Jenny Jochens
Jenny Jochens (born Copenhagen 1928, died 7 July 2025) was a Danish medievalist, noted for her work in women's history.[1][2]
Life and career
[edit]Jochens studied medieval history at the University of Copenhagen, specialising in French history and spending time researching in Paris.[2][3] While in Paris, she met the American medieval historian John W. Baldwin, and married him, following him to the USA when he gained a post at Johns Hopkins University.[2][3][4]: 450 She found work at the nearby Towson University, where she taught history for nearly thirty years, and was one of the founders of one of the USA's first women's studies programs.[2][3] In 1997–1999, Jochens was president of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies. On retirement, she became professor emerita.[3] Dividing her time between living in Baltimore and in Paris, she also "provided unique expertise and support to rising French scholars of medieval Scandinavia".[4]: 451
Jochens and Baldwin had four children, raised bilingual in English and Danish; according to Michael McCormick, they were "accomplished in the fields of modern European history (Peter Baldwin, UCLA); biology (Ian T. Baldwin, Director, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology); information technology (Christopher Baldwin); and, incipiently, comparative literature. Their gifted daughter, Birgit Baldwin, was completing a dissertation in that field at Yale when she was killed by a drunk driver in 1988".[4]: 450 Jochens and her family established a number of academic grants in Birgit's memory: the Birgit Baldwin Fellowship in French Medieval History,[5] Birgit Baldwin Fellowship in Scandinavian Studies,[6] and Birgit Baldwin Professorship at Yale University.[7]
Works
[edit]Jochens's main works were:
- Jochens, Jenny (1996). Old Norse images of women. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania press. ISBN 978-0-8122-3358-2.
- Jochens, Jenny (1995). Women in Old Norse society. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-5595-7.
- Florschuetz, Thomas; Schreier, Christoph; Gisbourne, Mark; Fioretos, Aris (2004). Are you talking to me? =: Sprichst du mit mir?. Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn (1. Aufl ed.). Göttingen: Steidl. ISBN 978-3-86521-006-7.
References
[edit]- ^ "Jenny Jochens, former professor of history at Towson University, dies". Baltimore Sun. 2025-07-13. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
- ^ a b c d "JENNY JOCHENS Obituary (2025) - New York, NY - New York Times". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
- ^ a b c d "Jenny Jochens, historian of medieval women | Medieval Baltimore". Retrieved 2025-07-14.
- ^ a b c McCormick, Michael. "John W. Baldwin, 13 July 1929. 8 February 2015" (PDF). Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 160 (4): 450–55.
- ^ "Birgit Baldwin Fellowship - The Medieval Academy of America". www.medievalacademy.org. Archived from the original on 2025-03-08. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
- ^ "Baldwin Fellowship – Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study". Retrieved 2025-07-15.
- ^ "Anders Winroth named the Birgit Baldwin Professor of History | Department of History". history.yale.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-15.