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.
- 2018
Vortrag: "Milieu und Lebensform"
Christina Wessely (Speaker)
12.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Walter de Gruyter GmbH (Publisher)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
06.2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Books for Children. Transnational encounters 1750-1850
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
30.05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tagung “Magie des Erzählens” 2018
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
06.05.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Imagining Difference: strange people and places in children’s literature
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
29.03.2018Activity: 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
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 (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
Illustration as intersemiotic translation: visualising nonsense
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote Speaker)
24.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Impulsreferat: "Max Horkheimers Kritik an Karl Mannheims ´Ideologie und Utopie´"
Christina Wessely (Speaker)
11.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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: "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
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
- 2017
Wisława Szymborska: Koniec i poczatek [Ende und Anfang]
Andreas Jürgens (Speaker)
13.12.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Gedicht und Gebet
Andreas Jürgens (Speaker)
09.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Illustration as intersemiotic translation: Visualising nonsense:
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote Speaker)
19.10.2017Activity: 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
Der Thesaurus literarischer Sprachfiguren und Bildbegriffe
Ulrike Steierwald (Speaker)
18.07.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › 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
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
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
Durs Grünbein: Unbekümmert, anderntags, Verse
Andreas Jürgens (Speaker)
03.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
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
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
International Research in Children's Literature (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
03.2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Form follows function?: Blaschkas naturkundliche Modelle zwischen Handwerk, Wissenschaft und Kunst
Florian Huber (Oral presentation)
10.02.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
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
- 2016
G is for German. Constructions of Nationality and Ethnicity in Picturebooks
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
30.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Alice: Metamorphosen einer weltliterarischen Figur
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
02.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Vortrag: Groteske Figurationen Europas
Ulrike Steierwald (Lecturer)
06.10.2016Activity: 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: Literarisierungen im Bewegungsmodus des Reisens: Johann Georg Keyßlers „Neueste Reisen“ (1740)
Ulrike Steierwald (Lecturer)
26.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
Children's Literature Association Quarterly (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
03.08.2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Strange Signs: Invented Languages from Alienation to Zany
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
22.07.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Rilke und der Schrei
Julia Menzel (Speaker)
14.06.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
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
29. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung - GKJF 2016
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
26.05.2016 → 28.05.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
A Modernist in Exile. The International Reception of H. G. Adler
Julia Menzel (Speaker)
19.05.2016 → 20.05.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Literaturbüro Lüneburg e.V. (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
05.2016 → 05.2022Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
Children's Literature Association Quarterly (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
30.04.2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.04.2016 → 31.03.2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)
Christina Wessely (Member)
03.2016 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
131st MLA Annual Convention 2016
Ulrike Steierwald (Speaker)
09.01.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.01.2016 → 30.09.2020Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.01.2016 → 31.12.2019Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Advisory Board for Keywords in Children's Literature (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2016 → 2018Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Advisory Board for Keywords in Children's Literature (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
2016 → 2018Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Internationale Jugendbibliothek (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2016 → 2017Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL) (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2016 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
- 2015
Die Zeit des Gespensts
Julia Menzel (Speaker)
08.12.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Editor)
22.10.2015 → 27.05.2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Alice in a World of Wonderlands. The Translations of Lewis Carroll‘s Masterpiece
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote Speaker)
07.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Chair)
01.10.2015 → 30.09.2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
6th Biennial Congress of the European Network for Comparative Literary Studies - REELC/ENCLS 2015
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote speaker)
27.08.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
28. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung - 2015
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
04.06.2015 → 06.06.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group (Publisher)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
26.05.2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
6. Jahrgang des Fernkurs Kinder- und Jugendliteratur - KHL 2015
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote speaker)
08.05.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Internationale und interdisziplinäre Tagung der Bamberger Graduiertenschule für Literatur, Kultur und Medien - 2015
Julia Menzel (Speaker)
17.04.2015 → 19.04.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Florian Huber (Visiting researcher)
03.2015 → 04.2015Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELE Journal) (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
02.2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- 2014
International Workshop of the Centre for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg and the Centre for Research on Anti-Semitism at the TU Berlin
Julia Menzel (Speaker)
19.11.2014 → 21.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Transatlantische Konferenz zur Bedeutung Heiner Müllers im 21. Jahrhundert - IHMG 2014
Katrin Dettmer (Moderator)
03.10.2014 → 05.10.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Institute of English Studies (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.10.2014 → 31.03.2016Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
University of Arts and Industrial Design Linz
Florian Huber (Visiting researcher)
10.2014 → 04.2015Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
35th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association - GSA 2011
Katrin Dettmer (Speaker)
09.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Objects between Craft, Science and Art: The Blaschka Models at Harvard
Florian Huber (Lecturer)
09.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
3rd World Children's Literature Convention
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote speaker)
10.08.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Marine Biological Laboratory
Florian Huber (Visiting researcher)
05.2014 → 07.2014Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Transfer
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.04.2014 → 31.03.2016Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.04.2014 → 31.03.2016Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Internationale Jugendbibliothek (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2014 → 2015Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)
Christina Wessely (Member)
2014 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
- 2013
Milieu. Konzeptionen und Transformationen von Umgebungswissen - 2013
Florian Huber (Organiser)
28.11.2013 → 29.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
5. Interdisziplinäres Doktoranden-Seminar des Fritz Bauer Instituts - 2013
Julia Menzel (Speaker)
09.09.2013 → 11.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
26. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung - GKJF 2013
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote speaker)
09.05.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Art or Science?: Leopold Blaschka's Marine Aquaria
Florian Huber (Lecturer)
04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes: Auswahltagung für Stipendiat/innen im Masterstudium
Ulrike Steierwald (Reviewer)
04.2013Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Arizona State University
Florian Huber (Visiting researcher)
02.2013 → 05.2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
- 2012
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Chair)
01.10.2012 → 30.09.2015Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Tagung "Echt inszeniert: Interviews in Literatur und Literaturbetrieb" 2012
Katrin Dettmer (Speaker)
26.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
33rd International IBBY Congress 2012
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote speaker)
24.08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
43. Tagung des Institus für Jugendliteratur der Universität Wien 2012
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote speaker)
16.08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.04.2012 → 31.03.2014Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Harvard University
Florian Huber (Visiting researcher)
02.2012 → 09.2012Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association - 2012
Katrin Dettmer (Speaker)
2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Baptist University Hong Kong (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Coordinator)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Education
Department of German Studies (Brown University)
Katrin Dettmer (Speaker)
2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Life in the Metropolis / Art in the Weimar Republic
Katrin Dettmer (Lecturer)
2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Swiss Institute for Children’s and Youth Media (SIKJM )
Emer O'Sullivan (Consultant)
2012 → …Activity: Consultancy