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.
- 1986
8. internationale Tagung der Deutschlehrervereinigung
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
04.08.1986 → 08.08.1986Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 1987
Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung e.V. (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
1987 → …Activity: 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
Nationale Stereotype in der Literatur als Ausgangspunkt für landeskundliche Diskussionen
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
20.01.1987Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
4. internationaler Kongress über Sprachpartikeln 1987
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
04.08.1987 → 08.08.1987Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 1989
The changing image of Germany and the Germans in British children's literature from 1870 to the present
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
04.09.1989 → 08.09.1989Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 1990
3. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 1990
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
27.03.1990 → 30.03.1990Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 1991
IBBY Germany Section (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
1991 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
2. Deutsch-Britisches Jugendbuch-Forum 1991
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
12.04.1991 → 14.04.1991Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
4. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 1991
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
04.05.1991 → 07.05.1991Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
'Anglo-German Attitudes - How Do We See Each Other? The Changing Attitudes of Young People in Britain and Germany' 1991
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
28.11.1991 → 29.11.1991Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 1992
As others see us / Wie andere uns sehen. Eine Ausstellung britischer und deutscher Karikaturen
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
10.06.1992 → 12.06.1992Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
6. internationale Konferenz der British Comparative Literature Association 1992
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
13.07.1992 → 16.07.1992Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
23. World Congress of the International Board on Books for Young People - IBBY 1992
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote speaker)
07.09.1992 → 12.09.1992Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
19. Schwerter Kinder- und Jugendbuchtagung 1992
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
30.10.1992 → 01.11.1992Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The tools of children´s literature research 1992
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
17.11.1992 → 20.11.1992Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 1993
Das Bild des 'Ausländers' im Jugendbuch. Verfestigung von Vorurteilen? Geht es auch anders?
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
07.06.1993Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
6. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 1993
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
26.09.1993 → 01.10.1993Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 1994
IBBY Germany Section (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
1994Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Ansätze zu einer komparatistischen Kinder- und Jugendliteraturwissenschaft
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
11.02.1994Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Die Stimmenvielfalt fremder Literaturen erschlossen
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
10.11.1994Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung - komparatistisch
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
09.12.1994Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Englischer Humor in der deutschsprachigen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
15.12.1994Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
- 1995
'Nationale Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Prozess der Modernisierung und Internationalisierung - am Beispiel der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und der Türkei' 1995
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
09.04.1995 → 12.04.1995Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
12. Konferenz der Internationalen Forschungsgesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur - IRSCL1995
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
01.08.1995 → 05.08.1995Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 1996
Bücher gehen um die Welt. Deutschsprachige Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im internationalen Kontext 1996
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
14.06.1996 → 16.06.1996Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
11. Symposion Deutschdidaktik 1996
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
15.09.1996 → 19.09.1996Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 1997
Ireland and the World of Children's Books
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
01.03.1997Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Organization of American Historians 1997
Carolyn Blume (Speaker)
19.04.1997Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Westchester Council of the Social Studies 1997
Carolyn Blume (Speaker)
15.12.1997Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
- 1998
20. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft - DGfS1998
Anne Barron (Speaker)
03.03.1998 → 06.03.1998Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Linguistics and intercultural communication: A challenge for empirical researchers (20. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (DGfS), Halle/Saale)
Anne Barron (Speaker)
03.03.1998 → 06.03.1998Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Symposium 'Common Themes in European Children's Literature'
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
13.05.1998 → 17.05.1998Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
6th International Pragmatics Conference - IPrA 1998
Anne Barron (Speaker)
19.07.1998 → 24.07.1998Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Practice makes perfect? Investigating the effect of the year abroad on L2 pragmatic competence (6th International Pragmatics (IPrA) Conference, Reims, Frankreich)
Anne Barron (Speaker)
19.07.1998 → 24.07.1998Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Konferenz des European Institute for the Development of Potential in All Children -IEDPE UK 1998
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
16.10.1998Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Wenn aus der Mad Tea Party ein deutsches Kaffeekränzchen wird. Zielkulturelle Adaptionen in Übersetzungen von Kinderliteratur als Mittel zur Bewusstmachung interkulturellen Transfers in der Lehrerbildung.
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
26.10.1998Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
- 1999
IBBY Germany Section (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
1999Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Mitglied im Kuratorium des 'internationalen literaturfestivals berlin' (ilf)
Emer O'Sullivan (Consultant)
1999 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Die Spezifik kinderliterarischen Übersetzens
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
25.01.1999 → 26.01.1999Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Erich Kästners Kinderromane in den Händen der Übersetzer
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
04.02.1999Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Eröffnungsvortrag auf dem Symposium 'Ein deutscher Kinderliterat mit Weltruhm. Erich Kästner und die deutsche Kinderliteratur im Ausland 1999
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote Speaker)
14.02.1999 → 17.02.1999Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Borderland: Chicana/o Literature in the 20th Century
Maria Moss (Oral presentation)
17.05.1999Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
12. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 1999
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
03.06.1999 → 05.06.1999Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Thanatos und Eros: Die Darstellung sterbender Kinder in der Literatur des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
11.06.1999Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Zweite Limericker Konferenz für deutsch-irische Studien - 1999
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
02.09.1999 → 04.09.1999Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
62nd Meeting of the Conference of University Teachers of German in Britain and Ireland - CUTG1999
Anne Barron (Speaker)
13.09.1999 → 15.09.1999Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Acquiring 'different strokes': A longitudinal study of the development of L2 pragmatic competence (62. Meeting of the Conference of University Teachers of German in Britain and Ireland (CUTG), Keele, GB)
Anne Barron (Speaker)
13.09.1999 → 15.09.1999Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Kinder- und Jugendliteratur und Interkulturalität 1999
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
13.09.1999 → 16.09.1999Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
30. Jahrestagung, Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik - GAL 1999
Anne Barron (Speaker)
30.09.1999 → 02.10.1999Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
More is best. Triangulation of non-native data (30. Jahrestagung, Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik (GAL), Frankfurt a.M.)
Anne Barron (Speaker)
30.09.1999 → 02.10.1999Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › 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
26th Annual Research Symposium of the Royal Irish Academy's National Committee for Modern Language Studies - 1999
Anne Barron (Speaker)
12.11.1999 → 13.11.1999Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Pragmatic routines in language learning: 'The road less travelled.' (26th Annual Research Symposium of the Royal Irish Academy's National Committee for Modern Language Studies, Maynooth, Irland)
Anne Barron (Speaker)
12.11.1999 → 13.11.1999Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
'Struwwelpeter in English: Contemporaries & Successors', Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University 1999
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
19.11.1999 → 20.11.1999Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Der implizite Übersetzer. Eine neue erzähl- und übersetzungstheoretische Instanz.
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
02.12.1999Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Tagung 'Cultural Studies: German Perspectives' - 1999
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
10.12.1999Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 2000
Children's Books Ireland (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2000 → …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 Society for the Study of English (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2000 → …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 Comparative Literature Association (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Thanatos und Eros: Die Darstellung sterbender Kinder in der Literatur des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
01.02.2000Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Symposium 'The portrayal of cultural identity in European picture books'
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
17.05.2000 → 21.05.2000Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
10. Kongress der Internationalen Vereinigung für Germanistische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft - IVG 2000
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
10.09.2000 → 16.09.2000Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
31. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik - GAL 2000
Anne Barron (Speaker)
28.09.2000 → 30.09.2000Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
'... but like, you see, I'm the same now as well': A longitudinal study of the development of L2 discourse competence (31. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik (GAL), Bremen)
Anne Barron (Speaker)
28.09.2000 → 30.09.2000Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Mark Twain:: Epiker Amerikas
Maria Moss (Speaker)
17.10.2000Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
- 2001
International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL) (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2001 → 2005Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
“The Shape of Mimesis: Terror in American Literature”
Maria Moss (Lecturer)
19.04.2001Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Symposium 'Gibt es eine europäische Kinder- und Jugendliteratur?'
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
04.05.2001Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Indianer Nordamerikas: Vom Mythos zur Moderne
Maria Moss (Speaker)
08.05.2001Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
In zwei Sprachen leben
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
11.05.2001 → 12.05.2001Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Eröffnungsvortrag auf der Tagung des Association for Modern German Studies 2014
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote speaker)
09.06.2001Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Internationales Symposium 'Johanna Sypri und ihr Werk' 2001
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
06.07.2001 → 07.07.2001Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
12. Internationale Tagung der Deutschlehrerinnen und Deutschlehrer - IDT2001
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
30.07.2001 → 04.08.2001Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Symposium 'Children's Literature: The future of the subject' 2001
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
11.08.2001 → 12.08.2001Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
15. Konferenz der Internationalen Forschungsgesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur - IRSCL2001
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
20.08.2001 → 24.08.2001Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
19. Kongress für Fremdsprachendidaktik der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung - DGFF 2001
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
04.10.2001 → 06.10.2001Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Der Zauberlehrling im Internat: Harry Potter im Kontext der britischen Literaturtradition
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote Speaker)
09.11.2001 → 10.11.2001Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Heidi from the Highlands. Johanna Spyris Roman in englischen und amerikanischen Übersetzungen.
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
10.12.2001Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
- 2002
Kinderliterarisches Übersetzen
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
13.03.2002Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Deutschlands grüne Insel. Eine imagologische Analyse des Irlandbildes in der deutschsprachigen Literatur.
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
18.03.2002Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Fernkurs Kinder- und Jugendliteratur - STUBE 2002/2003
Emer O'Sullivan (Organiser)
01.10.2002 → 01.06.2003Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Comparing Children's Literature
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
12.11.2002Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Caution and Subversion. Perspective and Comedy in English Translations of Struwwelpeter.
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
13.11.2002Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
- 2003
18th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning - 2010 (Event)
Anne Barron (Reviewer)
2003 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
8th International Conference on Intercultural Pragmatics & Communication - INPRA 2018 (Event)
Anne Barron (Reviewer)
2003 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
APPLIED LINGUISTICS (Journal)
Anne Barron (Reviewer)
2003 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Intercultural Pragmatics (Journal)
Anne Barron (Reviewer)
2003 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
International Conference on Intercultural Pragmatics and Communication - INPRA 2016 (Event)
Anne Barron (Reviewer)
2003 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › 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
John Benjamins Publishing Company (Publisher)
Anne Barron (Reviewer)
2003 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (Journal)
Anne Barron (Reviewer)
2003 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Pragmatics (Journal)
Anne Barron (Reviewer)
2003 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Language Learning - a journal of research in language studies (Journal)
Anne Barron (Reviewer)
2003 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Language Sciences (Journal)
Anne Barron (Reviewer)
2003 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research