Professorship for English Literature
Organisational unit: Section
Organisation profile
In the English Literature section, our research and teaching focusses on a wide range of topics from a broadly Cultural Studies perspective. Areas of particular interest in our research include narratology, image studies, literary translation and adaptation, transnational phenomena, Irish literature, children’s literature as well as literature of the Romantic period and eighteenth-century literature situated at the interface of literature and music. In our teaching we offer courses in the Bachelor and Master programmes in Teacher Education and Cultural Studies. Seminar topics range from a general Introduction to English Literature to literary translation, transmedia storytelling, contemporary Irish short stories, children’s literature, the picturebook and other multimodal texts, literary nonsense, specific writers such as Oscar Wilde or genres such as eighteenth-century travel. We explore how literature works between and beyond the book covers in research-based seminars and project seminars in cooperation with partners in literary institutions, in theatre excursions and through guest lectures by contemporary authors and translators as well as by representatives of publishing houses and from the local theatre. Committed to our teaching, we employ different didactic approaches and methods, including blended learning, and use a variety of teaching materials specifically tailored to our students’ needs and interests.
Topics
Areas of research are comparative literature, translation studies, image studies, children's literature and literature in the classroom (intercultural aspects and children's literature in foreign language learning and teaching).
- 2014
Institute of English Studies (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.10.2014 → 31.03.2016Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
- 2015
Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELE Journal) (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
02.2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Fremdsprachenunterricht: Gastvorlesung an der PH Heidelberg
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
05.02.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
6. Jahrgang des Fernkurs Kinder- und Jugendliteratur - KHL 2015
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote speaker)
08.05.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group (Publisher)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
26.05.2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
28. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung - 2015
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
04.06.2015 → 06.06.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Unshakeable Idea of Innocence - Lillian Hellman’s Play The Children’s Hour and Its Concept of Childhood
Gesa Woltjen (Speaker)
03.08.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
6th Biennial Congress of the European Network for Comparative Literary Studies - REELC/ENCLS 2015
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote speaker)
27.08.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Chair)
01.10.2015 → 30.09.2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Alice in a World of Wonderlands. The Translations of Lewis Carroll‘s Masterpiece
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote Speaker)
07.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Editor)
22.10.2015 → 27.05.2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
- 2016
Advisory Board for Keywords in Children's Literature (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2016 → 2018Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Advisory Board for Keywords in Children's Literature (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
2016 → 2018Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
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
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.01.2016 → 30.09.2020Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.01.2016 → 31.12.2019Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.04.2016 → 31.03.2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Children's Literature Association Quarterly (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
30.04.2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Literaturbüro Lüneburg e.V. (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
05.2016 → 05.2022Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
29. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung - GKJF 2016
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
26.05.2016 → 28.05.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Editor)
27.05.2016 → 12.2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
International Research in Children's Literature (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
31.05.2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Strange Signs: Invented Languages from Alienation to Zany
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
22.07.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Children's Literature Association Quarterly (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
03.08.2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
2. Tagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die interdisziplinäre Erforschung der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (AIDEFF) 2016
Emer O'Sullivan (Organiser)
22.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Veranstaltungsreihe "Brown Bag Lectures" am Institute of English Studies
Emer O'Sullivan (Organiser)
10.2016 → 03.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Alice: Metamorphosen einer weltliterarischen Figur
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
02.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
G is for German. Constructions of Nationality and Ethnicity in Picturebooks
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
30.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
- 2017
Praesens Verlag (Publisher)
Emer O'Sullivan (Editorial Board)
2017 → 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
International Research in Children's Literature (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
03.2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Veranstaltungsreihe "Brown Bag Lectures" am Institute of English Studies
Emer O'Sullivan (Organiser)
04.2017 → 09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Michael Rosens Where Broccoli Comes From: Vorlesung in der Reihe "10 Minuten Lyrik"
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
17.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
30. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder-und Jugendliteraturforschung - GKJF 2017
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
25.05.2017 → 27.05.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Literary Encounters with English Gentlemen, Frivolous Frenchmen and Drunken Germans (University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA)
Ulrike Kristina Köhler (Oral presentation)
09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Veranstaltungsreihe "Brown Bag Lectures" am Institute of English Studies
Emer O'Sullivan (Organiser)
10.2017 → 03.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Illustration as intersemiotic translation: Visualising nonsense:
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote Speaker)
19.10.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2018
Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung e.V. (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2018 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL) (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2018 → 2019Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
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
68. Jahrestagung der Vertrauensdozentinnen und Vertrauensdozenten der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes 2019
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
26.01.2018 → 28.01.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Illustration as intersemiotic translation: visualising nonsense
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote Speaker)
24.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Strange people and places: the representation of other nations in children’s literature
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
26.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The representation of other nations in picturebooks for children
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
26.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Strange places and people in children’s literature
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
27.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Strange people and places: the representation of other nations in children’s literature
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
28.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Imagining Difference: strange people and places in children’s literature
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
29.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Tagung “Magie des Erzählens” 2018
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
06.05.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research