The project group for editing the letters by the nuns from Kloster Lüne met on 27/28 July in Freiburg. The ‘Nuns’ Network’ project which is supported by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung is led by the historian Eva Schlotheuber and the Germanist Henrike Lähnemann. The first project
The Gerda Henkel Stiftung which generously funds ‘The Nuns’ Network’ to edit the letters collected and written by the Benedictine nuns of Kloster Lüne has highlighted the project in its annual report. Read the full report here
Hijr mede vorplichte ik mi nicht vt de liberye enwech to nemen / doer schriverye to besmetten / vterliken to vorderven ofte in ienigher ander manere to quessen ichtes een boek / breef ofte ienigh ander ding dat daer to
Weston Library, Lecture Theatre, 10-12noon On the day after Henrike Lähnemann’s Inaugural Lecture, there was the opportunity to see all Medingen manuscripts held in Oxford together (list of manuscripts) and discuss various aspects with a panel of specialists. Henrike Lähnemann (Oxford): Introduction
Andrew Honey (Conservator, Bodleian Library): The Plaque in the Psalter and the Bindings On the day after Henrike Lähnemann’s Inaugural Lecture, all four Medingen manuscripts held in Oxford (list of manuscripts) were displayed in the Weston Lecture Theatre and specialists discussed
Henrike Lähnemann: Introduction to the Masterclass Medingen Manuscripts On the day after Henrike Lähnemann’s Inaugural Lecture, all four Medingen manuscripts held in Oxford (list of manuscripts) were displayed in the Weston Lecture Theatre and specialists discussed various aspects of the manuscripts.
As part of Henrike Lähnemann’s Inaugural events, there was the Launch of a Website Reformation 2017 at the Taylor Institution with presentations from German Studies students and a drinks reception in the Voltaire Room, sponsored by the Cultural Attaché Charlotte Schwarzer
Henrike Lähnemann’s Inaugural Lecture for the Chair in Medieval German Literature and Linguistics on The Materiality of Medieval Manuscripts took place on 21 January 2016, in the Lecture Theatre of the Taylor Institution, followed by a reception, 6pm. Now online! See
22 January 2016, 2pm, Taylor Institution: Round Table on the Future of German Studies on the Occasion of the Inaugural Lecture of Henrike Lähnemann, Chair in Medieval German Literature and Linguistics Speakers: Prof. Dr. Hans-Jochen Schiewer (University of Freiburg), Dr
Henrike Lähnemann (Chair in Medieval German, Oxford, and Fellow of St Edmund Hall) and Eva Schlotheuber (Chair in Medieval History, Düsseldorf) have been granted a three-year fully funded project by the Gerda-Henkel-Stiftung to edit one of the most extensive and significant