Institute of German Language and Literature Studies and their Didactics
Organisational unit: Institute
- Junior Professorship for Applied Linguistics
- Professorship for German Language and Language Instruction
- Professorship for German Language Instruction
- Professorship for German Literature
- Professorship for Literary Studies and Methodology of Teaching Literature
- Professur für Empirische Forschung zu Sprache und Bildung
- Professur für Deutsche Sprache und ihre Didaktik für die Sekundarstufe
Organisation profile
The institute is at an intersection between linguistics, didactics, educational- and cultural sciences regarding research and teaching. It is involved in several degree programmes, such as "Teaching and Learning, B.A.", "Master of Education (M.Ed.)", the "Leuphana B.A." and the major in cultural studies (M.A.). Scientific research and the promotion of young scientists are a central concern of the institute. Furthermore, students have the opportunity to complete their doctoral studies (Dr. phil.).
The institute consists of two departments, German literature studies and their didactics and German language studies and their didactics.
Main research areas
Research Activities
Literature Studies and their Didactics
Applied Linguistics
Didactics of Teaching German
Modern German Literature Studies
German Language and its Didactics/ Applied Linguistics
German Language and its Didactics for Secondary Schools
Interdisziplinäre Tagung Philologie und Gesellschaft - 2015
Steierwald, U. (Speaker)
18.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Internationale Sommeruniversität "Narrative Sinnbildung" 2004
Albes, C. (Speaker)
30.08.2004 → 10.09.2004Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Internationale Tagung „Der Sturm – Literatur, Musik, Graphik und die Vernetzung in der Zeit des Expressionismus“ - 2013
Steierwald, U. (Speaker)
14.11.2013 → 16.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Yeats Summer School 2012
Albes, C. (Participant)
29.07.2012 → 10.08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Interne Weiterbildung Projektmanagement - 2015
De Carvalho Rodrigues, T. (Participant)
13.11.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Interpretation und Kontextualisierung. Interkulturelle Perspektiven
Gann, T. (Speaker)
22.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Islamischer Feminismus - Internationale Annäherungen
De Carvalho Rodrigues, T. (Participant)
03.02.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
It’s all about engagement with texts – Empirical findings about promoting students’ reading comprehension by well-structured texts
Schmitz, A. (presenter), Schuttkowski, C. (presenter), Gräsel, C. (Coauthor) & Rothstein, B. (Coauthor)
09.07.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Jahrbuch der Karl-May-Gesellschaft (Journal)
Vollmer, H. (Editor)
2004 → 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Jahrestagung des Mercator-Insitituts 2019
Neumann, A. (Participant)
25.03.2019 → 26.03.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research