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.

  1. 2025
  2. To burn but not to burn out: Emojis as affective signifiers in organizing for societal change.

    Barron, A. (Coauthor)

    03.07.202505.07.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Universalism and sameness: looking back and looking forward

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    25.06.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. The effects of explicit instruction on directives and modifiers in written ELF peer feedback

    Çiçek, O. (Coauthor), Flöck, I. (Coauthor), Birdman, J. (Coauthor) & Barron, A. (Coauthor)

    22.06.202527.06.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. External Examiner for the subject area Linguistics

    Barron, A. (Reviewer)

    12.06.2025

    Activity: Other expert activitiesOther

  6. Seamus Heaney: When all the others were away at Mass’

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    29.05.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsEducation

  7. When all the others were away at Mass’

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    29.05.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  8. Panel: “Navigating and Overcoming Challenges in Language and Language Teacher Education with Virtual Exchange: A Panel with Three Case Studies”

    Werner, S. (Speaker)

    27.05.202531.05.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. The U.S. Embassy School Election Project - Developing Competences of Democratic Culture in a Technology-Mediated TBLT Project

    Werner, S. (Speaker) & Schmidt, T. (Coauthor)

    27.05.202531.05.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. “Contrastive Pragmatics and Variation”

    Barron, A. (Speaker)

    17.05.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. 11. International Conference on Task-based Language Teaching - IATBLT 2025

    Werner, S. (Speaker)

    02.04.202504.04.2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. “Exploring Language in a Task-Based SVR Escape Game"

    Werner, S. (Speaker)

    02.04.202504.04.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. The U.S. Embassy School Election Project - Developing Competences of Democratic Culture in a TBLL Environment

    Werner, S. (Speaker) & Schmidt, T. (Speaker)

    02.04.202504.04.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. Digi-CLIL: Virtual exchange for intercultural and sustainable learning.

    Birdman, J. (Speaker), Barron, A. (Coauthor), Çiçek, O. (Coauthor) & Schmidt, T. (Coauthor)

    24.03.202526.03.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. The effects of pragmatic intervention on directive speech acts in a virtual exchange CLIL context at university level.

    Çiçek, O. (Speaker), Barron, A. (Coauthor), Schmidt, T. (Coauthor) & Birdman, J. (Coauthor)

    24.03.202526.03.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. European Commission: Quality Control expert für den Ausschuss im 2025 EIC Accelerator Program (Event)

    Barron, A. (Reviewer)

    01.03.202531.03.2025

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  17. 46th Annual Conference of the GKS - 2025

    Völz, S. (Participant)

    26.02.202501.03.2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. Requests in Nigerian and British English conversational interactions: A corpus-based approach.

    Flöck, I. (Speaker), Inya, O. (Speaker) & Barron, A. (Speaker)

    06.02.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  19. "Well, I am paying": Payment negotiation patterns and gender in on a first date in Nigeria.

    Barron, A. (Speaker), Olajimbiti, E. O. (Speaker), Osisanwo, A. (Speaker) & Odebunmi, A. (Speaker)

    06.02.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. Arbeitsgedächtniskapazität beim Fremdsprachenlernen mit einem intelligenten tutoriellen Übungssystem

    Holz, H. (Speaker), Schmidt, T. (Speaker), Bodnar, S. (Speaker), Pili-Moss, D. (Speaker), Trautwein, U. (Speaker), Meurers, D. (Speaker) & Wendebourg, K. (Speaker)

    28.01.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  21. EFL Student Teachers as Game Developers – Processes, Products and Skills

    Schmidt, T. (Speaker)

    23.01.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  22. Fremdsprachenlernen und -lehren trifft KI – Potenziale, Herausforderungen und Ausblick für den Unterricht von heute und morgen

    Schmidt, T. (Speaker)

    21.01.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  23. English Language and Linguistics (Journal)

    Barron, A. (Editorial Board)

    01.01.202531.12.2027

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  24. “Don't worry, I will take care of this”: First date payment negotiation sequences and gender in Nigeria.

    Barron, A. (Speaker)

    2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  25. 2024
  26. 6th International Conference of the American Pragmatics Association - AMPRA 2024 (Event)

    Barron, A. (Reviewer)

    27.09.202429.09.2024

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  27. “Blyton’s Island(s)”

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    25.09.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  28. Blyton’s Island(s)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    25.09.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  29. Jella Lepman und die Internationalisierung der (west-) deutschen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur

    O'Sullivan, E. (Oral presentation)

    04.09.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  30. Wir hoffen, dass die deutschen Verleger sich die Übersetzungsrechte vieler dieser Bücher erwerben können

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    04.09.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  31. “Children’s Literature in Translation: Issues and Approaches”

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker) & O'Sullivan, E. (Oral presentation)

    27.08.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  32. The effects of pragmatic intervention on directives in EIL feedback speech events

    Çiçek, O. (Speaker), Flöck, I. (Speaker) & Barron, A. (Speaker)

    21.06.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  33. 36. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung e.V - GKJF 2024

    O'Sullivan, E. (Participant)

    06.06.202408.06.2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  34. XI International Symposium on Intercultural, Cognitive and Social Pragmatics - EPICS 2024 (Event)

    Barron, A. (Reviewer)

    22.05.202424.05.2024

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  35. “I don’t feel like much of a gentleman if I don’t pay you know”: Constructing gender identities in First Dates Ireland

    Barron, A. (Speaker)

    17.05.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  36. Arbeitsgedächtniskapazität beim Englischlernen mit dem intelligenten Tutorsystem FeedBook

    Wendebourg, K. (Speaker), Schmidt, T. (Speaker), Holz, H. (Speaker), Meurers, D. (Speaker), Bodnar, S. (Speaker) & Pili-Moss, D. (Speaker)

    14.05.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  37. „Till Eulenspiegel – Wer ist dieser Narr?“ Theater trifft Literatur

    O'Sullivan, E. (Participant)

    24.04.2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventartistic eventsTransfer

  38. 7 Formen der Leistungsbewertung im videospielbasierten (Fremdsprachen-)Unterricht

    Schmidt, T. (Speaker)

    15.04.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  39. Gamification – Fremdsprachenlernen spielebasiert gestalten von digitalen (Lern-)Spielen bis Escape Games

    Schmidt, T. (Speaker) & Kaßner, J. C. (Speaker)

    14.04.2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsEducation

  40. Masterclass Translation Studies für Promovierende an belgischen Universitäten

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    21.03.202423.03.2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  41. "Vom Über-setzen"

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    26.02.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  42. 9. Intercultural Competence Conference - ICC 2024

    Werner, S. (Speaker)

    22.02.202425.02.2024

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  43. Developing Global Citizenship in Virtual Exchange

    Werner, S. (Speaker)

    22.02.202425.02.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  44. External reviewer in PhD committee at the Universität zu Köln (Christina Rath)

    Barron, A. (Reviewer)

    25.01.2024

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  45. 2023
  46. Residential Schools Revisited: 'Benevolent Colonialism' at its Worst

    Moss, M. (Speaker)

    30.11.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  47. Friedrich Nietzsche, "Vereinsamt"

    Moss, M. (Speaker)

    15.11.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  48. “...and then the students wäre very fett”:Task performance and ‘(not)-doing-being-an-expert’ in a TBLL setting

    Schmidt, T. (Speaker), Blume, C. (Speaker) & Schildhauer, P. (Speaker)

    05.10.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  49. “...AND THEN THE STUDENTS WÄRE VERY FETT”: TASK PERFORMANCE AND ‘(NOT)-DOING-BEINGAN-EXPERT’ IN A TBLL SETTING

    Schmidt, T. (Speaker), Blume, C. (Speaker) & Schildhauer, P. (Speaker)

    05.10.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  50. Creating curricula for competence: Findings from a comparison of three sustainability graduate programs

    Birdman, J. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Coauthor)

    04.10.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  51. Connecting sustainability and culture: Building competencies through virtual exchange

    Birdman, J. (Speaker), Pandarova, I. (Coauthor), Barron, A. (Coauthor), Schmidt, T. (Coauthor), Benitt, N. (Coauthor) & Çelik, H. (Coauthor)

    03.10.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  52. 30. Kongress für Fremdsprachendidaktik der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung - DGFF 2023

    Schmidt, T. (Speaker)

    29.09.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  53. DELT – Digitally-enhanced Language Teaching: Entwicklung und Implementierung eines hochschulischen standortübergreifenden Lehr-Lernkonzepts zur digitalisierungsbezogenen Professionalisierung von Englischlehramtsstudierenden

    Schmidt, T. (Speaker), Wucherpfennig, S. (Speaker), Henning, R. (Speaker), Schmit, J. (Speaker) & Klaaen, L. (Speaker)

    28.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  54. 30. Kongress für Fremdsprachendidaktik der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung - DGFF 2023

    Werner, S. (Speaker)

    26.09.202329.09.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  55. Paving New Ways for Student Mobility in Teacher Education – Students’ Perspectives on a Blended Intensive Programme

    Werner, S. (Speaker)

    26.09.202329.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  56. An Introduction to Blended Mobility and Blended Intensive Programmes

    Werner, S. (Speaker)

    22.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  57. ‘Alsatian roots, Irish leaves. Tomi Ungerer, a plurilingual and pluricultural author’

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    14.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  58. : “Are you still there?” – Task-Based Collaboration in Breakout Rooms

    Werner, S. (Speaker)

    15.08.202318.08.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  59. "Du hast eine Hand verloren.”, “Yeah that happened before.” – Investigating situated language in SVR

    Werner, S. (Speaker)

    15.08.202318.08.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  60. Exploring different collaboration formats for teacher professional development in international Virtual Exchange

    Werner, S. (Speaker)

    15.08.202318.08.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  61. AI-enhanced EFL Learning - Research, Developments, and Future Directions

    Schmidt, T. (Speaker)

    08.08.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  62. Forum for Linguistic Studies (Journal)

    Barron, A. (Editorial Board)

    08.2023 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  63. I feel so emasculated”: Gender construction, discursive reproductions and payment negotiations in First Dates Ireland

    Barron, A. (Speaker)

    09.07.202314.07.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  64. Unfreiwillige Mitarbeit. Ausbeutung von Kindern im Dienste der Kinderliteratur in A.S. Byatts The Children's Book (2009)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    22.06.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  65. Escape Games als Methode für den Sprachunterricht

    Kaßner, J. C. (Speaker)

    14.06.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  66. 35. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung - GKJF 2023

    O'Sullivan, E. (Participant)

    08.06.202310.06.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  67. „Impulsbeitrag: Innovation in Foreign Language Education – Ein Blended Intensive Programme“

    Werner, S. (Speaker)

    07.06.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  68. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    O'Sullivan, E. (Member)

    10.05.202330.09.2025

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  69. Oral Learner Interaction in the Context of an Educational Escape Game: A Mixed Method Study

    Kaßner, J. C. (Speaker)

    21.04.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  70. Pre-Service Teachers Developing Games for the EFL classroom – Potentials, Procedures, Products

    Schmidt, T. (Speaker)

    20.04.202321.04.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  71. Variational pragmatics goes German: Developments, trends and challenges

    Barron, A. (Keynote Speaker)

    07.03.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  72. European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies Roundtable Discussion

    Barron, A. (Organiser) & Amador-Moreno, C. P. (Organiser)

    15.02.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  73. Irish and Irish English linguistics: interfaces and synergies

    Barron, A. (Panel participant)

    15.02.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  74. Zwischen kultureller Aneignung und 'cancel culture': Die Winnetou-Debatte

    Moss, M. (Speaker)

    14.02.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  75. Mit KI zur adaptiven Lernendenunterstützung im Fremdsprachenlernprozess - Potenziale, Grenzen, Ausblick

    Schmidt, T. (Speaker)

    07.02.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  76. „Bildungsinnovation braucht Bildungsforschung“ -

    Schmidt, T. (Reviewer)

    01.02.202301.06.2023

    Activity: Other expert activitiesPeer review of project proposalsResearch

  77. Digitale (Lehr)Welten - Rollenverständnis und Kompetenzen von Fremdsprachenlehrenden

    Schmidt, T. (Speaker) & Sprenger, J. (Speaker)

    25.01.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  78. Going Green in the EFL Classroom– Investigating learner agency for global digital citizenship

    Schmidt, T. (Speaker)

    18.01.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  79. 2022
  80. Gamification in Foreign Language Education: Escape Games.

    Kaßner, J. C. (Speaker), Werner, S. (Lecturer) & O'Dowd, R. (Lecturer)

    29.11.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  81. Künstliche Intelligenz trifft Fremdsprachenlernen und -lehren - Disruptive Technologien als Chance und Herausforderung

    Schmidt, T. (Speaker)

    10.11.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  82. William Blake: The Chimney Sweeper

    O'Sullivan, E. (Lecturer)

    09.11.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  83. Kultur und Literatur Kanadas

    Moss, M. (Speaker)

    08.11.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  84. Maple Leaf & Stars and Stripes

    Moss, M. (Organiser) & Völz, S. (Organiser)

    04.11.202202.02.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  85. International Children’s Literature and the World Republic of Childhood

    O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)

    28.10.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  86. The impact of ICALL practice on the EFL classroom: From individualized practice to communicative language use

    Pili-Moss, D. (Speaker), Schmidt, T. (Speaker), Blume, C. (Speaker), Middelanis, L. (Speaker) & Meurers, D. (Speaker)

    14.10.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  87. Projektabschlusspräsentation

    Bielski-Wüsthoff, P. (Speaker), Karber, A. (Coauthor), Schmidt, T. (Coauthor), Süßenbach, J. (Coauthor), Beckmann, T. (Coauthor) & Padberg-Gehle, K. (Coauthor)

    11.10.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  88. Going Green Education for Sustainability (Fremdsprachentag Berlin-Brandenburg)

    Schmidt, T. (Speaker)

    08.10.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  89. Going Green Education for Sustainability (Fremdsprachentag Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)

    Schmidt, T. (Speaker)

    24.09.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  90. “Endlich mal wieder was für‘s Auge!” Kritische Reflektionen einer Ethnografin im Männer-Fußball.

    Wolfers-Pommerenke, S. (Speaker)

    23.09.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  91. 25th Anniversary Conference of the Centre for Irish-German Studies - 2022

    O'Sullivan, E. (Participant)

    22.09.202223.09.2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  92. Designing Digital Material for Foreign Language Learning

    Schmidt, T. (Speaker) & Schlick, M. (Speaker)

    16.09.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  93. Pre-Service Teachers Developing Digital Games for the EFL classroom – Potentials, Procedures, Products (SLTED, Wien)

    Schmidt, T. (Speaker)

    16.09.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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