Johanna Rönspies

Johanna Rönspies serves as a Scientific Associate (Researcher) at the University of Bonn's Faculty of Catholic Theology, Institute of Church History, Chair of Medieval and Modern Church History since August 2024. Previously, she worked as a Research Assistant at the Center for Theological Gender Research (January 2023–July 2024) while concurrently teaching Catholic Religious Education at Amos-Comenius-Gymnasium Bonn (January 2023–August 2024). Her career includes advisory roles at the Secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference (August 2020–December 2022) and earlier research assistant positions at the University of Bonn.

She is pursuing doctoral studies in Catholic Theology at the University of Bonn since 2022, building on a Master of Education (2017–2020) and Bachelor of Arts (2014–2017) in teaching German and Catholic religious education for grammar schools. Her academic foundation includes secondary education at Gymnasium Lechenich (graduated 2013).

Rönspies' research critically examines the Catholic Church during National Socialism, soldier motivation, resistance networks, and 20th-century gender dynamics through the lens of Women's and Gender History, with particular attention to the Second Vatican Council's impact. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges church history, socio-political analysis, and gender studies.

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Her institutional affiliations center on the University of Bonn's Institute of Church History and Center for Theological Gender Research, where she contributes to research projects exploring modern church history and theological gender studies within structured academic teams.