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.
Main research areas
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
Wird mein lesbischer Headcanon jemals Canon werden? – Femslash vs. Mainstream
Woltjen, G. (Lecturer)
05.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Workshop: EFL Escape Room planen und beforschen.
Kaßner, J. C. (Speaker) & Schmidt, T. (Lecturer)
06.12.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Writing the city. Dublin in James Joyce's Ulysses.
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
07.01.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
'Your're welcome', 'alright', 'okay': Analysing pragmatic variation across the Englishes (Universität Bielefeld, invited talk)
Barron, A. (Oral presentation)
19.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Zwischen kultureller Aneignung und 'cancel culture': Die Winnetou-Debatte
Moss, M. (Speaker)
14.02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Zwischen Zuckerguss und simulierten Welten - Digitales Fremdsprachenlernen in Zeiten von Gamification, Serious Games und Commercial Off-The-Shelf Games
Schmidt, T. (Lecturer)
13.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
- Consultancy
Begehung zur Programmevaluation des Studiengangs English-Speaking Cultures
Barron, A. (Consultant)
23.08.2018Activity: Consultancy
Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Swiss Institute for Children’s and Youth Media (SIKJM )
O'Sullivan, E. (Consultant)
2012 → …Activity: Consultancy
Member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Irish-German Studies, University of Limerick
O'Sullivan, E. (Consultant)
2018 → 2021Activity: Consultancy
Member of the scientific committee of ANILIJ 2019
O'Sullivan, E. (Consultant)
2018 → 2019Activity: Consultancy
Mitglied der Jury für den James Krüss Preis für internationale Kinder- und Jugendliteratur 2019
O'Sullivan, E. (Consultant)
2018 → 2019Activity: Consultancy
Mitglied des Advisory Boards der Fachzeitschrift International Research in Children’s Literature (IRCL)
O'Sullivan, E. (Consultant)
2008 → 2021Activity: Consultancy
Mitglied im Publications Advisory Board der Children's Literature Association (USA)
O'Sullivan, E. (Consultant)
2011 → 2014Activity: Consultancy
Sitzung des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats des SIKJM
O'Sullivan, E. (Consultant)
07.02.2019Activity: Consultancy
- Academic councils, panels and committees
Advisory Board for Keywords in Children's Literature (External organisation)
O'Sullivan, E. (Member)
2016 → 2018Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Goethe-Institut München (External organisation)
Schmidt, T. (Member)
2018 → 2023Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
IBBY Germany Section (External organisation)
O'Sullivan, E. (Member)
2005Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
IBBY Germany Section (External organisation)
O'Sullivan, E. (Member)
1999Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
IBBY Germany Section (External organisation)
O'Sullivan, E. (Member)
1994Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer