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
Gerda Henkel Stiftung [
de] funded project to edit the letters of the nuns from
Lüne (together with
Eva Schlotheuber), and the edition of
prayer books of the
Medingen Convent.
Lähnemann's major topic is the engagement with the
Reformation and
printing. She brought a new linguistic and interdisciplinary angle to Reformation Studies in Oxford, completing the team of experts -
Lyndal Roper and
Diarmaid MacCulloch being counted among them. As part of the Translating, Printing, Singing the Reformation project a website[8] providing access to digitized Reformation pamphlets was launched, as well as a blog[9] and podcast[10] documenting the most recent activities of the Reformation team. Furthermore, book printing workshops[11] and new productions of key scenes from the Reformation[12] took place. The political relevance of the project becomes evident in the combination of Reformation and anti-
Brexit ideas,[13][14] but especially in the use of Reformation pamphlets for a protest-Hallelujah[15][16] in the context of civil resistance in
Hong Kong.
The author
Angelika Overath dedicated her novel Sie dreht sich um[17] to Lähnemann.
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. [ed.]: Martin Luther. Sermon von Ablass und Gnade (Treasures of the Taylorian. Series One: Reformation Pamphlets 2) 2018[18]
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. [ed.]: Martin Luther, Sendbrief vom Dolmetschen (Treasures of the Taylorian. Series One: Reformation Pamphlets 1), 2017.[19]
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.