Dr. Michael McGrath

Professor of Spanish
Académico Correspondiente, Real Academia de Historia y Arte de San Quirce (Segovia, Spain)
ACTFL Certified OPI Tester

Email: mmcgrath@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone: 912-478-0115
Office: Interdisciplinary Academic Building # 2069

Education:
B.A., Georgia Southern University
M.A., Middlebury College
M.A., St. Leo University
Ph.D., University of Kentucky

About Dr. Michael McGrath

Michael J. McGrath is Professor of Spanish. His research focuses on early modern Spanish life and literature, with special emphasis on cultural studies, the comedia, Don Quijote, and intellectual history. Professor McGrath has been the General Editor of Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs since 2008, and he is the Editor of the book series “Catholic Perspectives: World Literature” (Catholic University of America Press). Professor McGrath has directed 9 study abroad programs in Spain, and, currently, he is the Director of the University System of Georgia’s study abroad program in Madrid (2021-2026). In 2019, the College of Arts and Humanities (Georgia Southern University) awarded him the Ruffin Cup, which recognizes the College’s highest achievement in teaching, scholarship, and service. Professor McGrath has delivered more than 40 conference presentations and lectures in the United States, Canada, and Spain, including several invited lectures organized by the San Quirce Royal Academy of History and Art (Segovia, Spain). He is the author of over 70 publications (books, edited volumes, articles, essays, contributions, and book reviews), including:

• “Miguel de Cervantes, Biofictional Superhero.” A Character Named Cervantes: On Screen, on Stage, and on the Page. Edited by Tatevik Gyulamiryan and Howard Mancing. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. (Forthcoming)
• “La imaginación kafkaesca de Sancho Panza.” Cervantes entre amigos: Homenaje a Diana de Armas Wilson. Edited by Conxita Domènech and Andrés Lema-Hincapié. Newark, DE: Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs. (Forthcoming)
• “Segovia festeja el nacimiento del Príncipe Felipe Próspero (1658).” El Adelantado (Newspaper in Segovia). June 25, 2023. Segovia festeja el nacimiento del príncipe Felipe Próspero (1658) | El Adelantado de Segovia.
• A Primer of Pastoral Spanish. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2022.
• Don Quixote and Catholicism: Rereading Cervantine Spirituality. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2020.
• The Art of the Game of Chess. Translation of Libro de la invención liberal y arte del juego del axedrez (Ruy López; 1561). Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2020.
• “La mujer segoviana en el Siglo de Oro.” Estudios Segovianos (Boletín de la Real Academia de Historia y Arte de San Quirce) 118, Tomo LXI (2019): 195-212.
• “El tomismo de Don Quijote II: Reflexiones sobre la virtud de tres personajes quijotescos.” Edited by Conxita Domènech and Andrés Lema-Hincapié. El Segundo Quijote (1615): Nuevas interpretaciones cuatro siglos después. Madrid: Iberoamericana /Vervuert, 2018. 267-282.
• “This Spanish Thing”: Essays in Honor of Edward F. Stanton. Edited with an introduction by Michael J. McGrath (Newark, DE: Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs, 2016.
• Teatro y fiesta en la ciudad de Segovia (siglos XVIII y XIX). Newark, DE: Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs, 2015.
• El gran teatro del mundo by Calderón de la Barca. Michael J. McGrath. Newark, DE: Cervantes & Co., 2013.
• “From La Mancha to Manresa: Sancho Panza’s Incarnational Spirituality.” Cervantes in Perspective. Ed. Julia Domínguez. Madrid: Iberoamericana /Vervuert, 2013
• La vida urbana en Segovia: Historia de una ciudad barroca en sus documentos. Newark, DE: Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs, 2012.
• “La procesión del Corpus Christi como instrumento de catolización en la Segovia postridentina.” Estudios Segovianos (Boletín de la Real Academia de Historia y Arte de San Quirce) CX (2011).
• “El mensaje de redención en Don Quijote.” Graffylia (Revista de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla) XI-XII (2011).
• “The Metadramatic Function of the Aside in La traición en la amistad.” Comedia Performance 1 (2010).
• “Noticias de los actores que actuaron en la Segovia del siglo XVII.” Estudios Segovianos (Boletín de la Real Academia de Historia y Arte de San Quirce) CVIII (2009)
• “Modern Translations of Don Quijote.” The Cervantean Heritage: Influence and Reception of Cervantes in Britain.  John Ardila.  London: Legenda (Modern Research Humanities Association), 2009.
• “Tilting at Windmills: Don Quijote in English.” Cervantes XXVI (2006; published in 2008)

Segovia’s newspaper El Adelantado published an interview with Professor McGrath about his book La vida urbana en Segovia: Historia de una ciudad barroca en sus documentos (January 7, 2015):

http://www.eladelantado.com/noticia/ultima/171725/alegrias_en_segovia__durante_el_siglo_xvii

The following article about Professor McGrath’s book Teatro y fiesta en la ciudad de Segovia (siglos XVIII y XIX) also appeared in El Adelantado (October 19, 2015):

http://www.eladelantado.com/noticia/ultima/222598/de_las_antiguas_fiestas_de_segovia

Professor McGrath is the 2009 recipient of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Award of Distinction in Scholarship, and he has been nominated for Awards of Distinction in teaching and service. In 2015, he was a nominee for the University of Kentucky’s College of Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame. Professor McGrath has traveled to Spain more than 30 times, in addition to trips to Mexico and Puerto Rico.

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Last updated: 2/5/2024