Institute of English Studies
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
At the interface of cultural studies and education, the Institute contributes to a number of different BA, MA and M.Ed. degree courses, e.g. Bachelor Lehren und Lernen, Master of Education, Leuphana Bachelor (Major Cultural Studies).
The Institute comprises the fields of English Linguistics, English Literature, Teaching English as a Foreign Language and Area Studies & Language Skills.
Topics
The Institute of English Studies' research reflects the diversity of English and Englishes, English literature and literatures, English culture and cultures, and the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL).
We focus on the heterogeneous and hybrid nature of these research areas and the application of our findings in various contexts. Current projects reflect this inter- and transdisciplinary approach. Research in the field of TEFL deals with personal and affective factors of the learner personality and with the intercultural structure of acquisition and communication situations. Competence orientation and assessment are important aspects of our research.
- Guest lectures
The Borderland: Chicana/o Literature in the 20th Century
Maria Moss (Oral presentation)
17.05.1999Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The construction of national identity in ABC books and picturebooks from the 19th century to the present
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
20.02.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The place of Applied Linguistics in a foreign language department (University of Cork, invited talk)
Anne Barron (Lecturer)
02.07.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Pollard Lecture 2019: Reprints, piracies, hibernicisations: Children’s books and Dublin booksellers in the late 18th century
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
14.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Puppetry of the Past: Performing the 1910s in contemporary British and German culture
Yasmin Lehmann (Lecturer)
14.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The representation of (other) Europeans in European picturebooks
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
03.12.2013Activity: 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
“The Shape of Mimesis: Terror in American Literature”
Maria Moss (Lecturer)
19.04.2001Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The US Presidential Election 2012
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
27.02.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The US Presidential Election 2012
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
28.02.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The US Presidential Election 2012
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
29.02.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The US Presidential Election 2012
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
01.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The US Presidential Election 2012
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
02.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Voice of the Translator. Narratology and Translation Studies (Uppsala University, Sweden - online)
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
16.04.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Tiere und wir: Die Mensch-Tier Studien als ethische Herausforderung
Maria Moss (Speaker)
03.12.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
To 'Siez' or to 'Duz?': Use and development of pronominal address forms in German in a study abroad context (Universität Potsdam, invited talk)
Anne Barron (Lecturer)
29.10.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Towards a fully-automated adaptive e-learning environment: A predictive model for difficulty generating factors in gap-filling activities that target English tense-aspect-mood
Torben Schmidt (Oral presentation)
13.03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Towards a fully-automated adaptive e-learning environment: A predictive model for difficulty generating factors in gap-filling activities that target English tense-aspect-mood
Roger Dale Jones (Oral presentation)
13.03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Towards a fully-automated adaptive e-learning environment: A predictive model for difficulty generating factors in gap-filling activities that target English tense-aspect-mood
Irina Pandarova (Oral presentation)
13.03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Towards an International Keywords for Children's Literature (Roundtable): Presenters: Lissa Paul, Philip Nel, Nina Alonso, Nina Christensen, Francesca Orestano and Emer O’Sullivan
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
13.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research