Institute of History and Literary Cultures
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
The Institute of History and Literary Cultures is dedicated to culturally oriented research and instruction in history and literary criticism. The Institute focuses its research particularly on the cultural history and literary phenomena of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Institute is divided into the Departments of History and Literary Cultures.
Topics
Das Institut für Geschichtswissenschaft und Literarische Kulturen widmet sich der kulturwissenschaftlich orientierten geschichts- und literaturwissenschaftlichen Forschung und Lehre. Einen besonderen Schwerpunkt bildet die Erforschung kulturgeschichtlicher und literarischer Phänomene des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts. Es gliedert sich in die Abteilungen Geschichtswissenschaft und Literarische Kulturen.
Geschichtswissenschaft
Der Bereich der Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte beschäftigt sich mit der Beschreibung der kulturellen und sozialen Vergesellschaftungsprozesse in ihrem historischen Kontext. Dies ermöglicht vor allem auch einen Blick auf historische Transformationsprozesse, wie sie sich strukturell, aber auch in Biographien ausprägen.
Literarische Kulturen
Die Bezeichnung "Literarische Kulturen" betont den kulturwissenschaftlichen Charakter der im Fächerensemble der Lüneburger Kulturwissenschaften praktizierten Literaturwissenschaft. Auch diese widmet sich im Kernbereich – ganz wie die traditionell orientierten literaturwissenschaftlichen Institute – zunächst und vor allem den literarischen Werken: ihrer Ästhetik, den Umständen ihrer Produktion, ihrer Geschichte sowie den Lektüren, die sie hervorgerufen haben.
- 2016
Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Editor)
27.05.2016 → 12.2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
International Research in Children's Literature (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
31.05.2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Rilke und der Schrei
Julia Menzel (Speaker)
14.06.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Strange Signs: Invented Languages from Alienation to Zany
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
22.07.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Children's Literature Association Quarterly (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
03.08.2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
2. Tagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die interdisziplinäre Erforschung der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (AIDEFF) 2016
Emer O'Sullivan (Organiser)
22.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Vortrag: Literarisierungen im Bewegungsmodus des Reisens: Johann Georg Keyßlers „Neueste Reisen“ (1740)
Ulrike Steierwald (Lecturer)
26.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
DFG-Researchgroup "Cultures of Critique" (Organisational unit)
Christina Wessely (Member)
10.2016 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Veranstaltungsreihe "Brown Bag Lectures" am Institute of English Studies
Emer O'Sullivan (Organiser)
10.2016 → 03.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Vortrag: Groteske Figurationen Europas
Ulrike Steierwald (Lecturer)
06.10.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Alice: Metamorphosen einer weltliterarischen Figur
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
02.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
G is for German. Constructions of Nationality and Ethnicity in Picturebooks
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
30.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
- 2017
Praesens Verlag (Publisher)
Emer O'Sullivan (Editorial Board)
2017 → 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Volkswagen AG (External organisation)
Christina Wessely (Member)
2017 → 2020Activity: Membership › Bodies of private companies and organisations › Transfer
Volkswagen Foundation (External organisation)
Christina Wessely (Member)
2017 → 2020Activity: Membership › Bodies of private companies and organisations › Transfer
Form follows function?: Blaschkas naturkundliche Modelle zwischen Handwerk, Wissenschaft und Kunst
Florian Huber (Oral presentation)
10.02.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
International Research in Children's Literature (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
03.2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Licht und Schatten: Sartre, Flaubert, Camus und das Milieu des Mediterranen
Florian Huber (Oral presentation)
14.03.2017 → 16.03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Tagung Neapolitanische Moderne
Christina Wessely (Organiser)
14.03.2017 → 16.03.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Veranstaltungsreihe "Brown Bag Lectures" am Institute of English Studies
Emer O'Sullivan (Organiser)
04.2017 → 09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Durs Grünbein: Unbekümmert, anderntags, Verse
Andreas Jürgens (Speaker)
03.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Michael Rosens Where Broccoli Comes From: Vorlesung in der Reihe "10 Minuten Lyrik"
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
17.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
30. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder-und Jugendliteraturforschung - GKJF 2017
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
25.05.2017 → 27.05.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Im Vorraum des Denkens. Praktiken und Lebenswelten kritischer Theorie
Christina Wessely (Organiser)
28.06.2017 → 30.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Der Thesaurus literarischer Sprachfiguren und Bildbegriffe
Ulrike Steierwald (Speaker)
18.07.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Veranstaltungsreihe "Brown Bag Lectures" am Institute of English Studies
Emer O'Sullivan (Organiser)
10.2017 → 03.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Illustration as intersemiotic translation: Visualising nonsense:
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote Speaker)
19.10.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Gedicht und Gebet
Andreas Jürgens (Speaker)
09.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Wisława Szymborska: Koniec i poczatek [Ende und Anfang]
Andreas Jürgens (Speaker)
13.12.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
- 2018
Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung e.V. (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2018 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL) (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2018 → 2019Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Irish-German Studies, University of Limerick
Emer O'Sullivan (Consultant)
2018 → 2021Activity: Consultancy
Member of the scientific committee of ANILIJ 2019
Emer O'Sullivan (Consultant)
2018 → 2019Activity: Consultancy
Mitglied der Jury für den James Krüss Preis für internationale Kinder- und Jugendliteratur 2019
Emer O'Sullivan (Consultant)
2018 → 2019Activity: Consultancy
Impulsreferat: "Oswald Spengler, Der Untergang des Abendlandes: Umrisse einer Morphologie der Weltgeschichte (1918)"
Christina Wessely (Speaker)
17.01.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
68. Jahrestagung der Vertrauensdozentinnen und Vertrauensdozenten der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes 2019
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
26.01.2018 → 28.01.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Impulsreferat: "Max Horkheimers Kritik an Karl Mannheims ´Ideologie und Utopie´"
Christina Wessely (Speaker)
11.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Illustration as intersemiotic translation: visualising nonsense
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote Speaker)
24.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Strange people and places: the representation of other nations in children’s literature
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
26.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The representation of other nations in picturebooks for children
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
26.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Strange places and people in children’s literature
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
27.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Strange people and places: the representation of other nations in children’s literature
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
28.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Imagining Difference: strange people and places in children’s literature
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
29.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Tagung “Magie des Erzählens” 2018
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
06.05.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Books for Children. Transnational encounters 1750-1850
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
30.05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Walter de Gruyter GmbH (Publisher)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
06.2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Vortrag: "Milieu und Lebensform"
Christina Wessely (Speaker)
12.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Vortrag: "Die Urzeit in ´Bildern aus der Gegenwart´. Philipp Leopold Martins Museum der Urwelt in Berlin
Christina Wessely (Speaker) & Patrick Stoffel (Speaker)
13.06.2018 → 16.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Shakespeare: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (Sonnet 18): Vorlesung in der Reihe "10 Minuten Lyrik"
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
14.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Heiner Müller: Gespräch mit Horaz
Andreas Jürgens (Speaker)
21.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer