 03-MAY-04 [Details]
(2004) 4. Mainzer Workshop Frauen- und Genderforschung, “Gender und Intermedialität”
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2004) Manderley in Hollywood: Daphne du Mauriers Rebecca und Alfred Hitchcocks Verfilmung im Vergleich 4. Mainzer Workshop Frauen- und Genderforschung, “Gender und Intermedialität” JGU Mainz, , 24-JAN-04 - 24-JAN-04 [Details]
(2003) 3. Mainzer Workshop Frauen- und Genderforschung, “Gender und Globalisierung
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2003) Globale Identitäten? Gender und Diaspora im irischen Kontext 3. Mainzer Workshop Frauen- und Genderforschung, “Gender und Globalisierung JGU Mainz, , 17-JAN-03 - 17-JAN-03 [Details]
(2002) Beyond Sex and Gender: The Future of Women’s Studies? Women’s Network Association UK Conference
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2002) 'She is Hope’s Brother’: Medbh McGuckian’s Paradoxes of Sex and Gender in the Context of Postcolonialism Beyond Sex and Gender: The Future of Women’s Studies? Women’s Network Association UK Conference Queen's University Belfast, , 01-SEP-02 - 03-SEP-02 [Details]

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
(2022) Clash of Cultures? Bildungsvermittlung zwischen den Generationen im Zeichen der digitalen Revolution,
Byrnes, Deirdre; Pusse, Tina; Schmidt-Hannisa, Hans-Walter; Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2022) Annual Conference of the German Studies in Ireland Association. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Clash of Cultures? Bildungsvermittlung zwischen den Generationen im Zeichen der digitalen Revolution, NUI Galway , 04-NOV-22 - 05-NOV-22. [Details]
(2022) ReStorying Ageing: Older Women and Life Writing,
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela; O'Neill, Maggie; Hanrahan, Karen (2022) Webinar. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], ReStorying Ageing: Older Women and Life Writing, NUI Galway , 24-MAY-22 - 24-MAY-22. [Details]
(2021) Der Deutsche Wald: Kulturgeschichte, Ökologie, Mythologie,
Byrnes, Deirdre; Pusse, Tina; Schmidt-Hannisa, Hans-Walter; Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2021) Webinar. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Der Deutsche Wald: Kulturgeschichte, Ökologie, Mythologie, NUI Galway , 15-OCT-21 - 16-OCT-21. [Details]
(2021) Silver Screens: Ageing Masculinities in Anglophone and European Cinema,
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela; Tracy, Tony (2021) Webinar. [Organising Chair], Silver Screens: Ageing Masculinities in Anglophone and European Cinema, NUI Galway , 11-MAR-21 - 11-MAR-21. [Details]
(2020) Ageing Masculinities in Irish Literature and Culture,
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela and Tracy, Tony (2020) Webinar. [Organising Chair], Ageing Masculinities in Irish Literature and Culture, NUI Galway , 20-NOV-20 - 20-NOV-20. [Details]
(2020) Imagine Ageing: Irish Culture and Society,
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2020) Webinar. [Organising Chair], Imagine Ageing: Irish Culture and Society, NUI Galway , 18-SEP-20 - 18-SEP-20. [Details]
(2018) Women, Ageing and Life Narrative,
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela and O'Neill, Margaret (2018) Interdisciplinary Symposium. [Organising Chair], Women, Ageing and Life Narrative, NUI Galway , 10-MAY-18 - 11-MAY-18. [Details]
(2015) Women and Ageing: New Cultural and Critical Perspectives,
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela, Cathy McGlynn, Margaret O'Neill (2015) International Conference. [Organising Chair], Women and Ageing: New Cultural and Critical Perspectives, University of Limerick , 20-MAY-15 - 22-MAY-15. [Details]
(2012) Anglistentag Potsdam,
Schrage-Frueh, MIchaela, Heinz, Sarah, Kirchhofer, Anton, Rennhak, Katharina (2012) Recent Ireland Panel. [Organising Chair], Anglistentag Potsdam, Uniersität Potsdam , 19-SEP-12 - 22-SEP-12. [Details]

Invited Lectures

  Year Publication
(2021) Dreaming and Literary Imagination (DFG-funded Research Training Group European Dream Cultures, Universität Saarbrücken).
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2021) Dreaming and Literary Imagination (DFG-funded Research Training Group European Dream Cultures, Universität Saarbrücken). Invited Lectures [Details]
(2018) Gegen die Unsichtbarkeit: Weibliches Altern und autobiographisches Erzählen.
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2018) Gegen die Unsichtbarkeit: Weibliches Altern und autobiographisches Erzählen. Invited Lectures [Details]
(2018) Mother Ireland? Reimagining the Mother in Recent Irish Poetry.
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2018) Mother Ireland? Reimagining the Mother in Recent Irish Poetry. Invited Lectures [Details]
(2009) Dreams in Paula Meehan's Poetry (Invited Plenary Lecture).
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2009) Dreams in Paula Meehan's Poetry (Invited Plenary Lecture). Invited Lectures [Details]
(2007) Rewriting Cathleen: Irish Women Poets’ Revisionary Strategies.
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2007) Rewriting Cathleen: Irish Women Poets’ Revisionary Strategies. Invited Lectures [Details]

Blog

  Year Publication
(2020) Happy In? Ageing and Ageism in the Age of Coronavirus and Cocooning.
Michaela Schrage-Frueh; Tracy, Tony (2020) Happy In? Ageing and Ageism in the Age of Coronavirus and Cocooning. Moore Institute Blog Blog [Details]

Electronic Publication

  Year Publication
(2020) Ageing and Ageism in the Age of Coronavirus and Cocooning.
Michaela Schrage-Frueh; Tracy, Tony (2020) Ageing and Ageism in the Age of Coronavirus and Cocooning. RTE Brainstorm Electronic Publication [Details]

Book Review

  Year Publication
(2015) Review of Shane Alcobia-Murphy, Medbh McGuckian: The Poetics of Exemplarity. University of Aberdeen: AHRC Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies, 2012, Leontia Flynn, Reading Medbh McGuckian. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2014, and Borbála Faragó, Medbh McGuckian. Cork: Cork UP, 2014.
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2015) Review of Shane Alcobia-Murphy, Medbh McGuckian: The Poetics of Exemplarity. University of Aberdeen: AHRC Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies, 2012, Leontia Flynn, Reading Medbh McGuckian. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2014, and Borbála Faragó, Medbh McGuckian. Cork: Cork UP, 2014. Irish University Review 45.2: Book Review [Details]
(2012) Review of Ruth Barton, ed. Screening Irish-America (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2009).
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2012) Review of Ruth Barton, ed. Screening Irish-America (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2009). ZAA: Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik 60(1) Book Review [Details]
(2000) Review of Bianca Ross, Britannia et Hibernia: Nationale und kulturelle Identitäten im Irland des 17. Jahrhunderts (Heidelberg: Winter, 1998).
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2000) Review of Bianca Ross, Britannia et Hibernia: Nationale und kulturelle Identitäten im Irland des 17. Jahrhunderts (Heidelberg: Winter, 1998). ZAA Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik: A Quarterly of Language, Literature and Culture 58. Book Review [Details]

Encyclopedia Entry

  Year Publication
(2009) Eavan Boland (Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon).
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2009) Eavan Boland (Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon). Stuttgart and Weimar: Metzler Encyclopedia Entry [Details]
(2009) Craig Raine (Facts on File Companion).
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2009) Craig Raine (Facts on File Companion). New York: Facts on File Encyclopedia Entry [Details]
(2009) Fleur Adcock (Facts on File Companion).
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2009) Fleur Adcock (Facts on File Companion). New York: Facts on File Encyclopedia Entry [Details]
(2009) Seamus Heaney, Digging (Facts on File Companion).
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2009) Seamus Heaney, Digging (Facts on File Companion). New York: Facts on File Encyclopedia Entry [Details]
(2009) Craig Raine, A Martian Sends a Postcard Home’ (Facts on File Companion).
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2009) Craig Raine, A Martian Sends a Postcard Home’ (Facts on File Companion). New York: Facts on File Encyclopedia Entry [Details]
(2009) Medbh McGuckian (Facts on File Companion).
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2009) Medbh McGuckian (Facts on File Companion). New York: Facts on File Encyclopedia Entry [Details]
(2009) Medbh McGuckian, Eavesdropper (Facts on File Companion).
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2009) Medbh McGuckian, Eavesdropper (Facts on File Companion). New York: Facts on File Encyclopedia Entry [Details]
(2009) Medbh McGuckian, Open Rose (Facts on File Companion).
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2009) Medbh McGuckian, Open Rose (Facts on File Companion). New York: Facts on File Encyclopedia Entry [Details]
(2009) Medbh McGuckian, The Seed-Picture (Facts on File Companion).
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2009) Medbh McGuckian, The Seed-Picture (Facts on File Companion). New York: Facts on File Encyclopedia Entry [Details]
(2008) Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (Facts on File Companion).
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2008) Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (Facts on File Companion). New York: Facts on File Encyclopedia Entry [Details]
(2008) Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Marvellous Grass (Facts on File Companion).
Schrage-Frueh, Michaela (2008) Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Marvellous Grass (Facts on File Companion). New York: Facts on File Encyclopedia Entry [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2023 CASSCS Research Development Scheme College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies
2023 Virtual Mobility Fund College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies & International Office
2022 IRC New Foundations Award Irish Research Council
2021 Short-term Guest Lectureship, Research Training Group "European Dream Cultures" University of Saarbrücken/German Research Foundation
2020 Research Support Scheme College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies
2019 Research Support Scheme College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies
2017 Research Support Scheme College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies
2016 Book Completion Award University of Limerick, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
2015 IRC New Foundations Award Irish Research Council
2015 DAAD Writer-in-Residence programme DAAD
2004 Doctoral Dissertation Award Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
2000 Landesgraduiertenförderung Rheinland Pfalz Rheinland Pfalz

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
German Studies Association of Ireland Co-Chair /
European Network of Aging Studies Ordinary Member 01-JAN-22 /
International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures Ordinary Member /
Centre for Irish-German Studies (UL) External Member /
Women and Ageing Research Network Founding Member /
Business German in Ireland Working Group Deputy Chair /
Network of Cultural Dream Studies Ordinary Member /

Committees

  Committee Function From / To
German Studies in Ireland Association Co-Chair 05-NOV-22 /
Steering Committee Promoting German Studies in Ireland Member 01-JAN-22 /
Teaching and Learning Committee, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures Member, Plagiarism Advisor (German) 03-FEB-20 /
Research Committee, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures Member 01-FEB-19 / 30-JUN-20

Employment

  Employer Position From / To
National University of Ireland, Galway Lecturer (above the bar) 01-SEP-19 /
National University of Ireland, Galway Lecturer (below the bar) 01-MAY-17 / 31-AUG-19
University of Limerick DAAD Lecturer 01-SEP-12 / 30-APR-17
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin 01-SEP-02 / 31-AUG-12

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2020 National University of Ireland, Galway PG Cert Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
2004 Johannes Gutenberg-Universiät Mainz Dr. phil English Literature
1999 Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Magister Artium English Literature, German Literature, American Studies

Community Engagement

  Title Type From / To
Research (e.g. Community based research) ReStorying Ageing: Older Women and Life Writing 01-DEC-21 / 31-AUG-22
Board Membership Advisory Board for Bealtaine 2023 (Discussion Panels) 01-SEP-22 /
Outreach German Summer School for Leaving Cert Students 02-JUN-19 / 06-JUN-19

Teaching Interests

World literature; women's writing; dream and literature; literary animal studies; discourses on ageing and dementia in literature and visual media; Franz Kafka; Business German; German language and German-speaking cultures; translation

Recent Postgraduate Students

  Graduation Name Degree Primary Supervisor
2022 Ana Sofia Sousa Silva Pereira Master of Arts Y
2022 Diana Gaßner Master of Arts Y
2022 Jonathan McCann Master of Arts Y
2022 Julia Plankl Master of Arts Y
2020 Lisa Heuchemer Master of Arts Y
2019 Joshua O'Regan Master of Arts Y
2013 Patrick Finbar Craig Master of Arts Y

Modules Taught

  Term/Year Module Title Module Code Subject / Desc
Semester 2 (2017/2018) Skills for Studying German GR1101/GR1102 Introduction to German History
Semester 1 Introduction to Literature GR1100 Prose Fiction
Semester 2 Contemporary Literary Genres MIC501 Narratives of ageing and dementia; Magic Realism
Semester 2 (2021/2022) Translation Methodology GR571
Semester 2 (2020/2021) German Cultural Studies GR339 Literature and Dream
Semester 2 The Art of Reading MIC504 Gender and Ageing
Semester 2 History of German Literature and Culture GR235 Franz Kafka's Animal Stories
Semester 2 (2018/2019) Resisting through Culture MIC6100 Anna Burns, Milkman
Semester 1 and Semester 2 First Year Commerce with German GR141 German culture, society and economy
Semester 1 and Semester 2 Second Year Commerce International with German GR222/GR223 German culture, society and economy; Erasmus preparation; advanced language (B1+); Business German
Semester 1 (2017/2018) Worlds of Fantasy: Literature, Film, Computer Games MIC6101 Kazuo Ishiguro, The Unconsoled
Semester 1 (2017/2018) German Cultural Studies I GR337 Women's Dreams in German Literature
Semester 1 and 2 Final Year Commerce International with German GR355/GR356 German economy in a global context; post-Erasmus reflective practice and wrap-up; translation (English to German )

Internal Collaborators

  Name Description of Collaboration
Dr Margaret O'Neill
Restorying Ageing: Older Women and Life Writing
Dr Anthony Tracy
MASCAGE - Gendering Age: Representations of Masculinities and Ageing in Contemporary European Literatures and Cinemas

External Collaborators

  Name Organisation / Institute Country Description of Collaboration
Karen Hanrahan University of Brighton UNITED KINGDOM
ReStorying Ageing: Older Women and LIfe Writing
Prof. Dr. Hannah Ahlheim University of Gießen GERMANY
A Cultural History of Sleep and Dreaming (Volume 5: The Modern Age, 1860-1945)
Dr Jürgen Wehrmann Gymnasium GAG Oldenburg GERMANY
Virtual Student Exchange