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Henrike Lähnemann

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Eclectic mix of German Studies; medieval miscellany; Oxford news; manuscript studies. Blowing my own French horn & that of German and Medieval Studies at Oxford https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/laehnemann

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Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · May 21

📯 Netzwerke der Nonnen are a material object AND open access available! www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/netzwer...

Grinning woman holding a fat grey book in front of a house door with a skeleton graffiti

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Taylor Institution Library (Taylorian) @tayoxford.bsky.social · 19d

📚 Book launch! 📚

Join us for the release of our new 'Treasures of the Taylorian' book 'Luisa Hewitt: The Girl Who Lived in the Library'- written by Luisa herself, and edited by Christina Ostermann!

📍Room 2, Taylor Institution Library
📅 Wednesday 15th October
⏰ 5:00 - 6:30pm

The Girl Who Lived in the Library – History of the Book

historyofthebook.mml.ox.ac.uk

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Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · 2d

New Weston Library Coffee Morning online: 100 years of the Explorer Club - with maps, notebooks & plenty of anecdotes
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100 years of Oxford's exploration history at the Bodleian Library (Jean-Luc Portner)

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 8d

Join us on 28 October at 5:30pm (GMT) for a lecture by Henrike Lähnemann (@hlaehnemann.bsky.social) entitled '1525 and All That: How Nuns’ Letters and Reformation Pamphlets Shaped German History'! 📅
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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · Sep 2

An audience equipped with Austrian wine listens as Henrike Lähnemann begins the festivities around the opening of the exhibition “German in the World” at the Taylor Institution #AGS2025

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Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thx to Emma Sarcol from PCER (Public&Community Engagement w/Research) for featuring #OxfordMysteries @oxmedstud.bsky.social @stedmundhall.bsky.social in the latest newsletter! www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi... Pic Noah's Flood performed w/ St Giles choir dir by Siân Grønlie @stannescollege.bsky.social

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Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · Aug 4

#nuntastic exhibition in Kloster Mariensee: three photographers exhibit their take on modern monastic life in the huge Baroque attic rooms of the convent. www.haz.de/lokales/umla...

Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · Aug 1

Medingen, Margarete Puffen medingen.seh.ox.ac.uk/index.php/20...

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · Jul 20

Listen to behind-the-scenes impressions from our marvellous Medieval Mystery Cycle 2025, with thx to 'Beyond Shakespeare' for capturing the excitement and buzz of the day! audioboom.com/posts/874257...

Oxford Mystery Cycle 2025 (Behind the Scenes)

Behind the Scenes

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Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · Jul 18

Watch out for this book by Charles Webster which presents the sum of his extensive research into early modern intellectual networks across Europe as seen through the correspondence of Samuel Hartlib www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116.... Published by @openbookpublish.bsky.social

Screenshot of a book announcement, featuring as cover a woodcut by Ernst Barlach 'Die Vertriebenen' where three figures of displaced persons are shown, one of them carried on the shoulders of another

Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · Jul 12

Happy birthday, @fromtga.bsky.social, celebrated by @spiegel.de as 'Winner of the Day' www.spiegel.de/geschichte/d...

Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · Jun 30

Apply by 14 July to work with Andrew Dunning to make the Medieval Libraries of Great Britain project online accessible again - 6-month postdoc position @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social. Pls advertise, @oxmedstud.bsky.social @bkhistoxford.bsky.social
medieval.ox.ac.uk/medieval-lib...

Medieval Libraries of Great Britain Project Researcher – Oxford Medieval Studies

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Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · Jun 21

Great postdoc position at the ‘Österreichischer Bibelübersetzer’ project in Augsburg, until end of 2027 www.bbaw.de/stellenangeb...

Arbeitsstellenleiterin / Arbeitsstellenleiter (m/w/d) – Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften

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Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · Jun 21

The full playlist for the #OxfordMysteries is now online in its full glory - many thanks to Ben Arthur's team who did a magnificent job & to Ashley Castelino @oxmedstud.bsky.social for editing metadata and subtitles! A highlight of the @stedmundhall.bsky.social calendar!
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Oxford Medieval Mystery Cycle 2025 - YouTube

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German Studies at the University of Oxford @oxfordgerman.bsky.social · Jun 20

Today (20 June) at the Taylorian: Freebie book event! Come and grab a book pre-loved by some of the Russian and German lecturers

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Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · Jun 20

Today 1.30-3pm in the Main Hall of the Taylor Institution Library

German Studies at the University of Oxford @oxfordgerman.bsky.social · Jun 20

Today (20 June) at the Taylorian: Freebie book event! Come and grab a book pre-loved by some of the Russian and German lecturers

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · Jun 18

Join us online from 16:45 TOMORROW (19 June) for the premiere of the 2025 Oxford Medieval Mystery Cycle Film!

Watch it live and comment along at youtu.be/R-bYdS8pLUY?...

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German Studies at the University of Oxford @oxfordgerman.bsky.social · Jun 18

Wadham College Oxford is seeking to appoint to a one-year part-time (three-hour) Stipendiary Lectureship in German, starting 1 September 2025. Apply by 1 July.
Further details: www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/jobs/s...

Stipendiary Lectureship in German Language and Literature 1st September 2025 – 31st August 2026

The College proposes to appoint a part-time Stipendiary Lecturer in German for the 2025-26 academic year to support Professor Duttlinger, the College’s Fellow in German, while she is leading a major r...

www.wadham.ox.ac.uk

Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · Jun 13

Excitement rising! Just got from Ben Arthur the prefinal view of the whole @oxmedstud.bsky.social Oxford Medieval Mystery Cycle ahead of the launch on Thursday medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/06/01/f...

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Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · Jun 12

Tickets are now available for Bach at the Salon: Toccatas 2 at St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford on Saturday 14th June 2025 at 2:30PM www.ticketsource.co.uk/oxford-bach-...

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Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · Jun 11

Free to use from Friday 13 June to the end of the month: the great Cambridge Dictionary of Hymnology (I had fun writing the article on Leisen) hymnology.hymnsam.co.uk

Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · Jun 9

An initiative true to Nigel Palmer's legacy - donate for a travel fund to support graduate students doing archival work mediumaevum.org.uk/donate/palme... @mediumaevum.bsky.social @oxmedstud.bsky.social @bkhistoxford.bsky.social @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social

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Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · Jun 6

Congrats to @nikokontovas.bsky.social Andrew Dunning, Péter Tóth & the other colleagues @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social for a superbly curated exhibition!

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Niko Kontovas @nikokontovas.bsky.social · Jun 5

My first co-curated exhibit opens this evening @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social!

TREASURED is a treasures exhibition that questions the very notion. It's also the first at the #Bodleian with around 50% non-Western material.

Those in #Oxford can visit starting tomorrow, 6 June. And it's free!

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Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · Jun 4

Brilliant teaser for the film documentation of the Oxford Medieval Mystery Cycle 2025 by the talented film team around Ben Arthur, now available on @oxmedstud.bsky.social Thx @torchoxford.bsky.social & @stedmundhall.bsky.social for support!
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Teaser for The Oxford Medieval Mystery Plays 2025

YouTube video by Oxford Medieval Studies

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Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social · Jun 4

For @oxfordgerman.bsky.social !

German Embassy London @uk.diplo.de · Mar 5

Shout-out to all the German teachers in the UK 🫡

From 17-21 March, join our week-long celebration of the German language by using #ShoutOutForGerman to showcase the amazing things you do in your classrooms to get students excited about learning German!