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
Zeitlichkeit im Gruppenchat: Temporale Brüche in Momenten des Wartens
Frick, K. (Speaker)
19.09.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Was ist Realismus?
Albes, C. (Speaker)
13.09.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sozio-pragmatische Profilierung und (Nicht-)Realisierung: Eine interaktionalkognitive Perspektive auf Subjektellipsen
Frick, K. (Speaker) & Bartsch, M.-L. (Speaker)
11.09.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Linguistic University Scapes: Insights into the “Prohibition Grammar” of three Universities
Frick, K. (Speaker), Merten, M.-L. (Speaker) & Stumpf, S. (Speaker)
03.09.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
"übe ein bißchen Rechtschreibung und dann komm' gerne wieder": Positionierung durch Sprachkritik in digitalen Medien
Frick, K. (Speaker)
22.07.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
XV. IVG-Kongress 2025
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
GAL-Jahrestagung 2025
Buhrfeind, I. (Participant)
2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik e.V. (External organisation)
Buhrfeind, I. (Member)
2025Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
Gutachterin für Promotionsförderung-Anträge der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
Frick, K. (Reviewer)
2025Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
Mitglieder- und Vernetzungstreffen des Instituts für Schreibwissenschaft
Buhrfeind, I. (Participant)
2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Motorisches Schreiben in der Schule
Buhrfeind, I. (Organiser) & Karen-Giera, W. (Organiser)
2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Pragmatics and Society (Journal)
Frick, K. (Editorial Board)
2025 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Provincia di Bolzano - RESEARCH SÜDTIROL/ALTO ADIGE 2024
Frick, K. (Reviewer)
2025 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
Schreiben mit Gefühl - Emotionale Erfahrungen in Schreiblernsettings wahrnehmen und reflektieren.
Buhrfeind, I. (Speaker), Neumann, A. (Speaker) & Kahlke, H. J. (Speaker)
2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Schreibtage auf dem Land
Buhrfeind, I. (Organiser) & Karen-Giera, W. (Organiser)
2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Theoriebildung in der Schreibwissenschaft – mit und ohne KI
Buhrfeind, I. (Organiser), Meinig, S. (Organiser) & Heine, C. (Organiser)
2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Transformative Momente in kollektiven Schreibräumen
Buhrfeind, I. (Speaker) & Voigt-Färber, A. (Speaker)
2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2024
EARLI 2025
Neumann, A. (Reviewer)
15.12.2024 → 15.01.2025Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Schichten – Gewebe – Form: Sprachbildlichkeit in Bewegung.
Steierwald, U. (Organiser), Draesner, U. (Speaker), Jussen, B. (Speaker), Laube, R. (Speaker), Robl, L. (Speaker), Neubauer-Petzoldt, R. (Speaker), Müller, A. (Speaker), Wellmann, J. (Speaker), Förster, Y. (Speaker) & Erdbeer, R. M. (Speaker)
29.11.2024 → 30.11.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Schichten - Gewebe - Form
Steierwald, U. (Speaker)
29.11.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › 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