Biography
As an undergraduate I studied German and French at Trinity College Dublin and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. As a postgraduate I studied and worked in the Department of German in TCD, spending a year on a DAAD-scholarship at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg. My PhD dissertation was on the works of Heinrich von Kleist and their relationship to modernity. I have lectured in German language, literature, film, and history in Trinity College Dublin, the National College of Industrial Relations (now NCI), Mary Immaculate College and UCC. I have also worked as a translator, proofreader / language editor, and translation company manager. From 2008-2012, as member of the central committee of the German Studies Association of Ireland, in my capacity as publications secretary, I was the co-editor of the peer-reviewed, MLA-listed Germanistik in Ireland Yearbook. I am currently conference secretary for the Association for German Studies in the UK in Ireland, and serve on the Royal Irish Academy Committee on Languages Literatures and Cultures.
Publications
Book Chapters
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2012) | 'The Two Faces of a National Hero: Ulrich von Hutten's Arminius and Heinrich von Kleist's Herrmann' Rachel MagShamhráin; (2012) 'The Two Faces of a National Hero: Ulrich von Hutten's Arminius and Heinrich von Kleist's Herrmann' In: Germania Remembered 1500–2009: Commemorating and Inventing a Germanic Past. Tuscon, Arizona: Arizona Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Introduction' Gert Hofmann, Marko Pajevic, Michael Shields; Rachel MagShamhráin (2011) 'Introduction' In: German and European Poetics after the Holocaust. Crisis and Creativity. Rochester, NY: Camden House. [Details] | |
| (2008) | 'Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: Sudelbücher' Rachel MagShamhráin, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg; (2008) 'Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: Sudelbücher' In: Prose Pieces: Irish Germanists Interpret German Short and Very Short Narrative Texts. Konstanz: Hartung-Gorre. [Details] | |
| (2007) | 'Lost in the Forest of Kleist's Hermannsschlacht: On German Identity Translation, and Cultural Exchange' MagShamhráin, Rachel ; (2007) 'Lost in the Forest of Kleist's Hermannsschlacht: On German Identity Translation, and Cultural Exchange' In: Interkulturelle Kompetenzen im Fremdsprachenunterricht. Tübingen, Germany: Gunter Narr. [Full Text] [Details] |
Edited Books
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2011) | German and European Poetics after the Holocaust: Crisis and Creativity Gert Hofmann, Rachel MagShamhráin, Marko Pajevic, Michael Shields (Ed.). (2011) German and European Poetics after the Holocaust: Crisis and Creativity German and European Poetics after the Holocaust: Crisis and Creativity. Rochester NY: Camden House. [Details] | |
| (2011) | After Postmodernism Rachel MagShamhráin and Sabine Strümper-Krobb (Ed.). (2011) After Postmodernism After Postmodernism. Konstanz: Hartung-Gorre. [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2009) | Intercultural Encounters in the Modern Language Classroom Rachel MagShamhráin, Florian Krobb, Hans-Walter Schmidt-Hanissa (Ed.). (2009) Intercultural Encounters in the Modern Language Classroom Intercultural Encounters in the Modern Language Classroom. Konstanz: Hartung-Gorre. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2013) | 'Ways of Making Him Talk: The Sonic Afterlives of Hitler's Silent Home Movies in Philippe Mora's Swastika (1974) and David Howards' Hitler Speaks (2006)' Rachel MagShamhráin (2013) 'Ways of Making Him Talk: The Sonic Afterlives of Hitler's Silent Home Movies in Philippe Mora's Swastika (1974) and David Howards' Hitler Speaks (2006)'. Germanistik In Ireland, 8 [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2010) | 'When is a Riddle Not a Riddle: Reading Heinrich von Kleist's Rätsel' MagShamhrain, R; (2010) 'When is a Riddle Not a Riddle: Reading Heinrich von Kleist's Rätsel'. Variations: Literaturzeitschrift der Universität Zürich, 18 [Details] |
Other Journals
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2011) | 'Review of: For Their Own Good: Civilian Evacuations in France and Germany by Julia Torrie' Rachel MagShamhráin; (2011) 'Review of: For Their Own Good: Civilian Evacuations in France and Germany by Julia Torrie' Journal of Contemporary European Studies, . [Details] | |
| (2007) | 'The Holocaust Visited: Paul Antick's itourist?' Rachel MagShamhráin; (2007) 'The Holocaust Visited: Paul Antick's itourist?' FUSE, 31 (2) . [Details] |
Translations
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2013) | Redemptive Criticism: A Converstation with Gertrud Koch. Rachel MagShamhráin (translator) (2013) Redemptive Criticism: A Converstation with Gertrud Koch. Translations [Details] | |
| (2012) | Interview with Fritz Stern. Rachel MagShamhráin; Fritz Stern (2012) Interview with Fritz Stern. Duke University Press: Translations [Details] | |
| (2011) | Claudia Schmölders, Charismatic Expressions: The Faces of George, Hindenburg, and Hitler. MagShamhráin R; (2011) Claudia Schmölders, Charismatic Expressions: The Faces of George, Hindenburg, and Hitler. Translations [Details] | |
| (2011) | Niels Werber, Ahab's Charisma: Captains, Kings, and Prophets. MagShamhráin R; (2011) Niels Werber, Ahab's Charisma: Captains, Kings, and Prophets. Translations [Details] | |
| (2011) | Friedrich Balke, The Image of Lucretia: On the Creation of Republican Charisma in Livy. MagShamhráin R; (2011) Friedrich Balke, The Image of Lucretia: On the Creation of Republican Charisma in Livy. Translations [Details] | |
| (2010) | Literary Détente: Wolfgang Koeppen's Cold War Travels. MagShamhráin, R; (2010) Literary Détente: Wolfgang Koeppen's Cold War Travels. Translations [Details] | |
| (2007) | Karsten Visarius, What Can the Criminal Want after the Crime? Volker Schlöndorff's Ninth Day. MagShamhráin R; (2007) Karsten Visarius, What Can the Criminal Want after the Crime? Volker Schlöndorff's Ninth Day. Translations [Details] | |
| (2007) | Judith Keilbach, National Socialism as Docudrama: On Programmed Ambivalence in Heinrich Breloer's Speer und Hitler. Magshamhrain R; (2007) Judith Keilbach, National Socialism as Docudrama: On Programmed Ambivalence in Heinrich Breloer's Speer und Hitler. Translations [Details] | |
| (2007) | Ursula von Keitz, Between Dramatization and Epicization: The Portrayal of Nazi Crimes in Exemplary German Films from the Late 1940s to the 1970s. MagShamhráin R; (2007) Ursula von Keitz, Between Dramatization and Epicization: The Portrayal of Nazi Crimes in Exemplary German Films from the Late 1940s to the 1970s. Translations [Details] | |
| (2007) | David Bathrick, Whose Hi/story Is It? The U.S. Reception of Downfall. MagShamhráin R; (2007) David Bathrick, Whose Hi/story Is It? The U.S. Reception of Downfall. Translations [Details] | |
| (2007) | Margrit Fröhlich, Perpetrator Research with the Camera: The Nazis and their Crimes in the Films of Romuald Karmaker. MagShamhráin R; (2007) Margrit Fröhlich, Perpetrator Research with the Camera: The Nazis and their Crimes in the Films of Romuald Karmaker. Translations [Details] | |
| (2006) | Frank Hörnigk, [Heiner] Müller's Memory Work. MagShamhráin R; (2006) Frank Hörnigk, [Heiner] Müller's Memory Work. Translations [Details] | |
| (2003) | Gertrud Koch, Between Fear of Contact and Self-Preservation: Taboo and its Relation to the Dead. MagShamhráin R; (2003) Gertrud Koch, Between Fear of Contact and Self-Preservation: Taboo and its Relation to the Dead. Translations [Details] |
Professional Activities
Honours and Awards
| Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | IRCHSS Postdoctoral Fellowship TCD | IRCHSS | |
| 2000 | IRCHSS Postgraduate Award | IRCHSS | |
| 1993 | Scholar of Trinity (SCH) | TCD |
Conference Contributions
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2015) | Annual Conference of the German Studies Association of Ireland, Rachel MagShamhráin (2015) Panel on Germany and Islam. [Oral Presentation], Annual Conference of the German Studies Association of Ireland, NUI Galway , 13-NOV-15 - 14-NOV-15. [Details] | |
| (2015) | Isolatopien: Cork Talks on Contemporary German Literature, Rachel MagShamhráin (2015) The Afterlife of an Old Master: Thomas Bernhard cites Kleist”. [Oral Presentation], Isolatopien: Cork Talks on Contemporary German Literature, UCC , 05-MAR-15 - 05-JUN-15. [Details] | |
| (2013) | Art|Works: Platform for the Creative Arts and Industries UCC, Rachel MagShamhráin (2013) Launch Event: Symposium / Round Table. [Chair Sessions at Symposia], Art|Works: Platform for the Creative Arts and Industries UCC, Triskel Arts Center, Cork , 25-JAN-13 - 25-JAN-13. [Details] | |
| (2013) | German Department Research Colloquium, Rachel MagShamhráin (2013) Marnie versus Marnie: Mental Illness versus Social Ills in Hitchcock’s Adaptation of Winston Graham’s Novel. [Oral Presentation], German Department Research Colloquium, UCC , 26-MAR-13 - 26-MAR-13. [Details] | |
| (2013) | Trinity College Dublin, Dept. of Germanic Studies Research Colloquium, Rachel MagShamhráin (2013) Department Store Kleptomania. [Invited Lectures (Workshops)], Trinity College Dublin, Dept. of Germanic Studies Research Colloquium, Trinity College Dublin , 22-JAN-13 - 22-JAN-13. [Details] | |
| (2012) | Identities’ Research Cluster, College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, UCC, Rachel MagShamhráin (2012) Roundtable on the topic of ‘Researching Identities’. [Invited Oral Presentation], Identities’ Research Cluster, College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, UCC, UCC , 05-JUN-12 - 05-JUN-12. [Details] | |
| (2011) | Tales of Commerce and Imagination: The Berlin Department Store 1896-1938, Rachel MagShamhráin; (2011) The Portrayal of Department Store Theft in Leopold Laquer's Der Warenhaus-Diebstahl (1907): the Creation of a Middle-Class Female Crime. [Oral Presentation], Tales of Commerce and Imagination: The Berlin Department Store 1896-1938, Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, University of London , 17-MAR-11 - 19-MAR-11. [Details] | |
| (2011) | German Studies in Ireland, Rachel MagShamhráin (2011) Postgraduate Conference. [Invited Oral Presentation], German Studies in Ireland, UCC , 09-MAY-11 - 09-MAY-11. [Details] | |
| (2011) | Graduate School Masterclass on Critical Discourse Analysis, Rachel MagShamhráin (2011) The Kleptomania Diagnosis. [Invited Lectures (Workshops)], Graduate School Masterclass on Critical Discourse Analysis, UCC , 21-JUN-11 - 11-JUN-11. [Details] | |
| (2011) | Colloquium on Adaptation, Rachel MagShamhráin (2011) Workshop with Playwright Thomas Kilroy. [Invited Lectures (Workshops)], Colloquium on Adaptation, UCC , 25-NOV-11 - 25-NOV-11. [Details] | |
| (2010) | Saving Private Reels: Presentation, Appropriation, and Re-Contextualization of the Amateur Moving Image, Rachel MagShamhráin; (2010) Adolf Talks! The Afterlife of Hitler's Home Movies. [Oral Presentation], Saving Private Reels: Presentation, Appropriation, and Re-Contextualization of the Amateur Moving Image, UCC , 17-SEP-10 - 19-SEP-10. [Details] | |
| (2010) | Bodies / Music Conference, School of Music UCC, Rachel MagShamhráin; (2010) Heinrich von Kleist's 'Saint Cecilia or the Power of Music: A Legend': Music as an Out-of Body Experience. [Oral Presentation], Bodies / Music Conference, School of Music UCC, UCC , 19-MAY-10 - 20-MAY-10. [Details] | |
| (2009) | Germania Remembered 1500-2009, Rachel MagShamhráin; (2009) Kleist's Herrmannsschlacht as Deconstructed National Drama: A Comparison with Ulrich von Hutten's Arminius Dialogue. [Oral Presentation], Germania Remembered 1500-2009, Institute for Germanic and Romance Studies, University of London School of Advance Study , 19-NOV-09 - 20-NOV-09. [Details] | |
| (2009) | Con(tra)vention: Crime and the Boundaries of Genre, Crime Genre Conference: Third Interdisciplinary Conference of the Atlantic Alliance of Universities, Rachel MagShamhráin; (2009) Where Truth Lies? The Site of the Art Crime in Orson Welles' F for Fake. [Oral Presentation], Con(tra)vention: Crime and the Boundaries of Genre, Crime Genre Conference: Third Interdisciplinary Conference of the Atlantic Alliance of Universities, UCC , 26-JUN-09 - 27-JUN-09. [Details] | |
| (2009) | Conference of the Royal Irish Academy: Cultural Exchange, Rachel MagShamhráin; (2009) Infectious Hospitality and Communicative Disease in Kleist Der Findling. [Plenary Lecture], Conference of the Royal Irish Academy: Cultural Exchange, Royal Irish Academy , 13-NOV-09 - 14-NOV-09. [Details] | |
| (2009) | Dramapädagogik: Drama und Theater in der Sprach-, Literatur- und Kulturvermittlung, Rachel MagShamhráin, Jean Connacher; (2009) Opening Address to Annual Conference of the ATLTGI. [Other], Dramapädagogik: Drama und Theater in der Sprach-, Literatur- und Kulturvermittlung, UCC , 17-OCT-09 - 17-OCT-09. [Details] | |
| (2009) | Dramapädagogik: Drama und Theater in der Sprach-, Literatur- und Kulturvermittlung, Rachel MagShamhrán; (2009) Annual Meeting of the ATLTGI. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Dramapädagogik: Drama und Theater in der Sprach-, Literatur- und Kulturvermittlung, UCC , 17-OCT-09 - 17-OCT-09. [Details] | |
| (2009) | Annual Meeting of Heads of German of UK and Ireland: HoG, Rachel MagShamhráin; (2009) Lobbying Government on Behalf of Languages: The Case of Ireland. [Invited Oral Presentation], Annual Meeting of Heads of German of UK and Ireland: HoG, Goethe-Institut London , 18-MAY-09 - 18-MAY-09. [Details] | |
| (2009) | Con(tra)vention: Crime and the Boundaries of Genre, Marco Amici, Eoin Barrett, Mark Chu, Rachel MagShamhráin, Barry Monahan, Alessia Risis, Gwenda Young, ; (2009) Third Interdisciplinary Conference of the Atlantic Alliance of Universities (NUI Galway, University of Limerick, University College Cork) Crime Genre Research Group. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Con(tra)vention: Crime and the Boundaries of Genre, UCC , 26-JUN-09 - 27-JUN-09. [Details] | |
| (2008) | Economic and Social History Society of Ireland Annual Conference Disasters and Change, Rachel MagShamhráin; (2008) The natural disaster as meaningless phenomenon? Heinrich von Kleist's 'Earthquake in Chili'. [Oral Presentation], Economic and Social History Society of Ireland Annual Conference Disasters and Change, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick , 07-NOV-08 - 08-NOV-08. [Details] | |
| (2008) | International Philosophy Conference, Mary Immaculate, Rachel MagShamhráin; (2008) Vision and Reason: Heinrich von Kleist's Anti-Enlightenment Metaphor: If people had green glasses instead of eyes. [Oral Presentation], International Philosophy Conference, Mary Immaculate, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick , 27-MAR-08 - 19-MAR-08. [Details] | |
| (2008) | International Translation Studies Conference: Translation in Second Language Teaching, Rachel MagShamhráin; (2008) Heinrich von Kleist's Die Herrmannsschlacht: Translation and Intercultural Communication. [Oral Presentation], International Translation Studies Conference: Translation in Second Language Teaching, NUI Maynooth and UCD , 27-MAR-08 - 29-MAR-08. [Details] | |
| (2007) | German Encounters with Islam, Rachel MagShamhráin; (2007) Ottoman Holy War on the Allies during the First World War. [Oral Presentation], German Encounters with Islam, NUI Maynooth , 22-MAR-07 - 24-MAR-07. [Details] | |
| (2007) | Conference on Containment and Subversion: The Work and Person of Heinrich von Kleist, Rachel MagShamhráin; (2007) Nationalism Traversed: Kleist's Die Herrmannsschlacht from a Foucauldian Discourse Analysis Perspective. [Oral Presentation], Conference on Containment and Subversion: The Work and Person of Heinrich von Kleist, Institute for Germanic and Romance Studies London and University of London School of Advanced Study, , 04-OCT-07 - 05-OCT-07. [Details] | |
| (2007) | Royal Irish Academy Conference IN/DIFFERENCE: Current and Historical Perspectives on Cultures in Contact, Rachel MagShamhráin; (2007) Heinrich von Kleist's Die Herrmannsschlacht: Nation and Translation. [Oral Presentation], Royal Irish Academy Conference IN/DIFFERENCE: Current and Historical Perspectives on Cultures in Contact, UL , 11-SEP-07 - 11-OCT-07. [Details] | |
| (2006) | Princeton ACLA Conference The Human and Its Others; Panel: Poetry is what is lost in Translation, Rachel MagShamhráin; (2006) Translating Kleist's Herrmannsschlacht. [Oral Presentation], Princeton ACLA Conference The Human and Its Others; Panel: Poetry is what is lost in Translation, Princeton NJ , 23-MAR-06 - 26-MAR-06. [Details] | |
| (1999) | Symposium of Doctoral Research in German Studies (presentation to Kandidatenkolloquium of Prof. Pfotenhauer), Rachel MagShamhráin; (1999) Writing about Art: A Comparison of Diderot's Salons and Kleist's 'Vor Friedrichs Seelandschaft'. [Invited Lectures (Workshops)], Symposium of Doctoral Research in German Studies (presentation to Kandidatenkolloquium of Prof. Pfotenhauer), University of Würzburg , 06-JAN-99 - 06-JAN-99. [Details] | |
| (1997) | Royal Irish Academy Conference: Intertextuality: Continuities and Discontinuities, Rachel MagShamhráin; (1997) Die Vorstellung war entsetzlich: References to Kleist in Thomas Bernhard's Alte Meister. [Oral Presentation], Royal Irish Academy Conference: Intertextuality: Continuities and Discontinuities, Trinity College Dublin , 07-NOV-97 - 08-NOV-97. [Details] | |
| (2013) | Doubt and Visual Representation, Rachel MagShamhráin (2013) Where truth lies: The site of the art crime in Orson Welles’ “F for Fake” (1973/4/5). [Oral Presentation], Doubt and Visual Representation, UCC , 10-MAY-13 - 11-MAY-13. [Details] | |
| (2013) | Doubt and Visual Representation, Rachel MagShamhráin (2013) Invited Panelist in Panel Discussion on Doubt in Visual Representation. [Other], Doubt and Visual Representation, UCC , 10-MAY-13 - 11-JUL-13. [Details] | |
| (2013) | Annual Conference of the GSAI, Rachel MagShamhráin (2013) Ways of Making Him Talk: Resounding Hitler's Home Movies. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Annual Conference of the GSAI, NUI Maynooth , 11-OCT-13 - 12-OCT-13. [Details] | |
| (2014) | Annual German Studies Association Conference, Rachel MagShamhráin (2014) Where truth lies: the site of the art crime in Orson Welles’ F for Fake (1973-5). [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Annual German Studies Association Conference, Trinity College Dublin . [Details] | |
| (2013) | Gender and Sexuality in the Crime Genre Conference, Rachel MagShamhráin (2013) The Female Thief in Marnie: Poor or Poorly?. [Invited Oral Presentation], Gender and Sexuality in the Crime Genre Conference, NUI Galway , 21-JUN-13 - 23-JUN-13. [Details] | |
| (2014) | Performing Identity: Embodying knowledge, Rachel MagShamhráin (2014) The Rise of the Kleptomaniac: Constructions of Female Middle-Class Identity in a Period of Enfranchisement. [Oral Presentation], Performing Identity: Embodying knowledge, Limerick , 19-JUN-14 - 20-JUN-14. [Details] | |
| (2014) | Process and Practice: Adaptation considered as a Collaborative Art, Rachel MagShamhráin (2014) Conference Organization. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Process and Practice: Adaptation considered as a Collaborative Art, UCC , 03-OCT-14 - 04-OCT-14. [Details] | |
| (2014) | Process and Pratice: Adaptation Considered as a Collaborative Art, Rachel MagShamhráin (2014) Staged Interview with John Banville. [N/A], Process and Pratice: Adaptation Considered as a Collaborative Art, UCC , 03-OCT-14 - 04-OCT-14. [Details] | |
| (2014) | Women on the Edge, Rachel MagShamhráin (2014) Sick shoppers: the department store kleptomania diagnosis at the turn of the century in its socio-political context. [Oral Presentation], Women on the Edge, Queen's University Belfast , 07-MAR-14 - 08-MAR-14. [Details] | |
| (2014) | Process & Practice: Adaptation Considered as a Collaborative Art, Donna Alexander, Bernadette Cronin, Rachel MagShamhráin, Nikolai Preuschoff (2014) Key-Notes: Thomas Leitch (Delaware) and Judith Buchanan (York) John Banville (in interview about adaptation in the context of his work). [Conference Organising Committee Member], Process & Practice: Adaptation Considered as a Collaborative Art, UCC, Ireland , 03-OCT-14 - 04-OCT-14. [Details] |
Professional Associations
| Association | Function | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| German Studies Association of Ireland (GSAI, formerly ATLTGI) | Committee Member (publications editor) | / | |
| MLA | Member | / | |
| Women in German | Member | / |
Journal Activities
| Journal | Role | To / From | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Educational Studies | Referee | 01-JAN-08 - 31-DEC-08 | |
| Germanistik In Ireland | Editorship | 18-OCT-08 - 24-NOV-12 | |
| The Boolean | Referee | 06-JAN-14 - | |
| Gfl - German As A Foreign Language | Referee | 01-AUG-08 - 31-OCT-14 |