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.
- 2023
Residential Schools Revisited: 'Benevolent Colonialism' at its Worst
Maria Moss (Speaker)
30.11.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Friedrich Nietzsche, "Vereinsamt"
Maria Moss (Speaker)
15.11.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
“...AND THEN THE STUDENTS WÄRE VERY FETT”: TASK PERFORMANCE AND ‘(NOT)-DOING-BEINGAN-EXPERT’ IN A TBLL SETTING
Torben Schmidt (Speaker), Carolyn Blume (Speaker) & Peter Schildhauer (Speaker)
05.10.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Connecting sustainability and culture: Building competencies through virtual exchange
Jodie Birdman (Coauthor), Irina Pandarova (Coauthor), Anne Barron (Speaker), Torben Schmidt (Coauthor), Nora Benitt (Coauthor) & Handan Çelik (Coauthor)
03.10.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
30. Kongress für Fremdsprachendidaktik der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung an der Pädagogischen Hochschule Freiburg im Breisgau
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
29.09.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
DELT – Digitally-enhanced Language Teaching: Entwicklung und Implementierung eines hochschulischen standortübergreifenden Lehr-Lernkonzepts zur digitalisierungsbezogenen Professionalisierung von Englischlehramtsstudierenden
Torben Schmidt (Speaker), Svea Wucherpfennig (Speaker), Rossa Henning (Speaker), Joline Schmit (Speaker) & Lisa Klaaen (Speaker)
28.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Effektives digital gestütztes Üben im kompetenzorientierten EFL-Unterricht: Fokus auf L2-Entwicklung und Feedback in einem intelligenten Tutorensystem
Torben Schmidt (Speaker) & Diana Pili-Moss (Speaker)
27.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
‘Alsatian roots, Irish leaves. Tomi Ungerer, a plurilingual and pluricultural author’
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
14.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
AI-enhanced EFL Learning - Research, Developments, and Future Directions
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
08.08.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
I feel so emasculated”: Gender construction, discursive reproductions and payment negotiations in First Dates Ireland
Anne Barron (Speaker)
09.07.2023 → 14.07.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Unfreiwillige Mitarbeit. Ausbeutung von Kindern im Dienste der Kinderliteratur in A.S. Byatts The Children's Book (2009)
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
22.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
‘William Carlos Williams: This Is Just To Say’
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
10.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Pre-Service Teachers Developing Games for the EFL classroom – Potentials, Procedures, Products
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
20.04.2023 → 21.04.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Variational pragmatics goes German: Developments, trends and challenges
Anne Barron (Keynote Speaker)
07.03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Lerner*innensprache, Fachsprache, Agency – Digitale Lerner*innentexte in transdisziplinärenNachhaltigkeitsdiskursen im projektbasierten Englischunterricht
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
26.02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies Roundtable Discussion
Anne Barron (Organiser) & Carolina P. Amador-Moreno (Organiser)
15.02.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Irish and Irish English linguistics: interfaces and synergies
Anne Barron (Panel participant)
15.02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Zwischen kultureller Aneignung und 'cancel culture': Die Winnetou-Debatte
Maria Moss (Speaker)
14.02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Mit KI zur adaptiven Lernendenunterstützung im Fremdsprachenlernprozess - Potenziale, Grenzen, Ausblick
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
07.02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
„Bildungsinnovation braucht Bildungsforschung“ -
Torben Schmidt (Reviewer)
01.02.2023 → 01.06.2023Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
Digitale (Lehr)Welten - Rollenverständnis und Kompetenzen von Fremdsprachenlehrenden
Torben Schmidt (Speaker) & Jan Sprenger (Speaker)
25.01.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Going Green in the EFL Classroom– Investigating learner agency for global digital citizenship
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
18.01.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2022
Künstliche Intelligenz trifft Fremdsprachenlernen und -lehren - Disruptive Technologien als Chance und Herausforderung
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
10.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
William Blake: The Chimney Sweeper
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
09.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Kultur und Literatur Kanadas
Maria Moss (Speaker)
08.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Maple Leaf & Stars and Stripes
Maria Moss (Organiser) & Sabrina Völz (Organiser)
04.11.2022 → 02.02.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
International Children’s Literature and the World Republic of Childhood
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
28.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The impact of ICALL practice on the EFL classroom: From individualized practice to communicative language use
Diana Pili-Moss (Speaker), Torben Schmidt (Speaker), Carolyn Blume (Speaker), Lisa Middelanis (Speaker) & Detmar Meurers (Speaker)
14.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Projektabschlusspräsentation
Patrick Bielski-Wüsthoff (Speaker), Anke Karber (Coauthor), Torben Schmidt (Coauthor), Jessica Süßenbach (Coauthor), Timo Beckmann (Coauthor) & Kathrin Padberg-Gehle (Coauthor)
11.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Going Green Education for Sustainability (Fremdsprachentag Berlin-Brandenburg)
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
08.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Ambivalent transfer: Translated children's and youth literature and the postulated enrichment through the encounter with foreign cultures
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
25.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Going Green Education for Sustainability (Fremdsprachentag Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
24.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
“Endlich mal wieder was für‘s Auge!” Kritische Reflektionen einer Ethnografin im Männer-Fußball.
Solvejg Wolfers-Pommerenke (Speaker)
23.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
25th Anniversary Conference of the Centre for Irish-German Studies - 2022
Emer O'Sullivan (Participant)
22.09.2022 → 23.09.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Designing Digital Material for Foreign Language Learning
Torben Schmidt (Speaker) & Manuela Schlick (Speaker)
16.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Pre-Service Teachers Developing Digital Games for the EFL classroom – Potentials, Procedures, Products (SLTED, Wien)
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
16.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Second Language Teacher Education: Challenges and New Horizons - SLTED 2022
Torben Schmidt (Organiser) & Manuela Schlick (Organiser)
16.09.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
'Teaching as a journey, not a destination.’ Examining the Inclusive Mindsets, Attitudes and Reflective Competence of Pre-Service and Experienced EFL Teachers in Germany
Torben Schmidt (Speaker), Carolyn Blume (Speaker), David Gerlach (Speaker) & Bianca Roters (Speaker)
16.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Where tasks, technology, and textbooks meet: Intelligent tutoring systems on the task-based language teacher's horizon (SLTED, Universität Wien)
Lisa Middelanis (Speaker), Carolyn Blume (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
15.09.2022 → 17.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
4. interuniversitärer Forschungsworkshop für Promovierende im Bereich Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung
Emer O'Sullivan (Organiser)
31.08.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Enhancing EFL classroom instruction via an ICALL platform: effects on language development and transfer to tasks (EUROCALL)
Diana Pili-Moss (Speaker), Torben Schmidt (Speaker), Carolyn Blume (Speaker), Lisa Middelanis (Speaker) & Detmar Meurers (Speaker)
18.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Strengthening Form-Focused Practice in Task-Based Language Teaching Through Intelligent CALL (EUROCALL)
Torben Schmidt (Speaker), Carolyn Blume (Speaker), Detmar Meurers (Speaker), Lisa Middelanis (Speaker) & Diana Pili-Moss (Speaker)
18.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Künstliche Intelligenz und DaF/DaZ-Lehren und Lernen: Wo stehen wir und wohin geht der Weg? (IDT 2022)
Torben Schmidt (Panel participant)
16.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.07.2022 → 30.06.2025Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Exposing Sexual Abuse among the Amish and Seeking Social Change. Misty Griffin’s Tears of the Silenced (Universität Bielefeld)
Sabrina Völz (Speaker)
25.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Salmon Diary and 'Hab' dich lieb': Who's Writing, Who's Talking?
Maria Moss (Speaker)
23.06.2022 → 24.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
"A woman doesn't have to pay": Metapragmatic insights into gendered identity construction and payment negotiations in a first date setting.
Anne Barron (Speaker) & Solvejg Wolfers-Pommerenke (Speaker)
21.06.2022 → 23.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
"I'll get this": First date payment negotiations in Ireland and Germany (NPIE-7, Cork, Ireland)
Anne Barron (Speaker)
08.06.2022 → 10.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Iris English meets Irish Studies (NPIE-7, Cork, Ireland)
Anne Barron (Speaker) & Carolina P. Amador-Moreno (Speaker)
08.06.2022 → 10.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Critical reflections of a female researcher in a male and masculine context – Ethnographic insights from professional and elite football.
Solvejg Wolfers-Pommerenke (Speaker)
07.06.2022 → 10.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Transformation durch Dialog der Disziplinen, Akteur*innen und Institutionen – Vom Bezugsdisziplinen-Ansatz der Englischdidaktik zu transdisziplinären Communities für Innovation in Forschung, Lehre und Unterrichtspraxis
Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
03.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
34. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung - GKJF 2022
Emer O'Sullivan (Participant)
26.05.2022 → 28.05.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
“Don’t be daft, I’m paying”: First date payment negotiations across cultures and genders (EPICS X, Pablo de Olavide University, Seville)
Anne Barron (Plenary speaker)
23.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Critical reflections on the role of gender and sexual identity when collecting ethnographic data within male football
Solvejg Wolfers-Pommerenke (Speaker)
18.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Geglückte Zweisprachigkeit in Bilderbüchern. Literaturwissenschaftliche und fremdsprachendidaktische Perspektiven
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker) & Dietmar Rösler (Speaker)
12.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
I’m going DeepL underground
Torben Schmidt (Speaker) & Thomas Strasser (Speaker)
25.04.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Greta Claire Gaard
Maria Moss (Host)
01.04.2022 → 30.06.2022Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
Ombudsperson (Organisational unit)
Torben Schmidt (Office)
01.04.2022 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Remote? Präsenz? Hybrid? Blended? Postpandemisches Lehren und Lernen in Bildungsinstitutionen am Beispiel von Literaturwissenschaft und Fremdsprachenvermittlung.
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote Speaker) & Dietmar Rösler (Keynote Speaker)
31.03.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Translating for children : what, for whom, how, and why.
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
22.03.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Die Amisch und die Verweigerung der Moderne
Maria Moss (Speaker)
22.02.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
"At last - something pleasing to the eye again!". Being a female researcher in a male and masculine world.
Solvejg Wolfers-Pommerenke (Speaker)
26.01.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
English World-Wide (Journal)
Anne Barron (Reviewer)
19.01.2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- 2021
“Man that is so funny” – Negotiating group membership through humour rejection among members of a professional football team.
Solvejg Wolfers-Pommerenke (Speaker)
09.12.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › 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
"Matthäuspassion": Gedanken des Religionsskeptikers Hans Blumenberg
Maria Moss (Speaker)
02.12.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Contrastive Pragmatics: A Cross-Disciplinary Journal (Journal)
Anne Barron (Reviewer)
17.11.2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Pragmatics (Journal)
Anne Barron (Reviewer)
17.11.2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Maple Leaf & Stars and Stripes
Maria Moss (Organiser) & Sabrina Völz (Organiser)
01.11.2021 → 01.02.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Translation
Emer O'Sullivan (Plenary speaker)
29.10.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
3rd EFACIS Roundtable Discussion - IrEN 2021
Anne Barron (Moderator) & Carolina P. Amador-Moreno (Moderator)
14.10.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Irish English, The Irish English Network & Irish Studies
Anne Barron (Speaker)
14.10.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
"'weep! 'weep!". Der kleine Schornsteinfeger in der britischen Literatur des langen 19. Jahrhunderts
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
07.10.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Do mindsets make a difference? Professionalizing teachers for inclusive language learning environments
Bianca Roters (Speaker), Carolyn Blume (Speaker), David Gerlach (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
23.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Gutachten für die Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung: Georg Forster-Forschungsstipendien-Programm für Postdoktoranden
Anne Barron (Reviewer)
16.09.2021Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Language use and identity construction: Irish English and Irish Studies (EFACIS 2021, Prague)
Anne Barron (Speaker) & Carolina P. Amador-Moreno (Speaker)
01.09.2021 → 04.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Vom multiperspektivischen Unterrichtsmitschnitt zum multiperspektivischen Lernbaustein - Prozesse, didaktische Aufbereitung, Lerneffekte
Carolyn Blume (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
26.07.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Externe Gutachterin Disputation (MIC College, University of Limerick)
Anne Barron (Reviewer)
30.06.2021Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
23rd Warwick International Conference in Applied Linguistics
Solvejg Wolfers-Pommerenke (Speaker)
28.06.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Negotiating team cohesion through processes of inclusion and exclusion. An ethnographic study of a professional football team.
Solvejg Wolfers-Pommerenke (Speaker)
01.06.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Taking ICALL to task: Blending form-focus & task-based foreign language learning
Carolyn Blume (Speaker), Detmar Meurers (Speaker) & Torben Schmidt (Speaker)
06.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
'Speaking of talking, what if I went silent?’: Irish English and Irish Studies (19th International AEDEI Conference)
Anne Barron (Speaker) & Carolina P. Amador-Moreno (Speaker)
27.05.2021 → 28.05.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Exploring team cohesion through humour: An ethnographic study of a professional football team.
Solvejg Wolfers-Pommerenke (Speaker)
22.04.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
New Methods for Pragmatics of New Englishes
Anne Barron (Keynote Speaker) & Klaus P. Schneider (Keynote Speaker)
21.04.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › 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
University of Erfurt (External organisation)
Anne Barron (Member)
15.04.2021 → 31.12.2022Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Individual difference predictors of L2 learning at the syntax/semantics interface
Diana Pili-Moss (Speaker)
20.03.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Talking the Talk - Walking the Walk: Race, Racism and Anti-Racism in the EFL Classroom and Beyond (Virtual Teacher Seminar: Teach about the U.S.)
Sabrina Völz (Speaker)
18.03.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
ALP-Jahrestagung (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Linguistische Pragmatik) 2021
Solvejg Wolfers (Speaker)
23.02.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
My vision for 100 years of Irish-German diplomatic relations – in 100 seconds (Irish-German diplomatic relations – towards the 100th anniversary)
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
18.02.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Exploring Team Cohesion Through Humour. An Ethnographic Study of a Professional Football Team
Solvejg Wolfers (Speaker)
01.02.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
American Studies Journal (Journal)
Maria Moss (Editor)
2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Contrastive Pragmatics: A Cross-Disciplinary Journal (Journal)
Anne Barron (Reviewer)
2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › 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
Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) (External organisation)
Anne Barron (Member)
2021 → 2023Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Zeitschrift für Fremdsprachenforschung (Journal)
David Gerlach (Editor) & Torben Schmidt (Editor)
2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
- 2020
Teaching Jewish-American Culture through Digital Storytelling
Joannis Kaliampos (Speaker)
11.12.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
Automatization of comprehension in adult L2 learning
Diana Pili-Moss (Speaker)
10.12.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
U.S. Embassy Teacher Academy 2020
Joannis Kaliampos (Organiser)
04.12.2020 → 11.12.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Virtuell ins Ausland? Potentiale und Grenzen digitaler Auslandserfahrungen für Studierende
Anne Barron (Panel participant)
04.11.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research