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
- 2025
XV. IVG-Kongress 2025 in Graz
Frick, K. (Speaker)
22.07.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
19th International Pragmatics Conference - IPC 2025
Frick, K. (Moderator)
24.06.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
BRO ICH SAG EUCH: Storytelling in WhatsApp Group Chats
Frick, K. (Speaker)
10.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Evaluation Research Proposal for Israel Science Foundation
Frick, K. (Reviewer)
2025Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
Gutachterin für Promotionsförderung-Anträge der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
Frick, K. (Reviewer)
2025Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
- 2024
EARLI 2025
Neumann, A. (Reviewer)
15.12.2024 → 15.01.2025Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Schreiben verändert? Eine interaktive Forschungswerkstatt zu Entwicklungs- und Transformationsräumen in Schreibprozessen
Buhrfeind, I. (Speaker)
22.11.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Zusammen:gedacht
Neumann, A. (Participant)
08.11.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Potenziale von KI in der Schule
Buhrfeind, I. (Organiser) & Giera, W.-K. (Organiser)
25.10.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Robert Walser / W. G. Sebald. Dichterporträts
Albes, C. (Speaker)
12.10.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Wissenschaftliche Stellungnahme zum KC Sekundarstufe I (Deutsch)
Neumann, A. (Reviewer), Wagner-Thombansen, J. (Reviewer) & Yilmaz Wörfel, S. (Reviewer)
10.2024 → 15.12.2024Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Transkontextuelle Re-Semiotisierung: Emojis im analogen Raum
Frick, K. (Speaker) & Pappert, S. (Speaker)
25.09.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Linguistic Landscapes des Verbots: Drei Universitäten im Vergleich
Frick, K. (Speaker), Merten, M.-L. (Speaker) & Stumpf, S. (Speaker)
13.09.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Macht KI Rechtschreibkompetenzen überflüssig? Ein diskurslinguistischer Streifzug zum Status der Orthografie
Frick, K. (Speaker) & Brommer, S. (Speaker)
12.09.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Reseach on Language (Journal)
Neumann, A. (Editorial Board)
01.08.2024 → 28.02.2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Kriegslandschaften verdichten: Joseph Roths ‚Hotel Savoy‘ (1924)
Steierwald, U. (Speaker)
04.07.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Digital Media to Support Writing at School (DIGIMUSS)?
Neumann, A. (Speaker)
28.06.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
On the Classist Construction of Ordinariness in German Grammar Textbooks
Frick, K. (Speaker) & Busch, F. (Speaker)
26.06.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Professionalisation of Educating for Literacy in Vocational Training - A Survey among Teachers at Vocational Schools in Northern Germany on Dealing with Linguistically Heterogeneous Students
Wendt, C. (Speaker), Börsel, A. (Speaker) & Neumann, A. (Speaker)
26.06.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
SIG Writing 2024
Neumann, A. (Participant)
24.06.2024 → 29.06.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Journal of Writing Research (Journal)
Neumann, A. (Reviewer)
06.2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Writing Research (Journal)
Neumann, A. (Reviewer)
31.05.2024 → 20.07.2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Sammeln nach 1998: Wie Provenienzforschung die Bibliotheken verändert. Anlässlich der Neuerscheinung des Buches von Jürgen Weber. (1. Bd. der neuen Reihe: Phänomenologie der Bibliothek: Redescriptions)
Steierwald, U. (Speaker)
30.05.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Journal of Writing Research (Journal)
Neumann, A. (Editorial Board)
26.05.2024 → 26.07.2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
transcript Verlag (Publisher)
Steierwald, U. (Editor)
04.2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
Ich möchte bitte ein r kaufen und Grammatik-Bonuspaket lösen….?“ – Grammatikalitätsdiskurse in digitalen Medien
Frick, K. (Speaker)
15.02.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Zur Konstruktion sozialer Ungleichheit in der germanistischen Systemlinguistik
Frick, K. (Speaker) & Busch, F. (Speaker)
12.02.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
LiteraTour Nord. Gianna Molinari liest aus "Hinter der Hecke die Welt" / Moderation
Steierwald, U. (presenter)
31.01.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
JoSch - Journal für Schreibforschung
Buhrfeind, I. (Reviewer)
2024Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Language and Communication (Journal)
Frick, K. (Editorial Board)
2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Frick, K. (Reviewer)
2024Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung (External organisation)
Frick, K. (Member)
2024 → 2030Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Buhrfeind, I. (Speaker)
2024 → 2026Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
- 2023
Nikolaus Lenau, „Der Hagestolz“
Gann, T. (Speaker)
06.12.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Den Himmel zeichnen
Steierwald, U. (Organiser), Draesner, U. (Speaker), Sorg, H. (Artist), Reiners, A. (Speaker) & Brack-Bernsen, L. (Speaker)
01.12.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Gemeinsame Stellungnahme zum Entwurf des Runderlasses „Schulische Förderung von Mehrsprachigkeit und Interkulturalität“, i. d. F. 22.11.23
Neumann, A. (Reviewer)
01.12.2023 → 20.12.2023Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
SigWriting Paris
Neumann, A. (Reviewer)
01.12.2023 → 18.01.2024Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Journal for Educational Research Online (Journal)
Neumann, A. (Reviewer)
21.10.2023 → 03.12.2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Zeitschrift für Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht (Journal)
Dobutowitsch, F. (Editor) & Cantone-Altıntaş, K. F. (Editor)
01.10.2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Sommerakademie der Studienstiftung des dt. Volkes, Weimar 2023
Steierwald, U. (Organiser) & Robl, L. (Artist)
03.09.2023 → 10.09.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
People incorrectly correcting other people“: (Re-)Correcting comments as a means of stancetaking in digital communication
Frick, K. (Speaker) & Meletis, D. (Speaker)
10.07.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Furcht und Mitleid. Affekte und Effekte in der Krise
Steierwald, U. (Speaker)
22.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Gottfried Benn, „Mann und Frau gehn durch die Krebsbaracke“
Gann, T. (Speaker)
14.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Ulrike Draesner: "Gesang der gezwungenen Kinder"
Steierwald, U. (Speaker)
31.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Sprachliche Vielfalt in einer Schule der Vielfalt?
Neumann, A. (Speaker)
03.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
Journal for Educational Research Online (Journal)
Neumann, A. (Reviewer)
24.03.2023 → 03.05.2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Sprachbildendes Engagement durch Partizipation in der Lehrer:innenbildung: Implementation von Service Learning durch das Projekt LehrWEP
Samland, S. (Speaker) & Neumann, A. (Coauthor)
23.03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
SPRIB (Journal)
Neumann, A. (Editorial Board)
03.2023 → 07.2027Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Herausforderungen und Entwicklungen bei der Messung schriftsprachlicher Fähigkeiten
Neumann, A. (Speaker)
28.02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Schreiben digital = Schreiben ohne Regeln?
Frick, K. (Speaker)
07.02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Theodor Storm, „Geh nicht hinein“
Gann, T. (Speaker)
25.01.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Institut für Schreibwissenschaft (External organisation)
Buhrfeind, I. (Office)
2023Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Journal of Pragmatics (Journal)
Frick, K. (Reviewer)
2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of unfinished anthology/collection › Research
Korpora Deutsch als Fremdsprache (KorDaF) (Journal)
Frick, K. (Reviewer)
2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
ÖDaF-Mitteilungen (Journal)
Frick, K. (Reviewer)
2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- 2022
Lehrer:innenbildung im Fach Deutsch: Weiterentwicklung von sprachbildendem Engagement durch Partizipation
Samland, S. (presenter) & Neumann, A. (Coauthor)
23.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Radikale Mehrdeutigkeit und „Wahnsinn“ um 1850. Adalbert Stifters Hiob-Novelle „Abdias“.
Gann, T. (Speaker)
26.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
DigiSchreib - Ein Instrument zur Unterstützung von Lehrkräften bei Auswahl und Einsatz digitaler Schreibtools
Wendt, C. (Speaker) & Neumann, A. (Speaker)
21.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Entwicklung eines Lehrkonzepts zur Implementierung von Medien für einen digital-gestützten Deutschunterricht im berufsbildenden Lehramt
Wendt, C. (presenter) & Neumann, A. (Coauthor)
13.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Fachwissen = Fachdidaktisches sprachliches Wissen? Eine quantitative Studie zum Verhältnis von schriftstrukturellem Fachwissen und Pedagogical Language Knowledge zukünftiger Lehrkräfte.
Neumann, A. (presenter), Menzel, K. (presenter), Brandt, H. (Coauthor) & Weinhold, S. (Coauthor)
15.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Stifters Erzählung "Prokopus": Novelle oder 'Anti-Novelle'?
Albes, C. (Speaker)
25.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Wie geht die Geschichte aus? Spannung und Eschatologie in Stifters „Nachsommer“
Gann, T. (Speaker)
25.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Einführung
Albes, C. (Speaker) & Gann, T. (Speaker)
24.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tagung "Metaphysische Spannung / Gestörter Suspense. Adalbert Stifter, Theodor Storm, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer und das 19. Jahrhundert"
Albes, C. (Organiser) & Gann, T. (Organiser)
24.06.2022 → 26.06.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
DigiSchreib - A tool to support teachers in the selection and use of digital writing tools
Wendt, C. (Speaker) & Neumann, A. (Speaker)
22.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Teachers' attitudes towards digital writing tools in multilingual German vocational schools
Wendt, C. (Speaker) & Neumann, A. (Speaker)
21.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Reading Strategy Programs and their Effects on Teachers’ Instruction and Students’ Comprehension in Secondary Schools
Schmitz, A. (Coauthor), Jost, J. (presenter), Souvignier, E. (Coauthor) & Karstens, F. (Coauthor)
15.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Diskussionsbeitrag zur Tagung "Fachliche Lehr-Lernprozesse und ihre Sprachlichkeit"
Schmitz, A. (presenter)
10.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Der schulische Sprachenkanon als Anlass der Be- und Entgrenzung von transnationalen Bildungsbiographien.
Dobutowitsch, F. (Speaker)
15.03.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst. Welche sprachlichen Verstehenshürden erkennen Lehramtsstudierende in einem fachlichen Erklärtext?
Brandt, H. (presenter), Schmitz, A. (Coauthor), Leiss, D. (Coauthor), Ehmke, T. (Coauthor) & Kuhl, P. (Coauthor)
10.03.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Schichten – Formationen – Form. Zu Ulrike Draesners Erkundungen
Steierwald, U. (Speaker)
21.01.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Selbstreguliertes Lesen im Deutsch- und Fachunterricht in BiSS-Schulen: Förderkonzepte und unterrichtliche Anwendung
Schmitz, A. (Coauthor), Jost, J. (presenter) & Souvignier, E. (Coauthor)
19.01.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Margaret Atwood: "You begin / Du fängst an"
Steierwald, U. (Speaker)
12.01.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Internationale Vereinigung für Germanistik (IVG) (External organisation)
Frick, K. (Chair)
2022 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Jede:r lernt gemeinsam schreiben- Reflexionssuren in universitären Denk- und Schreibräumen
Buhrfeind, I. (Speaker)
2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Reflexionsspuren universitären Schreibens in fachspezifischen Denk- und Schreibräumen ─ Eine Betrachtung von individuellen Schreibhandlungen im zwischenRAUM
Buhrfeind, I. (Speaker)
2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2021
Die Perspektive von Schüler*innen auf das selbstregulierte Lesen im Fach Biologie – Wie viel Strategievermittlung findet im Fach statt?
Schmitz, A. (Coauthor) & Karstens, F. (presenter)
08.11.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Erkennen Lehramtsstudierende sprachliche Hürden in einem mathematischen Erklärtext?
Schmitz, A. (Coauthor), Strohmaier, A. (presenter), Leiss, D. (Coauthor) & Kuhl, P. (Coauthor)
08.11.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Fachwissen = Fachdidaktisches sprachliches Wissen? Eine quantitative Studie zum Verhältnis vom schriftstrukturellen Fachwissen und Pedagogical Language Knowledge zukünftiger Lehrkräfte
Menzel, K. (Speaker), Brandt, H. (Speaker), Weinhold, S. (Speaker) & Neumann, A. (Speaker)
08.11.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tagung - "fest – flüssig – plasmatisch – flüchtig"
Steierwald, U. (Organiser)
29.10.2021 → 30.10.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Sprachliche Diversität in Lehrveranstaltungen
Dobutowitsch, F. (Speaker)
13.10.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Sprachliche Kombinationsformen, Hybridisierungen und Neukreationen in der Migrationsgesellschaft
Dobutowitsch, F. (Speaker)
24.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Interpretation und Kontextualisierung. Interkulturelle Perspektiven
Gann, T. (Speaker)
22.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Können Lehramtsstudierende sprachliche Hürden in Erklärtexten im Fach Deutsch identifizieren? Eine Untersuchung zum Einfluss von professionellen Überzeugungen und der Nutzung von Lerngelegenheiten
Menzel, K. (Speaker) & Brandt, H. (Coauthor)
13.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Wahrnehmung sprachlicher Hürden in einem mathematischen Erklärtext
Schmitz, A. (Coauthor), Strohmaier, A. (presenter), Albrecht, I. (Coauthor), Leiss, D. (Coauthor) & Kuhl, P. (Coauthor)
13.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Der Kritiker und sein Dichter. Über Sigmund Engländer und Adalbert Stifter
Albes, C. (Speaker)
28.08.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Quality of reading instruction in language classrooms: Subject specific analysis of teaching quality
Schmitz, A. (presenter) & Karstens, F. (Coauthor)
23.08.2021 → 27.08.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
A Multi-method Insight into Students‘ strategic reading of expository and narrative texts
Schmitz, A. (presenter) & Dannecker, W. (Coauthor)
08.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
4. Treffen der AG Leseverstehen (SDD)
Schmitz, A. (Participant) & Stephany, S. (Participant)
29.07.2021 → 30.07.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Sprachbildfahrzeuge – Ähnlichkeit als modellierendes Verfahren in Robert Walsers literarischem Schreiben
Steierwald, U. (Speaker)
27.07.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Students' Strategic Processing of Expository and Narrative Texts
Schmitz, A. (presenter) & Dannecker, W. (Coauthor)
16.07.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
7. internationale Konferenz „Literatur und Kultur im herkunftssprachlichen Unterricht - digital“
Dobutowitsch, F. (Organiser)
02.07.2021 → 03.07.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Selbstreguliertes Lesen als tiefenstrukturelle Operationalisierung von Unterrichtsqualität im Fach Deutsch
Schmitz, A. (presenter) & Karstens, F. (presenter)
07.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
(Fach)Sprachliche (Ko-)Konstruktionen im Schriftspracherwerb: Auf der Suche nach einer Sprache über das Schriftsystem
Weinhold, S. (Speaker), Jagemann, S. (Speaker) & Bormann, F. (Speaker)
26.06.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Das Andere und das Fremde. Plädoyer für eine begriffliche Differenzierung im Rahmen der Literaturdidaktik.
Gann, T. (Speaker)
03.06.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer: Eingelegte Ruder
Albes, C. (Speaker)
19.05.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
"Kooperativ forschen und Rechtschreibunterricht entwickeln - Konzeption und Evaluation eines phasen- und institutionenübergreifenden Kooperationsformats in der Lehrkräftebildung"
Weinhold, S. (Speaker)
05.05.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung (Journal)
Dobutowitsch, F. (Reviewer)
01.05.2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Sprachdidaktisches Kolloquium der Universität zu Köln
Schmitz, A. (Organiser), Jost, J. (Speaker) & Karstens, F. (Organiser)
04.2021 → 07.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Textschreiben in heterogenen Grundschulklassen - Schreiben in Kontexten
Weinhold, S. (Speaker)
16.03.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer