Johanna Jebe

Johanna Jebe is a researcher at the University of Tübingen's Department of History, specializing in medieval history. She has held positions including:

• Academic Assistant (Post-Doc) at the Seminar for Medieval History since 2022
• Academic Assistant at Prof. Steffen Patzold's chair (2017-2022)
• Doctoral Fellow at Graduate College 1662 (2014-2017)

Research Focus: Analysis of Carolingian-era monastic manuscripts from St. Gallen and Fulda, examining knowledge organization, religious practices, and reform discourses. Her work challenges centralized narratives of monastic reform by emphasizing local manuscript traditions.

Publications & Projects: Has published extensively on medieval libraries, monastic rules, and Carolingian knowledge systems. Created digital editions of medieval exorcisms and charms and contributed to the Tübingen History smartphone app.

Awards: Received the Walter Witzemann Prize (2023), Dr. Leopold Lucas Young Researcher Award (2023), and Josef Leinweber Prize (2024).

Education: Completed Magistra Artium in Modern/Contemporary History, Medieval History, and Protestant Theology (2014), with studies at Università di Bologna and a doctoral thesis on Carolingian monastic writing practices.