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. Kinderliterarische Komparatistik

    O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic)

    19.11.95 → …

    Project: Research

  2. Acquisition and Interlanguage Pragmatics

    Barron, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.98 → …

    Project: Research

  3. EPBC: European Picture Book Collection

    O'Sullivan, E. (Partner) & Cotton, P. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.9831.03.01

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  4. ESET: European School Education Training Course

    O'Sullivan, E. (Partner), Cotton, P. (Partner), Keenan, C. (Partner), Morgado, M. R. (Partner), Marriott, S. (Partner), Sahr, R. (Partner) & Leysen, A. (Partner)

    01.01.0231.12.04

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  5. Promotional genres: Variation across genre and culture

    Barron, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.0401.09.12

    Project: Research

  6. Foreign language pragmatic development

    Barron, A. (Project manager, academic) & Warga, M. (Partner)

    01.01.0531.12.07

    Project: Research

  7. Projektbezogener Personenaustausch Finnland

    Fetzer, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.0714.05.09

    Project: Other

  8. Jubiläumsvortrag über James Krüss

    O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.0723.01.08

    Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)

  9. Pragmatics of Discourse. Handbook of Pragmatics III

    Barron, A. (Project manager, academic) & Schneider, K. P. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.0801.07.13

    Project: Research

  10. The construction of national identity in ABC books and picturebooks from the 19th century to the present

    O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic), Immel, A. (Partner), Lathey, G. (Partner), Morgado, M. R. (Partner), Rutschmann, V. (Partner) & Renonciat, A. (Partner)

    04.12.09 → …

    Project: Research

  11. bLÜmsday 2010: Bloomsday in Lüneburg

    O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic)

    22.06.1003.02.11

    Project: Practical Project

  12. Selbstlern-Moodle-Kurs als Begleitung zum Modul "Introduction to English Literature"

    O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic) & Köhler, U. K. (Project staff)

    15.10.1115.10.13

    Project: Teaching

  13. US Election Project 2012 – A Social Media-based approach to teaching US Election 2012 in the German EFL classroom at secondary level

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Kaliampos, J. (Project staff), Kohl, M. (Partner, non-academic), Junghanns, C. (Partner) & Ernst, K. (Partner)

    01.03.1227.02.13

    Project: Practical Project

  14. Der deutsche Gatsby x 8: eine Ausstellung

    O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic)

    10.04.1201.07.12

    Project: Practical Project

  15. Vorhabensteil: Sprachliche Heterogenität im schulischen Fachunterricht der Sekundarstufe I

    Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic), Schwippert, K. (Partner), Lutter, A. (Partner), Neumann, A. (Partner), Schmidt, T. (Partner) & Holle, K. (Project staff)

    26.06.1231.12.12

    Project: Research

  16. Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics

    Barron, A. (Project manager, academic), Grundy, P. (Project manager, academic) & Yueguo, G. (Project manager, academic)

    01.07.1220.01.17

    Project: Research

  17. Teaching pragmatics with textbooks

    Barron, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.07.12 → …

    Project: Research

  18. Developing pragmatic competence on a stay abroad

    Barron, A. (Project manager, academic), Trebits, A. (Project staff) & Mißfeldt, D. (Project staff)

    01.09.1201.09.14

    Project: Research

  19. Putting the figure on the map: Imagining sameness and difference for children. Conference, Princeton University, 11. -13.09.2013

    O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic) & Immel, A. (Partner)

    01.09.1231.12.13

    Project: Scientific event

  20. Schulnahe Unterstützung für einen modernen Englischunterricht in Brandenburg

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Kaliampos, J. (Project staff) & Vogt, S. (Project staff)

    14.09.1209.12.15

    Project: Research

  21. Tag questions across the Englishes

    Barron, A. (Project manager, academic) & Pandarova, I. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.1231.07.14

    Project: Research

  22. HeaLinGO: Health and Language Integrated Gaming Online

    Paulus, P. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Schiemann, S. (Project manager, academic), Dadaczynski, K. (Project staff), Blume, C. (Project staff), Schmidt, I. (Project staff) & Schmidt, P. R. (Project staff)

    Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank

    01.06.1331.03.16

    Project: Research

  23. Telecollaboration and learner corpora: Delivering insights into foreign language pragmatic competence

    Barron, A. (Project manager, academic) & Black, E. (Project staff)

    01.08.1331.01.15

    Project: Research

  24. Leuphana Lehrerbildung - Konzept einer Lehrerbildung für den Lernort Schule 2020

    Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic), Ehmke, T. (Project manager, academic) & Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.1321.06.19

    Project: Research

  25. Sustainable Education & Going Green – An Intercultural German-American Blended- Learning Project

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Kaliampos, J. (Project staff), Kohl, M. (Partner, non-academic) & Ernst, K. (Partner)

    02.09.1331.01.15

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  26. ASB: American Studies Blog

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Moss, M. (Project manager, academic), Völz, S. (Project staff) & Henck, M. (Project staff)

    19.09.1321.01.15

    Project: Other

  27. Nah dran! Die Praxis als Vorbild

    Ehmke, T. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic) & Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic)

    14.07.1430.04.16

    Project: Teaching

  28. American Studies Blogs II

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Moss, M. (Project manager, academic), Völz, S. (Project staff) & Henck, M. (Project staff)

    22.09.1406.11.15

    Project: Research

  29. AIDEFF: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die interdisziplinäre Erforschung und Förderung der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Fremdsprachenunterricht

    O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic), Burwitz-Melzer, E. (Partner) & Caspari, D. (Partner)

    25.09.14 → …

    Project: Research

  30. Green living and sustainability in the Community

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.1530.06.15

    Project: Practical Project

  31. Alice 150: celebrating Alice in Wonderland

    O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic)

    21.04.1507.07.15

    Project: Practical Project

  32. Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung

    O'Sullivan, E. (Partner), Dettmar, U. (Partner), von Glasenapp, G. (Partner), Tomkowiak, I. (Partner) & Roeder, C. (Partner)

    01.05.1515.01.17

    Project: Other

  33. Teach about U.S.

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic) & Kaliampos, J. (Project staff)

    29.06.1526.01.18

    Project: Practical Project

  34. American Studies Journal and Blog

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Moss, M. (Project manager, academic), Völz, S. (Project staff) & Henck, M. (Project staff)

    01.12.1531.01.17

    Project: Research

  35. ZZL-Netzwerk: Theorie-Praxis-Vernetzung im ZZL-Netzwerk in den vier Handlungsfeldern „Heterogenität und Inklusion“, „Kompetenzorientierte Unterrichtsgestaltung“, "Coaching & Mentoring" sowie „Lehrkräftegesundheit".

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic), Ehmke, T. (Project manager, academic), Blume, C. (Project staff), Peperkorn, M. (Project staff), Beckmann, T. (Project staff), Kulin, S. (Project staff), Besser, M. (Project staff), Fischer, N. (Project staff), Straub, R. P. (Project staff), Troll, B. (Project staff), Köhler, A. (Project staff), Scharnberg, S. (Project staff), Landmeier, J. K. (Project staff), Waschewski, T. (Project staff), Bürgener, L. (Project staff), Brückner, J. (Project staff), Dollereder, L. (Project staff) & Bode, P. (Project staff)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.01.1630.06.19

    Project: Other

  36. Leuphana Language Game Lab: Mit Gesellschaftsspielen Sprachen vertiefen

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic) & Miralles-Andress, N. (Project manager, academic)

    26.10.16 → …

    Project: Other

  37. American Studies Journal/Blog IV

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Moss, M. (Project manager, academic), Völz, S. (Project staff) & Henck, M. (Project staff)

    12.12.1615.02.18

    Project: Other

  38. Teach about US: Educational Outreach Project - Bridging the American Studies and Science Classrooms: Going Green Meets STEM

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Kaliampos, J. (Project staff), Abels, S. (Partner) & Hüfner, S. K. (Project staff)

    24.02.1730.09.18

    Project: Practical Project

  39. E-Learning basierte Einführungskurse in das Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement und die Betriebswirtschaftslehre (sowie inhaltsbezogen studienrelevante Englisch-Kompetenzen)

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic), Velte, P. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Kaliampos, J. (Project staff) & Blume, C. (Project staff)

    01.05.1730.09.17

    Project: Other

  40. Lehreinheiten Basiskompetenzen Inklusion in den Fachdidaktiken (Zweite Förderphase)

    Besser, M. (Project manager, academic), Abels, S. (Partner), Leiss, D. (Partner), Schmidt, T. (Partner), Süßenbach, J. (Partner), Greve, S. (Project staff) & Troll, B. (Project staff)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.12.1731.03.19

    Project: Research

  41. American Studies Journal/Blog V

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1831.03.19

    Project: Research

  42. QualiTIES: Qualifying Teachers for Innovative English Settings: Teaching English in heterogeneous classes in secondary years education

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Blume, C. (Project staff), Gerlach, D. (Project manager, academic) & Roters, B. (Project staff)

    01.04.1831.07.21

    Project: Research

  43. Harry Potter 21

    O'Sullivan, E. (Project manager, academic)

    15.04.1815.07.18

    Project: Practical Project

  44. Teach About U.S.: Educational Outreach Project 2018-2020

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic) & Kaliampos, J. (Project manager, academic)

    25.09.1828.02.21

    Project: Practical Project

  45. Pluricentric variation in responding to 'thanks'

    Barron, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.19 → …

    Project: Research

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