Emer O'Sullivan
Prof. Dr.

- English
- Literature studies
- Cultural studies
Research areas
- 2024
“Blyton’s Island(s)”
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
25.09.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Jella Lepman und die Internationalisierung der (west-) deutschen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
O'Sullivan, E. (Oral presentation)
04.09.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
“Children’s Literature in Translation: Issues and Approaches”
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker) & O'Sullivan, E. (Oral presentation)
27.08.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Closing Session: Summary Notes (with Gillian Lathey, as invited honorary speakers). Auf der Konferenz “New Voices in Children’s Literature in Translation: Culture, Power and Transnational Approaches”
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker) & Lathey, G. (Keynote Speaker)
23.08.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
36. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung e.V - GKJF 2024
O'Sullivan, E. (Participant)
06.06.2024 → 08.06.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
„Till Eulenspiegel – Wer ist dieser Narr?“ Theater trifft Literatur
O'Sullivan, E. (Participant)
24.04.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › artistic events › Transfer
Masterclass Translation Studies für Promovierende an belgischen Universitäten
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
21.03.2024 → 23.03.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
"Vom Über-setzen"
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
26.02.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
- 2023
Mystische Ekstase in den religiösen Gedichten John Donnes. Eine Annäherung an das Sonett ‚Batter my heart, three-person'd God‘.
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
09.11.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
‘Alsatian roots, Irish leaves. Tomi Ungerer, a plurilingual and pluricultural author’
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
14.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Unfreiwillige Mitarbeit. Ausbeutung von Kindern im Dienste der Kinderliteratur in A.S. Byatts The Children's Book (2009)
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
22.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
35. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung - GKJF 2023
O'Sullivan, E. (Participant)
08.06.2023 → 10.06.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
O'Sullivan, E. (Member)
10.05.2023 → 30.09.2025Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
- 2022
William Blake: The Chimney Sweeper
O'Sullivan, E. (Lecturer)
09.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
International Children’s Literature and the World Republic of Childhood
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
28.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Berufungskommission JP Literatur und Theorie (W1) Leuphana Universität (Event)
O'Sullivan, E. (Member)
01.10.2022 → 30.04.2023Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Ambivalent transfer: Translated children's and youth literature and the postulated enrichment through the encounter with foreign cultures
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
25.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
25th Anniversary Conference of the Centre for Irish-German Studies - 2022
O'Sullivan, E. (Participant)
22.09.2022 → 23.09.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
4. interuniversitärer Forschungsworkshop für Promovierende im Bereich Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung
O'Sullivan, E. (Organiser)
31.08.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
O'Sullivan, E. (Member)
01.07.2022 → 30.06.2025Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
34. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung - GKJF 2022
O'Sullivan, E. (Participant)
26.05.2022 → 28.05.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Geglückte Zweisprachigkeit in Bilderbüchern. Literaturwissenschaftliche und fremdsprachendidaktische Perspektiven
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker) & Rösler, D. (Speaker)
12.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Remote? Präsenz? Hybrid? Blended? Postpandemisches Lehren und Lernen in Bildungsinstitutionen am Beispiel von Literaturwissenschaft und Fremdsprachenvermittlung.
O'Sullivan, E. (Keynote Speaker) & Rösler, D. (Keynote Speaker)
31.03.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Translating for children : what, for whom, how, and why.
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
22.03.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
- 2021
Translation
O'Sullivan, E. (Plenary speaker)
29.10.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
"'weep! 'weep!". Der kleine Schornsteinfeger in der britischen Literatur des langen 19. Jahrhunderts
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
07.10.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Voice of the Translator. Narratology and Translation Studies (Uppsala University, Sweden - online)
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
16.04.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
My vision for 100 years of Irish-German diplomatic relations – in 100 seconds (Irish-German diplomatic relations – towards the 100th anniversary)
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
18.02.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies (External organisation)
O'Sullivan, E. (Member)
2021 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
- 2020
Gutachten für ein DFG-Forschungsprojekt
O'Sullivan, E. (Reviewer)
08.2020Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
O'Sullivan, E. (Reviewer)
07.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Harry Potter - Zwischen Satanismus und Heilslehre
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
06.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Elizabeth Barrett-Browning: Sonnet 43
O'Sullivan, E. (Lecturer)
29.01.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
O'Sullivan, E. (Reviewer)
04.01.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- 2019
Reprints, Piracies, Hibernicisations: Children’s Books and Late Eighteenth-Century Dublin Booksellers (Princeton University)
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
01.11.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Digital Humanities und historische Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung - 2019
O'Sullivan, E. (Participant)
23.10.2019 → 25.10.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Research in Children's Literature (Journal)
O'Sullivan, E. (Editorial Board)
15.10.2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Die Komplexität der Einfachheit (SIKJM-Jahrestagung 2019, Zürich)
O'Sullivan, E. (Plenary speaker)
25.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The apparent simplicity of children’s literature and its implications for foreign language teaching and learning (International AILA Literature in Language Learning and Teaching Network Conference, Universität Erfurt)
O'Sullivan, E. (Plenary speaker)
30.08.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Silenced voices: Erasing difference in translation (24. Konferenz der Internationalen Forschungsgesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (IRSCL), Stockholm)
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
15.08.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Harry Potter: Zwischen Satanismus und Heilslehre
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
20.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Edward Lear: Limerick
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
05.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung - GKJF 2019
O'Sullivan, E. (Participant)
30.05.2019 → 01.06.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Gutachten zur Dissertation von Mairéad Mooney "Recovering Children's Reading: “Queer Treasures” of the Children's Collection in Cork Public Library, 1922 – 1939"
O´Sullivan, E. (Reviewer)
05.04.2019Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
The Pollard Lecture 2019: Reprints, piracies, hibernicisations: Children’s books and Dublin booksellers in the late 18th century
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
14.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Sitzung des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats des SIKJM
O'Sullivan, E. (Consultant)
07.02.2019Activity: Consultancy
68. Jahrestagung der Vertrauensdozentinnen und Vertrauensdozenten der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes 2019
O'Sullivan, E. (Participant)
26.01.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Imagology, comparative children’s literature, and digital humanities: exploring potential synergies
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
17.01.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2018
Pictures that paint a thousand words? Nonsense translated in illustrations for Lewis Carroll's "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland"
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
13.12.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Strange people and places: the representation of other nations in children’s literature
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
30.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Illustration as intersemiotic translation: visualising nonsense
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
29.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Stiftungsrat (Organisational unit)
O'Sullivan, E. (Member)
01.11.2018 → 30.09.2025Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Stiftungsrat (Organisational unit)
O'Sullivan, E. (Member)
11.2018 → 11.2023Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
College (Organisational unit)
O'Sullivan, E. (Member)
01.10.2018 → 31.03.2020Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Gemeinsames Forschungskolloquium (DoktorandInnen, HabilitandInnen)
O'Sullivan, E. (Participant), von Glasenapp, G. (Organiser), Dettmar, U. (Participant), Staiger, M. (Participant) & Tomkowiak, I. (Participant)
25.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELE Journal) (Journal)
O'Sullivan, E. (Editorial Board)
08.2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Shakespeare: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (Sonnet 18): Vorlesung in der Reihe "10 Minuten Lyrik"
O'Sullivan, E. (Lecturer)
14.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Walter de Gruyter GmbH (Publisher)
O'Sullivan, E. (Reviewer)
06.2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Books for Children. Transnational encounters 1750-1850
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
30.05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tagung “Magie des Erzählens” 2018
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
06.05.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Imagining Difference: strange people and places in children’s literature
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
29.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Strange people and places: the representation of other nations in children’s literature
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
28.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Strange places and people in children’s literature
O'Sullivan, E. (Lecturer)
27.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Strange people and places: the representation of other nations in children’s literature
O'Sullivan, E. (Lecturer)
26.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The representation of other nations in picturebooks for children
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
26.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Illustration as intersemiotic translation: visualising nonsense
O'Sullivan, E. (Keynote Speaker)
24.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
68. Jahrestagung der Vertrauensdozentinnen und Vertrauensdozenten der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes 2019
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
26.01.2018 → 28.01.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung e.V. (External organisation)
O'Sullivan, E. (Member)
2018 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL) (External organisation)
O'Sullivan, E. (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
O'Sullivan, E. (Consultant)
2018 → 2021Activity: Consultancy
Member of the scientific committee of ANILIJ 2019
O'Sullivan, E. (Consultant)
2018 → 2019Activity: Consultancy
Mitglied der Jury für den James Krüss Preis für internationale Kinder- und Jugendliteratur 2019
O'Sullivan, E. (Consultant)
2018 → 2019Activity: Consultancy
- 2017
Illustration as intersemiotic translation: Visualising nonsense:
O'Sullivan, E. (Keynote Speaker)
19.10.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Veranstaltungsreihe "Brown Bag Lectures" am Institute of English Studies
O'Sullivan, E. (Organiser)
10.2017 → 03.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
30. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder-und Jugendliteraturforschung - GKJF 2017
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
25.05.2017 → 27.05.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Michael Rosens Where Broccoli Comes From: Vorlesung in der Reihe "10 Minuten Lyrik"
O'Sullivan, E. (Lecturer)
17.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Veranstaltungsreihe "Brown Bag Lectures" am Institute of English Studies
O'Sullivan, E. (Organiser)
04.2017 → 09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Research in Children's Literature (Journal)
O'Sullivan, E. (Reviewer)
03.2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Praesens Verlag (Publisher)
O'Sullivan, E. (Editorial Board)
2017 → 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- 2016
G is for German. Constructions of Nationality and Ethnicity in Picturebooks
O'Sullivan, E. (Lecturer)
30.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Alice: Metamorphosen einer weltliterarischen Figur
O'Sullivan, E. (Lecturer)
02.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Veranstaltungsreihe "Brown Bag Lectures" am Institute of English Studies
O'Sullivan, E. (Organiser)
10.2016 → 03.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
2. Tagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die interdisziplinäre Erforschung der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (AIDEFF) 2016
O'Sullivan, E. (Organiser)
22.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Children's Literature Association Quarterly (Journal)
O'Sullivan, E. (Reviewer)
03.08.2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Strange Signs: Invented Languages from Alienation to Zany
O'Sullivan, E. (Lecturer)
22.07.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
International Research in Children's Literature (Journal)
O'Sullivan, E. (Reviewer)
31.05.2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
29. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung - GKJF 2016
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
26.05.2016 → 28.05.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Literaturbüro Lüneburg e.V. (External organisation)
O'Sullivan, E. (Member)
05.2016 → 05.2025Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
Children's Literature Association Quarterly (Journal)
O'Sullivan, E. (Reviewer)
30.04.2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
O'Sullivan, E. (Member)
01.04.2016 → 31.03.2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
O'Sullivan, E. (Member)
01.01.2016 → 30.09.2020Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
O'Sullivan, E. (Member)
01.01.2016 → 31.12.2019Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Advisory Board for Keywords in Children's Literature (External organisation)
O'Sullivan, E. (Member)
2016 → 2018Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Advisory Board for Keywords in Children's Literature (External organisation)
O'Sullivan, E. (Reviewer)
2016 → 2018Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Internationale Jugendbibliothek (External organisation)
O'Sullivan, E. (Member)
2016 → 2017Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL) (External organisation)
O'Sullivan, E. (Member)
2016 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
- 2015
Alice in a World of Wonderlands. The Translations of Lewis Carroll‘s Masterpiece
O'Sullivan, E. (Keynote Speaker)
07.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
School of Education (Organisational unit)
O'Sullivan, E. (Chair)
01.10.2015 → 30.09.2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
6th Biennial Congress of the European Network for Comparative Literary Studies - REELC/ENCLS 2015
O'Sullivan, E. (Keynote speaker)
27.08.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung (Journal)
O'Sullivan, E. (Editor)
15.06.2015 → 15.01.2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research