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

  1. Published

    Arnold Höllriegel: Hollywood – Wien und zurück. Reportagen und Feuilletons

    Bermann, R. A., Müller, H.-H. (Editor) & Stuhlmann, A. (Editor), 1999, Wien: Picus. 270 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesScholarly editions and encyclopediaResearch

  2. Published

    Arielle ist die Schönste für mich

    Weinhold, S., 2003, Kinder- und Jugendliteratur in Schule und Unterricht. Hurrelmann, B. (ed.). Seelze: Friedrich Verlag GmbH, p. 19-22 4 p. (Praxis Deutsch : Sonderheft).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransfer

  3. Published

    Argumentation und Redeformen

    Pabst-Weinschenk, M., 2004, Grundlagen der Sprechwissenschaft und Sprecherziehung. Pabst-Weinschenk, M. (ed.). München [u.a.]: Reinhardt Verlag, p. 113-122 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  4. Published

    Argumentation

    Gailberger, S., Willenberg, H. & Krelle, M., 2007, Sprachliche Kompetenzen. Beck, B. & Klieme , E. (eds.). Weinheim [u.a.]: Julius Beltz Verlag, p. 114-125 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    Arbeitsanweisungen verstehen: Vermittlung unterrichtsspezifischen Vokabulars

    Michalak, M., 2009, In: Deutsch differenziert. 4, 2, p. 40-42 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  6. Published

    Anleitung zur Lektüre im Himmelsbuch: Johann Peter Hebels "Betrachtungen über das Weltgebäude" zwischen Astronomie und Theologie

    Albes, C., 2023, Zeiten der Natur: Konzeptionen der Tiefenzeit in der literarischen Moderne. Pause, J. & Prokic, T. (eds.). Berlin: J.B. Metzler, p. 29-42 14 p. (LiLi: Studien zu Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik ; vol. 5).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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  8. Published

    Angst. Zu Transformationen einer Emotion in Ernst Jüngers „In Stahlgewittern“ und seinen originalen Kriegstagebüchern 1914–1918

    Gann, T., 2010, In: Jahrbuch der Deutschen Schillergesellschaft. 54, 2010, p. 398-429 32 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Angst: Angst, Kafka, Jünger

    Gann, T., 2011, 1 ed. Hamburg: Textem Verlag. 72 p. (Kleiner Stimmungs-Atlas in Einzelbänden; vol. 2)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  10. Published

    Angst

    Gann, T., 2016, Handbuch Literatur & Emotionen. von Koppenfels, M. & Zumbusch, C. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 532 1 p. (Handbücher zur kulturwissenschaftlichen Philologie; vol. 4).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch