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).
- 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
- 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
1. Tagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die interdisziplinäre Erforschung und Förderung der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Fremdsprachenunterricht - AIDEFF 2014
Emer O'Sullivan (Organiser)
25.09.2014 → 27.09.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
3rd World Children's Literature Convention
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote speaker)
10.08.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.04.2014 → 31.03.2016Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.04.2014 → 31.03.2016Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELE Journal) (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
02.2014Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Internationale Jugendbibliothek (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2014 → 2015Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
- 2013
The representation of (other) Europeans in European picturebooks
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
03.12.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
La république universelle de l’enfance: a nation without borders
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
02.12.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Picturing the world for children: early 19th-century images of foreign nations
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
12.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Putting the figure on the map: Imagining sameness and difference for children - 2013
Emer O'Sullivan (Organiser)
11.09.2013 → 14.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Towards an International Keywords for Children's Literature (Roundtable): Presenters: Lissa Paul, Philip Nel, Nina Alonso, Nina Christensen, Francesca Orestano and Emer O’Sullivan
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
13.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Vortrag: Irische Kinder- und Jugendliteratur: eine ungewöhnliche Entwicklung
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
23.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
26. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung - GKJF 2013
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote speaker)
09.05.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Literaturbüro Lüneburg e.V. (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Executive member)
05.2013 → 05.2016Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
Vortrag: Fun and Military Games: The War in German Picture Books
Emer O'Sullivan (Oral presentation)
16.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELE Journal) (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
03.2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Begutachtung von zwei Fachartikeln für eine Publikation der Irish Society for the Study of Children's Literature
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
02.2013Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Academia Press (Publisher)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
01.2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- 2012
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Chair)
01.10.2012 → 30.09.2015Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
33rd International IBBY Congress 2012
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote speaker)
24.08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
43. Tagung des Institus für Jugendliteratur der Universität Wien 2012
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote speaker)
16.08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Begutachtung eines Buchmanuskripts für die ChLA
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
08.2012Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.04.2012 → 31.03.2014Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Guest lecture: Translated for whom? The specifics of translating children's literature
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
26.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Masterclass of the Feminist Research Group 2012
Emer O'Sullivan (Chair)
07.02.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Guest lecture: G is for German: Constructions of Nationality and Ethnicity in Picturebooks
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
06.02.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Libri & Liberi: Journal of Research on Children's Literature and Culture (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
02.2012Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Ausstellung „William Butler Yeats - Leben und Werk“ 2012
Emer O'Sullivan (Organiser)
19.01.2012 → 02.02.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › trade fairs and exhibitions › Transfer
Baptist University Hong Kong (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Coordinator)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Education
Externe Gutachterin bei einem Beförderungsverfahren zum "Full Professor"
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
2012Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Internationale Jugendbibliothek (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
2012 → 2013Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Swiss Institute for Children’s and Youth Media (SIKJM )
Emer O'Sullivan (Consultant)
2012 → …Activity: Consultancy
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Deputy member)
2012Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
University of Limerick (External organisation)
Emer O'Sullivan (Coordinator)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Education
- 2011
Präsentation des Historischen Romans "Where the Stones Sing" von Eithne Massey
Emer O'Sullivan (Oral presentation)
15.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
'From Instruction to Delight’: Reading Traditions in Irish Primary Education. Church of Ireland College of Education 2011
Emer O'Sullivan (Keynote speaker)
14.10.2011 → 15.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Meta (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
09.2011Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Chair)
01.06.2011 → 31.03.2014Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Begutachtung eines Fachartikels für eine Publikation der Irish Society for the Study of Children's Literature
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
06.2011Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Vortrag: Kinder- und Jugendliteratur als Forschungsgegenstand
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
12.05.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Books for young patriots. A comparative look at British and German picturebooks published before and during the First World War
Emer O'Sullivan (Lecturer)
20.03.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The construction of national identity in ABC books and picturebooks from the 19th century to the present 2011
Emer O'Sullivan (Organiser)
19.03.2011 → 21.03.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Albert, Alice, Alfred: Variations of Love in the Victorian Era
Emer O'Sullivan (Speaker)
28.01.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.01.2011 → 31.12.2013Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Emer O'Sullivan (Member)
01.01.2011 → 01.05.2014Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELE Journal) (Journal)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
2011 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Externe Gutachterin bei einem Beförderungsverfahren zum "Senior Librarian"
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
2011Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
John Benjamins Publishing Company (Publisher)
Emer O'Sullivan (Reviewer)
2011Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research