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.
- Leuphana academic councils and committees
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Chair)
2010Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Chair)
2010Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Anne Barron (Member)
01.06.2012 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Anne Barron (Member)
01.06.2012 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Torben Schmidt (Member)
2012 → 2016Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.01.2006 → 30.04.2008Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.10.2004 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Chair)
01.10.2006 → 30.09.2009Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.04.2008 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.01.2011 → 31.12.2013Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.01.2011 → 01.05.2014Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Chair)
01.10.2009 → 30.09.2012Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Chair)
01.10.2009 → 30.09.2012Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Chair)
01.10.2012 → 30.09.2015Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Chair)
01.10.2015 → 30.09.2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Torben Schmidt (Member)
2016 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Stiftungsrat (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.11.2018 → 30.09.2025Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Zukunftszentrum Lehrerbildung (ZZL) (Organisational unit)
Torben Schmidt (Member)
2013 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
- Learned societies and special interest organisations
American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) (External organisation)
Nora Benitt (Member)
2015Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) (External organisation)
Joannis Kaliampos (Member)
2016 → 2017Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Arkansas Foreign Language Teacher Association (AFLTA) (External organisation)
Joannis Kaliampos (Member)
2010 → 2011Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Education
Children's Books Ireland (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
Children's Literature Association (ChLA) (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2007 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung (External organisation)
Nora Benitt (Member)
2011 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung (External organisation)
Joannis Kaliampos (Member)
2013 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung (External organisation)
Inga Cornelia Dwenger (Member)
2016 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Deutscher Anglistenverband e.V. (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Deutscher Hochschulverband (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2021 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
European Society for the Study of English (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
German Association for American Studies e.V. (External organisation)
Joannis Kaliampos (Member)
2014 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
German Association for American Studies e.V. (External organisation)
Inga Cornelia Dwenger (Member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
German Association for American Studies e.V. (External organisation)
Andreas Hübner (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung e.V. (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2018 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung e.V. (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
1987 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
IBBY Germany Section (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
Institut für Jugendliteratur (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language IATEFL (External organisation)
Joannis Kaliampos (Member)
2013 → 2014Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
International Comparative Literature Association (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL) (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2001 → 2005Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL) (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Executive member)
2003 → 2005Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL) (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
1987 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Lousiana Historical Association (LHA) (External organisation)
Andreas Hübner (Member)
2017 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Society for German American Studies (SGAS) (External organisation)
Andreas Hübner (Member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
TESOL International Association (External organisation)
Nora Benitt (Member)
2013 → 2015Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
TESOL International Association (External organisation)
Joannis Kaliampos (Member)
2014 → 2015Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands e.V. (External organisation)
Andreas Hübner (Member)
2018 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
- Bodies of public institutions
Literaturbüro Lüneburg e.V. (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Executive member)
05.2013 → 05.2016Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
Literaturbüro Lüneburg e.V. (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
05.2016 → 05.2022Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
- Academic networks or partnerships
Baptist University Hong Kong (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Coordinator)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Education
Jahrestreffen "Norddeutsches Netzwerk Nordamerikastudien" (Event)
Maria Moss (Member)
29.11.2018 → 30.11.2018Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Transfer
Jahrestreffen "Norddeutsches Netzwerk Nordamerikastudien" (Event)
Sabrina Völz (Member)
29.11.2018 → 30.11.2018Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
The English Academy (External organisation)
Torben Schmidt (Member)
2008 → 2019Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Transfer
University of Flensburg (External organisation)
Sabrina Völz (Member)
03.11.2016 → 04.11.2016Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
University of Limerick (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Coordinator)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Education
University of Melbourne (External organisation)
Anne Barron (Member)
2020 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
- Academic councils, panels and committees
Advisory Board for Keywords in Children's Literature (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2016 → 2018Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Goethe-Institut München (External organisation)
Torben Schmidt (Member)
2018 → 2023Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
IBBY Germany Section (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2005Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
IBBY Germany Section (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
1999Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
IBBY Germany Section (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
1994Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
IBBY Germany Section (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
1991 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
International Conference on Intercultural Pragmatics and Communication - INPRA 2016 (Event)
Anne Barron (Member)
15.11.2010 → 17.11.2010Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Internationale Jugendbibliothek (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2012 → 2013Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Internationale Jugendbibliothek (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2014 → 2015Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
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
International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL) (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2018 → 2019Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Literaturbüro Lüneburg e.V. (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Coordinator)
2010 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Education
Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) (External organisation)
Anne Barron (Member)
2021 → 2023Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Stiftungsrat (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
11.2018 → 11.2023Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
University of Erfurt (External organisation)
Anne Barron (Member)
15.04.2021 → 31.12.2022Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
University of North Carolina at Charlotte (External organisation)
Anne Barron (Member)
19.10.2012 → 21.10.2012Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
University of Santiago de Compostela (External organisation)
Anne Barron (Member)
05.09.2011 → 09.09.2011Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
University of Stellenbosch (External organisation)
Anne Barron (Member)
14.01.2008 → 16.01.2008Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
- Consultancy
Begehung zur Programmevaluation des Studiengangs English-Speaking Cultures
Anne Barron (Consultant)
23.08.2018Activity: Consultancy
Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Swiss Institute for Children’s and Youth Media (SIKJM )
Emer O'Sullivan (Consultant)
2012 → …Activity: Consultancy
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
Mitglied des Advisory Boards der Fachzeitschrift International Research in Children’s Literature (IRCL)
Emer O'Sullivan (Consultant)
2008 → 2021Activity: Consultancy
Mitglied im Publications Advisory Board der Children's Literature Association (USA)
Emer O'Sullivan (Consultant)
2011 → 2014Activity: Consultancy
Sitzung des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats des SIKJM
Emer O'Sullivan (Consultant)
07.02.2019Activity: Consultancy
- Guest lectures
About 'Blacks who can't dance' and 'being something pleasing to the eye' - Racialised and gendered discourse in a German professional football team
Solvejg Wolfers (Speaker)
19.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Addressing regional pragmatic variation: Irish English and English English in contrast
Anne Barron (Lecturer)
10.06.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
AI-enhanced EFL Learning - Research, Developments, and Future Directions
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
08.08.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Alice: Metamorphosen einer weltliterarischen Figur
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
02.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
All Kinds of Special: Using Multi-Perspective Videos to Prepare Pre-Service Teachers for Inclusive English Instruction
Torben Schmidt (Oral presentation) & Carolyn Blume (Oral presentation)
22.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
A longitudinal study of the effect of the year abroad on L2 pragmatic competence.: Research Seminar on Applied Linguistics (Universität Bonn)
Anne Barron (Lecturer)
26.10.1999Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
and your wedding ist the twenty-second <.> of June is it?: Tag Questions in Irish English
Anne Barron (Lecturer)
25.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Ansätze zu einer komparatistischen Kinder- und Jugendliteraturwissenschaft
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
11.02.1994Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
A Planned City: Washington, D.C.
Maria Moss (Speaker)
12.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Approaching learning technologies - the case of telecollaboration and learner corpora (GAL Research School for Methods in Empirical Pragmatics - MeEP 2016, Bonn)
Anne Barron (Lecturer)
12.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Aufbruch in das Fremdsprachenlernen von morgen
Torben Schmidt (Lecturer)
22.08.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Auf der Suche nach dem Eis: Die Nordwest-Passage nach Amundsen
Maria Moss (Speaker)
26.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Automatization of comprehension in adult L2 learning
Diana Pili-Moss (Speaker)
10.12.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Banter, Racism & Acculturation: Intercultural dynamics in team sports
Solvejg Wolfers (Speaker) & Daniel Clayton (Speaker)
16.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Being a female researcher in a male and masculine world. Reflecting on the role of gender and sexual identity when collecting ethnographic data in the sports context.
Solvejg Wolfers-Pommerenke (Speaker)
08.12.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research