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Henrike Lähnemann (born 1968) is a German
medievalist The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , ''asteriskos'', "little star", is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often vo ...
and holds the
Chair of Medieval German, University of Oxford The Professorship of Medieval German is one of the permanent chairs at the University of Oxford. It was established in 1972 for the germanist Peter Ganz. It is associated with a fellowship at St Edmund Hall and belongs to the Faculty of Medieva ...
. She is a Fellow of
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.


Career

Lähnemann is the daughter of the theologian , and the granddaughter of the German medievalist (née Benary) and the archeologist
Friedrich Karl Dörner Friedrich Karl Dörner (born 28 February 1911 in Gelsenkirchen; died 10 March 1992) was a German classics, epigrapher and Classical Archeologist. Born in 1911 as son of the mining office Karl Dörner and his wife Klara in Gelsenkirchen, he studie ...
; she grew up in
Lüneburg Lüneburg (officially the ''Hanseatic City of Lüneburg'', German: ''Hansestadt Lüneburg'', , Low German ''Lümborg'', Latin ''Luneburgum'' or ''Lunaburgum'', Old High German ''Luneburc'', Old Saxon ''Hliuni'', Polabian ''Glain''), also called ...
and
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, Germany. She studied German literature, History of Art and Theology at the
University of Bamberg The University of Bamberg (german: Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg) in Bamberg, Germany, specializes in the humanities, cultural studies, social sciences, economics, and applied computer science. Campus The university is mainly housed in ...
, the
University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...
,
Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...
and
University of Göttingen The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (german: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, known informally as Georgia Augusta) is a public research university in the city of Göttingen, Germany. Founded ...
. She completed a PhD at the Universität Bamberg on late medieval didactic literature. Lähnemann worked at the
University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (german: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; la, Universitas Eberhardina Carolina), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-W ...
, where she gained her
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in German Philology with a study of the Book of Judith in German medieval literature. She spent a year as a
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Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and a semester as Visiting Professor at the
University of Zurich The University of Zürich (UZH, german: Universität Zürich) is a public research university located in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 f ...
. Between 2006 and 2014 she held the Chair of German Studies at Newcastle University, and was also Head of the German Section in Newcastle's School of Modern Languages. In 2010, the German Research Foundation nominated her for AcademiaNet, the database of profiles of leading women scientists; she also chaired Women in German Studies 2009-2015. In 2015, she was appointed to the Chair of Medieval German Language and Literature at the
University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...
. 2015-2024, she spends two months a year a Senior Research Fellowship at FRIAS, made possible by co-funding of the Chair by the VolkswagenStiftung, the DAAD, and the
University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemb ...
. Her research focuses on medieval manuscripts, the relationship of text and images and how vernacular and Latin literature are connected, currently mainly in late medieval Northern German convents. At the moment she is working on a funded project to edit the letters of the nuns from Lüne (together with
Eva Schlotheuber Eva Schlotheuber (born 25 October 1959 in Osnabrück) is a German historian of Christianity in the Middle Ages. Education and career Eva Schlotheuber studied at the universities of Göttingen and Copenhagen. In 1994, she received her doctorate i ...
), and the edition of
prayer books A prayer book is a book containing prayers and perhaps devotional readings, for private or communal use, or in some cases, outlining the liturgy of religious services. Books containing mainly orders of religious services, or readings for them are ...
of the Medingen Convent. Lähnemann's major topic is the engagement with the
Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...
and
printing Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ...
. She brought a new linguistic and interdisciplinary angle to Reformation Studies in Oxford, completing the team of experts -
Lyndal Roper Lyndal Anne Roper (born 1956) is a historian. She was born in Melbourne, Australia. She works on German history of the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, and has written a biography of Martin Luther. Her research centres on gender and the Ref ...
and Diarmaid MacCulloch being counted among them. As part of the ''Translating, Printing, Singing the Reformation'' project a website providing access to digitized Reformation pamphlets was launched, as well as a blog and podcast documenting the most recent activities of the Reformation team. Furthermore, book printing workshops and new productions of key scenes from the Reformation took place. The political relevance of the project becomes evident in the combination of Reformation and anti-
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ideas, but especially in the use of Reformation pamphlets for a protest-Hallelujah in the context of civil resistance in
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. The author
Angelika Overath Angelika Overath (born 17 July 1957 in Karlsruhe) is a German author and journalist. Overath studied German literature, History, Italian Studies, and Cultural Studies at the University of Tübingen and wrote a PhD-thesis in 1986 about the colour ...
dedicated her novel ''Sie dreht sich um'' to Lähnemann.


Research projects


Treasures of the Taylorian. Series One: Reformation PamphletsMedingen ManuscriptsThe Nuns' Network
(with
Eva Schlotheuber Eva Schlotheuber (born 25 October 1959 in Osnabrück) is a German historian of Christianity in the Middle Ages. Education and career Eva Schlotheuber studied at the universities of Göttingen and Copenhagen. In 1994, she received her doctorate i ...
, financed by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung)
Film documentation of the project

Sword of Judith Project
*The
Renner
' of
Hugo von Trimberg Hugo von Trimberg (born circa 1230/1235 in Wern(a), now either Ober- or Niederwerrn near Schweinfurt – died after 1313 in Bamberg-Theuerstadt) was a German didactic author of the Middle Ages. Around 1260 he came to the religious foundation ...
*
Jüngerer Sigenot
'


Selected publications

*Lähnemann, H., Schlotheuber, E. et al..: ''Netzwerke der Nonnen. Edition und Erschließung der Briefsammlung aus Kloster Lüne'', vol. 1 , Tübingen 2020: Mohr Siebeck, in press *Lähnemann, H., Jones, H., Keßler M. and Ostermann, C. d. ''Martin Luther. Sermon von Ablass und Gnade'' (Treasures of the Taylorian. Series One: Reformation Pamphlets 2) 2018 *Lähnemann, H. ''Das Erfurter ‘Enchiridion’ in der Goslarer Marktkirchen-Bibliothek'', in: Marktkirchen-Bibliothek Goslar. Beiträge zur Erforschung der reformationszeitlichen Sammlung, ed. by Helmut Liersch (2017), pp. 232-243. *Lähnemann H., Jones, H. d. ''Martin Luther, Sendbrief vom Dolmetschen'' (Treasures of the Taylorian. Series One: Reformation Pamphlets 1), 2017. *Lähnemann H. , Schlotheuber, E. et al.: ''Netzwerke der Nonnen. Edition und Erschließung der Briefsammlung aus Kloster Lüne (ca. 1460-1555),'' in: Wolfenbütteler Digitale Editionen. Wolfenbüttel 2016-
online
*Lähnemann H. ''Der Medinger “Nonnenkrieg” aus der Perspektive der Klosterreform. Geistliche Selbstbehauptung 1479-1554,'' in: 1517-1545: The Northern Experience. Mysticism, Art and Devotion between Late Medieval and Early Modern, ed. by Kees Scheepers et al., Ons Geestelijk Erf 87 2016, pp. 91-116.Lähnemann, H., Hascher-Burger, U.: ''Liturgie und Reform im Kloster Medingen. Edition und Untersuchung des Propst-Handbuchs Oxford'', Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. liturg. e. 18 (Spätmittelalter, Humanismus, Reformation 76), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2013. *Lähnemann H
Medinger Nonnen als Schreiberinnen zwischen Reform und Reformation
In: B-J Kruse, ed. ''Rosenkränze und Seelengärten. Bildung und Frömmigkeit in niedersächsischen Frauenklöstern''. Wolfenbüttel: Herzog August Bibliothek, 2013, pp. 37–42, 319-320. *Lähnemann H
Text und Textil. Die beschriebenen Pergamente in den Figurenornaten
In: Klack-Eitzen, C., Haase, W., Weissgraf, T., ed. ''Heilige Röcke. Kleider für Skulpturen in Kloster Wienhausen''. Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, 2013, pp. 71–78 (79-173). *Lähnemann H
Also do du ok. Andachtsanweisungen in den Medinger Handschriften
In: Brüggen, E; Holznagel, F-J; Coxon, S; Suerbaum, A, ed. ''Text und Normativität im deutschen Mittelalter''. Tübingen: de Gruyter, 2012, pp. 437–453. *Lähnemann H
Der Auferstandene im Dialog mit den Frauen. Die Erscheinungen Christi in den Andachtsbüchern des Klosters Medingen
In: Koldau, L.M, ed. ''Passion und Ostern in den Lüneburger Klöstern''. Ebstorf: Verlag Kloster Ebstorf, 2010, pp. 105–134. *Brine K, Ciletti E, Lähnemann H, ed
''The Sword of Judith. Judith Studies Across the Disciplines''
Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2010. *Lähnemann H
Per organa. Musikalische Unterweisung in Handschriften der Lüneburger Klöster
In: Lähnemann, H., Linden, S, ed. ''Dichtung und Didaxe. Lehrhaftes Sprechen in der deutschen Literatur des Mittelalters''. Berlin / New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2009, pp. 397–412. *Lähnemann H., Linden S, ed
''Dichtung und Didaxe. Lehrhaftes Sprechen in der deutschen Literatur des Mittelalters''
Berlin / New York: de Gruyter, 2009. *Lähnemann H
''Hystoria Judith: Deutsche Judithdichtungen vom 12. bis zum 16. Jahrhundert''
Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2006. *Lähnemann H
'An dessen bom wil ik stighen.' Die Ikonographie des Wichmannsburger Antependiums im Kontext der Medinger Handschriften
''Oxford German Studies'' 2005, 34(1), 19-46.


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