Henrike Lähnemann

Henrike Lahnemann in Oxford 2014

Henrike Lähnemann (born 1968 in Münster) is a German medievalist and holds the Chair of Medieval German Literature and Linguistics at the University of Oxford.[1] She is a Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford.[2]

Career

Lähnemann is the daughter of the theologian Johannes Lähnemann, and the granddaughter of the German medievalist Eleonore Dörner (née Benary) and the archeologist Friedrich Karl Dörner; she grew up in Lüneburg and Nuremberg, Germany. She studied German literature, History of Art and Theology at the Universität Bamberg, the University of Edinburgh, Freie Universität Berlin and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. After a PhD at the Universität Bamberg on late medieval didactic literature, Lähnemann worked at the Universität Tübingen, where she gained her Venia legendi in German Philology with a study of the Book of Judith in German medieval literature. She spent a year as a Feodor Lynen Research Fellow[3] at the University of Oxford and a semester as Visiting Professor at the Universität Zürich. 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. Since 2015 she holds the Chair of Medieval German Language and Literature at the University of Oxford.[1]

Lähnemann's current research focuses on devotional writing from northern Germany, especially the manuscripts of the convent of Medingen. In 2010, the German Research Foundation nominated her for AcademiaNet,[4] the database of profiles of leading women scientists;[5][6] she also chaired Women in German Studies 2009-2015.

Research Projects

Selected Publications

References

  1. 1 2 "SML Chair of German Studies appointed to Chair in Oxford". Newcastle University. 2014-07-13. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  2. ↑ "Visitor, Principal and Fellows". St Edmund Hall, Oxford. 2014-07-13. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  3. ↑ Details of the Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship at the University of Oxford
  4. ↑ See also the AcademiaNet website; click on English in the top left-hand corner for a description of the initiative.
  5. ↑ An AcademiaNet interview with Henrike Lähnemann (in German): 'Eine spannende Umbruchssituation'
  6. ↑ An AcademiaNet interview with Henrike Lähnemann: 'A Voice for Medieval and Modern German'

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Academic offices
Preceded by
Nigel F Palmer		 Chair of Medieval German Language and Literature, Oxford University
2015- 		Succeeded by
incumbent
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