Hjördis Bohse

Hjördis Bohse serves as a Scientific Associate at the Department of Early Modern History within the Historical Seminar at the University of Osnabrück since September 2023. Her position involves both research and teaching responsibilities within the German academic system.

Bohse completed her Master of Education in History/English at the University of Osnabrück between October 2020 and January 2023, following a two-subject Bachelor's degree in History/English from the same institution from October 2017 to December 2020. She also completed an international semester at the University of Hull in England from January to March 2020.

Her research focuses on criminal law and crime history, gender history, and the regional history of Emsland and East Frisia. Currently, she is working on her doctoral project titled 'Die Kategorie Geschlecht als mehrfach relationale Kategorie in Gerichtsprozessen der Grafschaft bzw. des Fürstentums Ostfriesland (1643-1744)' which examines gender as a relational category in court proceedings in the County/Principality of East Frisia.

Her scholarly work demonstrates a strong emphasis on how gender intersects with legal frameworks in early modern regional contexts, particularly examining non-traditional relationship structures within historical Northwest German coastal regions. Her upcoming publication analyzes non-marital cohabitation as alternative life plans in Oldenburg and East Frisian regions during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Bohse teaches courses including 'Unruhen, Aufstände, Klagen' (current semester), 'Normierung am Hof. Hofordnung und Zeremoniell' (Winter semester 2024/25), and '(Über-)Leben und Sterben – Der Dreißigjährige Krieg' (Summer semester 2024), reflecting her expertise in early modern social and legal history.