Personal profile
Research interests
Medical Humanities; Medicine, Literature and the Arts, (Digital) Medical Cultures, Sexuality
Adaptation Studies, Intermediality and Transmediality Studies (transcultural, 18C-21C)
Medial processes of stigmatization and discrimination
Historical Materiality Studies, Materiality Theory and History of Knowledge
Gender Studies, Queer Studies and Masculinity Studies (transcultural), Body Theories
British Literature, Culture and Media; esp. Victorianism and Neo-Victorianism
(Auto-)Biography Research: Artist Biographies, Biopics
Postcolonial Literatures and Cultures
Education/Academic qualification
British Cultural Studies, Habilitation, Syphilis in Victorian Literature and Culture, Universität Siegen
2007 → 2013
English Studies, PhD, The Male Body and Masculinity
2003 → 2006
English and American Studies, M.A., Body Languages, Jagiellonian University in Krakow
1997 → 2002
External positions
Trustee of the Association of Adaptation Studies, Association of Adaptation Studies
Sept 2019 → …
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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LivFor: Living Forever: Fictions of Radical Life Extension, 1878–1918
Green, J. (Project Lead) & Pietrzak-Franger, M. (Co-Lead)
1/08/21 → 31/10/24
Project: Research funding
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Adaption und/als Kulturwissenschaft
Pietrzak-Franger, M., 2026, (Accepted/In press) Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft: Adaption. Emig, R. & Krämer, L. (eds.). Berlin: De Gruyter, (Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft).Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter › Peer Reviewed
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Covid-19 Knowledge, Transmedia Narratives, and the Poetics of Unreliability in Postdigital Environments
Pietrzak-Franger, M., Jan 2025, Pandemic Storytelling. Alber, J., de Muijnck, D. & Jumpertz, J. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 113-128 16 p. (Narratives and Mental Health, Vol. 3).Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter › Peer Reviewed
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Medical/Health Humanities and Neo-Victorianism
Pietrzak-Franger, M., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Handbook on Neo-Victorianism. Kohlke, M.-L. & Gutleben, C. (eds.). BrillPublications: Contribution to book › Entry for reference work › Peer Reviewed
Activities
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PHOTO | BRUT in Context
Pietrzak-Franger, M. (Panel chair)
9 Mar 2026Activity: Academic events › Organisation of ...
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"Scheinbar genesen - Leben mit Long Covid und das Recht auf Hoffnung"
Pietrzak-Franger, M. (Keynote speaker)
5 Dec 2025Activity: Talks and presentations › Book presentation › Science to Science
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"The Menopausal Moment" in der Popkultur
Pietrzak-Franger, M. (Invited speaker)
16 Oct 2025Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Press/Media
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Was Bilder über das Coronavirus noch erzählen
16/05/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Sars-CoV-2 & Covid-19: Was Bilder erzählen +++ In welchen Netzwerken geforscht wird
13/05/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment