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.

  1. 2019
  2. Brown University

    Betzler, L. (Visiting researcher)

    08.201912.2019

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  3. Harry Potter: Zwischen Satanismus und Heilslehre

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    20.06.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  4. Edward Lear: Limerick

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    05.06.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  5. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung - GKJF 2019

    O'Sullivan, E. (Participant)

    30.05.201901.06.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. Vortrag: "Der Chefideologe. Zur Geschichte einer Figur politischer Beratung"

    Wessely, C. (Speaker)

    03.04.201905.04.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  7. Sitzung des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats des SIKJM

    O'Sullivan, E. (Consultant)

    07.02.2019

    Activity: Consultancy

  8. 68. Jahrestagung der Vertrauensdozentinnen und Vertrauensdozenten der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes 2019

    O'Sullivan, E. (Participant)

    26.01.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  9. Imagology, comparative children’s literature, and digital humanities: exploring potential synergies

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    17.01.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Vortrag: "Neapolitanische Moderne"

    Wessely, C. (Speaker)

    14.01.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsTransfer

  11. Zeitschrift für deutsche Philologie (Journal)

    Meyzaud, M. (Reviewer)

    2019 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  12. 2018
  13. Strange people and places: the representation of other nations in children’s literature

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    30.11.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  14. Illustration as intersemiotic translation: visualising nonsense

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    29.11.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  15. Schatzhaus, Thesaurus - Die Bibliothek in der Paradoxie des Offenen Systems

    Steierwald, U. (Keynote Speaker)

    09.11.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  16. Stiftungsrat (Organisational unit)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Member)

    11.201811.2023

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  17. College (Organisational unit)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Member)

    01.10.201831.03.2020

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  18. Gemeinsames Forschungskolloquium (DoktorandInnen, HabilitandInnen)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Participant), von Glasenapp, G. (Organiser), Dettmar, U. (Participant), Staiger, M. (Participant) & Tomkowiak, I. (Participant)

    25.09.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsEducation

  19. Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELE Journal) (Journal)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Editorial Board)

    08.2018

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  20. Vortrag: • Bodies revisited: Körperlichkeit in der Ästhetik der Gegenwart

    Steierwald, U. (Lecturer)

    30.06.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  21. Die gegenwärtige Situation der Germanistik und ihre Vorgeschichte seit 1945

    Steierwald, U. (Speaker)

    27.06.201828.06.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  22. Heiner Müller: Gespräch mit Horaz

    Jürgens, A. (Speaker)

    21.06.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  23. Shakespeare: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (Sonnet 18): Vorlesung in der Reihe "10 Minuten Lyrik"

    O'Sullivan, E. (Lecturer)

    14.06.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  24. Vortrag: "Die Urzeit in ´Bildern aus der Gegenwart´. Philipp Leopold Martins Museum der Urwelt in Berlin

    Wessely, C. (Speaker) & Stoffel, P. (Speaker)

    13.06.201816.06.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  25. Vortrag: "Milieu und Lebensform"

    Wessely, C. (Speaker)

    12.06.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  26. Walter de Gruyter (Publisher)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Reviewer)

    06.2018

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  27. Books for Children. Transnational encounters 1750-1850

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    30.05.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  28. Tagung “Magie des Erzählens” 2018

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    06.05.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  29. Imagining Difference: strange people and places in children’s literature

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    29.03.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  30. Strange people and places: the representation of other nations in children’s literature

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    28.03.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  31. Strange places and people in children’s literature

    O'Sullivan, E. (Lecturer)

    27.03.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  32. Strange people and places: the representation of other nations in children’s literature

    O'Sullivan, E. (Lecturer)

    26.03.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  33. The representation of other nations in picturebooks for children

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    26.03.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  34. Illustration as intersemiotic translation: visualising nonsense

    O'Sullivan, E. (Keynote Speaker)

    24.03.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  35. Impulsreferat: "Max Horkheimers Kritik an Karl Mannheims ´Ideologie und Utopie´"

    Wessely, C. (Speaker)

    11.03.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  36. 68. Jahrestagung der Vertrauensdozentinnen und Vertrauensdozenten der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes 2019

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    26.01.201828.01.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  37. Impulsreferat: "Oswald Spengler, Der Untergang des Abendlandes: Umrisse einer Morphologie der Weltgeschichte (1918)"

    Wessely, C. (Speaker)

    17.01.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsTransfer

  38. Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung e.V. (External organisation)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Member)

    2018 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  39. International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL) (External organisation)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Member)

    20182019

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  40. Member of the scientific committee of ANILIJ 2019

    O'Sullivan, E. (Consultant)

    20182019

    Activity: Consultancy

  41. 2017
  42. Wisława Szymborska: Koniec i poczatek [Ende und Anfang]

    Jürgens, A. (Speaker)

    13.12.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  43. Gedicht und Gebet

    Jürgens, A. (Speaker)

    09.11.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  44. Illustration as intersemiotic translation: Visualising nonsense:

    O'Sullivan, E. (Keynote Speaker)

    19.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  45. Veranstaltungsreihe "Brown Bag Lectures" am Institute of English Studies

    O'Sullivan, E. (Organiser)

    10.201703.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  46. Der Thesaurus literarischer Sprachfiguren und Bildbegriffe

    Steierwald, U. (Speaker)

    18.07.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  47. Im Vorraum des Denkens. Praktiken und Lebenswelten kritischer Theorie

    Wessely, C. (Organiser)

    28.06.201730.06.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  48. 30. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder-und Jugendliteraturforschung - GKJF 2017

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    25.05.201727.05.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  49. Michael Rosens Where Broccoli Comes From: Vorlesung in der Reihe "10 Minuten Lyrik"

    O'Sullivan, E. (Lecturer)

    17.05.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  50. Durs Grünbein: Unbekümmert, anderntags, Verse

    Jürgens, A. (Speaker)

    03.05.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  51. Veranstaltungsreihe "Brown Bag Lectures" am Institute of English Studies

    O'Sullivan, E. (Organiser)

    04.201709.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  52. Licht und Schatten: Sartre, Flaubert, Camus und das Milieu des Mediterranen

    Huber, F. (Oral presentation)

    14.03.201716.03.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  53. Tagung Neapolitanische Moderne

    Wessely, C. (Organiser)

    14.03.201716.03.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  54. International Research in Children's Literature (Journal)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Reviewer)

    03.2017

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  55. Form follows function?: Blaschkas naturkundliche Modelle zwischen Handwerk, Wissenschaft und Kunst

    Huber, F. (Oral presentation)

    10.02.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  56. Praesens Verlag (Publisher)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Editorial Board)

    20172025

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  57. Volkswagen AG (External organisation)

    Wessely, C. (Member)

    20172020

    Activity: MembershipBodies of private companies and organisationsTransfer

  58. Volkswagen Foundation (External organisation)

    Wessely, C. (Member)

    20172020

    Activity: MembershipBodies of private companies and organisationsTransfer

  59. 2016
  60. G is for German. Constructions of Nationality and Ethnicity in Picturebooks

    O'Sullivan, E. (Lecturer)

    30.11.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  61. Alice: Metamorphosen einer weltliterarischen Figur

    O'Sullivan, E. (Lecturer)

    02.11.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  62. Vortrag: Groteske Figurationen Europas

    Steierwald, U. (Lecturer)

    06.10.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  63. DFG-Researchgroup "Cultures of Critique" (Organisational unit)

    Wessely, C. (Member)

    10.2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesTransfer

  64. Veranstaltungsreihe "Brown Bag Lectures" am Institute of English Studies

    O'Sullivan, E. (Organiser)

    10.201603.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  65. Vortrag: Literarisierungen im Bewegungsmodus des Reisens: Johann Georg Keyßlers „Neueste Reisen“ (1740)

    Steierwald, U. (Lecturer)

    26.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  66. 2. Tagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die interdisziplinäre Erforschung der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (AIDEFF) 2016

    O'Sullivan, E. (Organiser)

    22.09.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  67. Children's Literature Association Quarterly (Journal)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Reviewer)

    03.08.2016

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  68. Strange Signs: Invented Languages from Alienation to Zany

    O'Sullivan, E. (Lecturer)

    22.07.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  69. Rilke und der Schrei

    Menzel, J. (Speaker)

    14.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  70. International Research in Children's Literature (Journal)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Reviewer)

    31.05.2016

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  71. 29. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung - GKJF 2016

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    26.05.201628.05.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  72. A Modernist in Exile. The International Reception of H. G. Adler

    Menzel, J. (Speaker)

    19.05.201620.05.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  73. Literaturbüro Lüneburg e.V. (External organisation)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Member)

    05.201605.2025

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsTransfer

  74. Children's Literature Association Quarterly (Journal)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Reviewer)

    30.04.2016

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  75. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Member)

    01.04.201631.03.2018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  76. School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)

    Wessely, C. (Member)

    03.2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  77. 131st MLA Annual Convention 2016

    Steierwald, U. (Speaker)

    09.01.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  78. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Member)

    01.01.201630.09.2020

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  79. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Member)

    01.01.201631.12.2019

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  80. Advisory Board for Keywords in Children's Literature (External organisation)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Member)

    20162018

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  81. Advisory Board for Keywords in Children's Literature (External organisation)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Reviewer)

    20162018

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  82. Internationale Jugendbibliothek (External organisation)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Member)

    20162017

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesTransfer

  83. International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL) (External organisation)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Member)

    2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  84. 2015
  85. Gläserne Grenzen der Einbildungskraft

    Huber, F. (Speaker)

    11.12.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  86. Die Zeit des Gespensts

    Menzel, J. (Speaker)

    08.12.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  87. Alice in a World of Wonderlands. The Translations of Lewis Carroll‘s Masterpiece

    O'Sullivan, E. (Keynote Speaker)

    07.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  88. School of Education (Organisational unit)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Chair)

    01.10.201530.09.2018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  89. 6th Biennial Congress of the European Network for Comparative Literary Studies - REELC/ENCLS 2015

    O'Sullivan, E. (Keynote speaker)

    27.08.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  90. Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung (Journal)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Editor)

    15.06.201515.01.2017

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  91. 28. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung - 2015

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    04.06.201506.06.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  92. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group (Publisher)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Reviewer)

    26.05.2015

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  93. Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung (Journal)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Editor)

    15.05.201515.12.2024

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  94. 6. Jahrgang des Fernkurs Kinder- und Jugendliteratur - KHL 2015

    O'Sullivan, E. (Keynote speaker)

    08.05.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  95. Internationale und interdisziplinäre Tagung der Bamberger Graduiertenschule für Literatur, Kultur und Medien - 2015

    Menzel, J. (Speaker)

    17.04.201519.04.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  96. Art History Institute in Florence of the Max Planck Society

    Huber, F. (Visiting researcher)

    03.201504.2015

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  97. Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELE Journal) (Journal)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Reviewer)

    02.2015

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  98. 2014
  99. International Workshop of the Centre for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg and the Centre for Research on Anti-Semitism at the TU Berlin

    Menzel, J. (Speaker)

    19.11.201421.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  100. Transatlantische Konferenz zur Bedeutung Heiner Müllers im 21. Jahrhundert - IHMG 2014

    Dettmer, K. (Moderator)

    03.10.201405.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  101. Institute of English Studies (Organisational unit)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Member)

    01.10.201431.03.2016

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees