Hanne Østhus
About
I am working as associate professor in early modern history at the Department of Historical and Classical Studies. Currently, I am researching enslavement and relations of work in seventeenth and eighteenth century Denmark-Norway. I teach several courses on BA and MA levels in history, as well as supervise BA and MA thesis in history.
Interests:
- The early modern period
- Work through history
- Global connections
- Enslavement
- Trade and consumption
- Gender
Competencies
Publications
2023
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Andersen, Nina Trige;
Kristjánsdóttir, Ragnheiður;
Neunsinger, Silke;
Pesonen, Pete;
Vilhelmsson, Vilhelm;
Østhus, Hanne.
(2023)
Longer, broader, deeper, and more personal–the renewal of labour history in the Nordic countries.
Scandinavian Economic History Review
Academic article
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2023)
The Servant, The Law and the State: Servant Law in Denmark-Norway, c. 1600-1800.
Boydell & Brewer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Østhus, Hanne;
Vilhelmsson, Vilhelm;
Heinsen, Johan.
(2023)
Labour and coercion in the Nordic region in the early modern period: connections, ambiguities, practices.
Scandinavian Journal of History
Academic article
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2023)
The case of Adam Jacobsen. Enslavement in eighteenth-century Norway.
Scandinavian Journal of History
Academic article
2021
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2021)
Stockholms tjenestefolk. Paul Borenberg: Tjänstefolk. Vardagsliv i underordning. Stockholm 1600-1635.
Historisk tidskrift (Sverige)
Book review
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Østhus, Hanne;
Simek, Rudolf;
Toplak, Matthias.
(2021)
Viking-Age Slavery.
Verlag Fassbaender
Foreword
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2021)
Jonas Lindström (red.): Fantastiska verb. Hur man fångar uppgifter om kön och arbete, Västmanland 1720–1880.
Heimen - Lokal og regional historie
Book review
2020
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2020)
Alessandro Stanziani: Labor on the Fringes of Empire. Voice, Exit and the Law.
Sehepunkte
Book review
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2020)
Servants in the early-modern Nordic countries.
Worlds of related coercions in work
Popular scientific article
2018
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2018)
Slaver og ikke-europeiske tjenestefolk i Danmark og Norge på 1700- og begynnelsen av 1800-tallet.
Arbeiderhistorie
Academic article
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2018)
Were all servants women? Reflections on the use of gender in research on domestic service.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2017
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2017)
Tvunget til tjeneste? Tjenesteplikten i Danmark-Norge på 1700-tallet og begynnelsen av 1800-tallet.
Arbetarhistoria
Academic article
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2017)
Servants in rural Norway, ca. 1650-1800.
Boydell & Brewer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2017)
It's the economy, stupid! Undervisningsspill om trelasthandelen.
Historikeren
Popular scientific article
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2017)
Blogg: 100 år siden Danmark solgte De vestindiske øyer.
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Historieblogg.no
Popular scientific article
2016
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Østhus, Hanne;
Spring, Ulrike.
(2016)
Digging into Downstairs: Exhibiting Domestic Service.
Museum & Society
Academic article
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Spring, Ulrike;
Østhus, Hanne.
(2016)
Blogg: Vestlandsk identitet – hva er det?.
Krohnargument.no
Popular scientific article
2015
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2015)
Blogg: Grådige tjenere, eller mat&moral.
Krohnargument.no
Popular scientific article
2014
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2014)
Blogg: To tjenere, et overfall og en svensk-norsk konflikt i Christiania i 1815.
www.historieblogg.no
Popular scientific article
2013
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2013)
Contested authority. Master and servant in Copenhagen and Christiania, 1750-1850.
European University Institute
Doctoral dissertation
2011
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2011)
“Maria Ågren: Domestic Secrets. Women & Property in Sweden, 1600-1857”.
European Review of History
Book review
2008
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2008)
“Arbeid, underordning og selvstendighet. Livet som tjener i 1700-tallets Christiania”.
Byminner
Popular scientific article
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2008)
“Konflikt i husholdet. Arbeidsrettssaker på 1700-tallet”.
Arkivmagasinet
Popular scientific article
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2008)
“‘Hun formente sig lige goed, med dem hun tiente.’ Arbeidsrettssaker på 1700-tallet”.
Fortid
Popular scientific article
2006
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2006)
”Lov og urett i de tusen hjem”.
Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.)
Feature article
Journal publications
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Andersen, Nina Trige;
Kristjánsdóttir, Ragnheiður;
Neunsinger, Silke;
Pesonen, Pete;
Vilhelmsson, Vilhelm;
Østhus, Hanne.
(2023)
Longer, broader, deeper, and more personal–the renewal of labour history in the Nordic countries.
Scandinavian Economic History Review
Academic article
-
Østhus, Hanne;
Vilhelmsson, Vilhelm;
Heinsen, Johan.
(2023)
Labour and coercion in the Nordic region in the early modern period: connections, ambiguities, practices.
Scandinavian Journal of History
Academic article
-
Østhus, Hanne.
(2023)
The case of Adam Jacobsen. Enslavement in eighteenth-century Norway.
Scandinavian Journal of History
Academic article
-
Østhus, Hanne.
(2021)
Stockholms tjenestefolk. Paul Borenberg: Tjänstefolk. Vardagsliv i underordning. Stockholm 1600-1635.
Historisk tidskrift (Sverige)
Book review
-
Østhus, Hanne.
(2021)
Jonas Lindström (red.): Fantastiska verb. Hur man fångar uppgifter om kön och arbete, Västmanland 1720–1880.
Heimen - Lokal og regional historie
Book review
-
Østhus, Hanne.
(2020)
Alessandro Stanziani: Labor on the Fringes of Empire. Voice, Exit and the Law.
Sehepunkte
Book review
-
Østhus, Hanne.
(2020)
Servants in the early-modern Nordic countries.
Worlds of related coercions in work
Popular scientific article
-
Østhus, Hanne.
(2018)
Slaver og ikke-europeiske tjenestefolk i Danmark og Norge på 1700- og begynnelsen av 1800-tallet.
Arbeiderhistorie
Academic article
-
Østhus, Hanne.
(2017)
Tvunget til tjeneste? Tjenesteplikten i Danmark-Norge på 1700-tallet og begynnelsen av 1800-tallet.
Arbetarhistoria
Academic article
-
Østhus, Hanne.
(2017)
It's the economy, stupid! Undervisningsspill om trelasthandelen.
Historikeren
Popular scientific article
-
Østhus, Hanne.
(2017)
Blogg: 100 år siden Danmark solgte De vestindiske øyer.
.
Historieblogg.no
Popular scientific article
-
Østhus, Hanne;
Spring, Ulrike.
(2016)
Digging into Downstairs: Exhibiting Domestic Service.
Museum & Society
Academic article
-
Spring, Ulrike;
Østhus, Hanne.
(2016)
Blogg: Vestlandsk identitet – hva er det?.
Krohnargument.no
Popular scientific article
-
Østhus, Hanne.
(2015)
Blogg: Grådige tjenere, eller mat&moral.
Krohnargument.no
Popular scientific article
-
Østhus, Hanne.
(2014)
Blogg: To tjenere, et overfall og en svensk-norsk konflikt i Christiania i 1815.
www.historieblogg.no
Popular scientific article
-
Østhus, Hanne.
(2011)
“Maria Ågren: Domestic Secrets. Women & Property in Sweden, 1600-1857”.
European Review of History
Book review
-
Østhus, Hanne.
(2008)
“Arbeid, underordning og selvstendighet. Livet som tjener i 1700-tallets Christiania”.
Byminner
Popular scientific article
-
Østhus, Hanne.
(2008)
“Konflikt i husholdet. Arbeidsrettssaker på 1700-tallet”.
Arkivmagasinet
Popular scientific article
-
Østhus, Hanne.
(2008)
“‘Hun formente sig lige goed, med dem hun tiente.’ Arbeidsrettssaker på 1700-tallet”.
Fortid
Popular scientific article
-
Østhus, Hanne.
(2006)
”Lov og urett i de tusen hjem”.
Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.)
Feature article
Part of book/report
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Østhus, Hanne.
(2023)
The Servant, The Law and the State: Servant Law in Denmark-Norway, c. 1600-1800.
Boydell & Brewer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Østhus, Hanne;
Simek, Rudolf;
Toplak, Matthias.
(2021)
Viking-Age Slavery.
Verlag Fassbaender
Foreword
-
Østhus, Hanne.
(2018)
Were all servants women? Reflections on the use of gender in research on domestic service.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Østhus, Hanne.
(2017)
Servants in rural Norway, ca. 1650-1800.
Boydell & Brewer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
-
Østhus, Hanne.
(2013)
Contested authority. Master and servant in Copenhagen and Christiania, 1750-1850.
European University Institute
Doctoral dissertation
Teaching
Courses
Media
2022
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2022) Men at work! Male servants in eighteenth-century Denmark-Norway. Nordisk Historikermøte , Göteborg 2022-08-08 - 2022-08-10
2021
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2021) Slaves and servants in Eighteenth-Century Denmark-Norway. Trafficked people in European households. ENIUGH European Congress of World and Global History , Turku 2021-06-16 - 2021-06-16
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2021) Hesitant household members? Servants in early modern Denmark-Norway. Århus universitet Nordic Variations of Protestant Governance , Århus 2021-12-02 - 2021-12-02
2020
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InterviewØsthus, Hanne. (2020) Intervjuet på NRK P1+ “Holm”. NRK NRK [Radio] 2020-12-15
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InterviewØsthus, Hanne. (2020) Intervjuet i Studio 2, P2. NRK NRK [Radio] 2020-08-27
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Popular scientific lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2020) Tjenestefolk og tyveri på 1700-tallet. Rettsssaker i Rådhusgata 7. Tidvis Offentlig foredrag , Rådhusgata 7 2020-08-27 - 2020-08-27
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2020) Free or slave in Europe? Denmark-Norway in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Radboud University Nijmegen Life after Slavery: Setting the Research Agenda of Slave Histories in the Global Era, 1750-1900 , Nijmegen 2020-12-07 - 2020-12-08
2019
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2019) Servant or Slave? Black Slaves in Eighteenth-Century Denmark-Norway. ELHN 3nd European Labour History Network Conference , Amsterdam 2019-09-19 - 2019-09-19
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2019) Slavery and service in the household. The example of non-European servants and slaves in eighteenth-century Denmark-Norway. University of Tel Aviv What is Global about Global Enslavement? , Tel Aviv 2019-12-29 - 2019-12-30
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Popular scientific lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2019) Tjenestefolk og arbeidsrettssaker på 1700- og 1800-tallet. Deutsch-Norwegische Gemeinschaft Offentlig foredrag , Bonn 2019-12-03 - 2019-12-03
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2019) Servant law and its use in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Denmark-Norway. EURHO EURHO Rural History 2019 , Paris 2019-09-11 - 2019-09-11
2018
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2018) Servant law in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Denmark-Norway. University of Ghent og Comparative Rural History Network Service and Labour Legislation in Europe, 13th to 19th Centuries , Ghent 2018-06-19 - 2018-06-19
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2018) Uses of the Past: How Terms and Notions from the Middle Ages Were Used in Eighteenth Century Debates on Freedom. Universität Bonn Slaves, Serfs and Free Labor in Medieval Northern Europe , Bonn 2018-10-25 - 2018-10-26
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2018) Perspectives from free/unfree labour and gender history. The example of service and slavery in eighteenth-century Denmark-Norway. Nordic Women's and Gender History Conference Nordic Women's and Gender History Conference - Kvinnhist 2018 , Oulo 2018-06-08 - 2018-06-08
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2018) Forced into farm service? Compulsory service in Norway in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. ESSHC og University of Belfast European Social Science History Conference , Belfast 2018-04-05 - 2018-04-05
2017
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2017) Tjeneste og tvang. Tjenestefolk i Norge på 1700-talle. Ekonomisk-historiska mötet Tolfte Ekonomisk-historiska mötet , Stockholm 2017-10-12 - 2017-10-12
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2017) Slaves and servants. Domestics transported from the colonies to Denmark-Norway in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Universität Bremen Negotiation Status and Scope of Action. Interrelations between Slavery and Other Forms of Dependency in Early Modern Europe , Bremen 2017-06-15 - 2017-06-18
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2017) Masters and servants in eighteenth-century Denmark-Norway. Nordisk historikerkongress og Aalborg Universitet 29th Congress of Nordic historians , Aalborg 2017-08-16 - 2017-08-16
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2017) Living with your employer. Domestic service and coercion in eighteenth-century Denmark-Norway. ELHN 2nd European Labour History Network Conference , Paris 2017-11-02 - 2017-11-04
2016
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2016) Freedom and work. Slaves and domestic servants in eighteenth-century Denmark-Norway. XIV Nordic Labour History Conference 2016 , Reykjavik 2016-11-28 - 2016-11-30
2015
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Popular scientific lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2015) Presentasjon av doktorgradsavhandling på bokkafé på bibliotetek på HiSF. Biblioteket, HiSF Bokkafé , Sogndal 2015-03-26 -
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2015) Are servants always women? Reflections on the use of "gender" in research on domestic service. Stockholms universitet XI Nordiska Kvinno- och Genushistorikermötet 2015 , Stockholm 2015-08-19 - 2015-08-21
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2015) Rural servants in pre-industrial Denmark-Norway. A comparison. University of Girona Rural History 2015 , Girona 2015-09-07 - 2015-09-10
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Popular scientific lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2015) Grådige tjenere, eller mat & moral. Høgskulen i Sogn og Fjordane Forskningsdagene ved HiSF , Sogndal 2015-09-23 -
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2015) Domestic service and consumption. A study of eigtheenth-century Denmark-Norway. MIRA Group Spices and Stockings-Cultures of Consumption in the periphery, 1600-1850 , Uppsala Universitet 2015-06-12 - 2015-06-14
2014
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Popular scientific lectureSpring, Ulrike; Østhus, Hanne. (2014) Hvordan gjøre de usynlige synlige? Tjenestefolk, historien om 1814 og det nyrestaurerte Eidsvoll. Forskningsdagane i Sogndal , Sogndal 2014-09-24 - 2014-09-24
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LectureØsthus, Hanne. (2014) Philip Roths "The Plot Against America". Høgskulen i Sogn og Fjordane Forskningsdagane i Sogndal , Sogndal 2014-09-24 - 2014-09-24
2012
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2012) “The Authority of the Mistress- Mistress-servant relations in Copenhagen and Christiania in the late eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century”. Universitetet i Bergen Den 10. nordiske kjønnshistorikerkonferansen , Bergen 2012-08-09 - 2012-08-12
2011
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2011) “Working youth in the eighteenth-century. Apprentices and apprenticeship in Copenhagen and Christiania". Universitetet i Tromsø Det 27.nordiske historikermøtet , Tromsø 2011-08-11 - 2011-08-14
2007
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Academic lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2007) “Conflicts in the Workplace: Female Servants in Court, 1776-1795". Uppsala Universitet Gender and Work in Early Modern Europe , Uppsala 2007-12-11 - 2007-12-13
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Popular scientific lectureØsthus, Hanne. (2007) “Da Anne Christiansdatter saksøkte Peter Petersen. Arbeidsrettssaker på 1700-tallet”. Riksarkivet Arkivdagen 2007 , Riksarkivet 2007-11-10 - 2007-11-10