Johanna Luthman, Ph.D.
Area(s) of Expertise: British Tudor and Stuart history (1500s and 1600s), gender history, history of love, sex, and marriage
Overview
Dr. Luthman teaches survey courses, as well as upper level courses in medieval and early modern European history. Her own area of research and publication consist of Tudor and Stuart England, especially Elizabethan and early Stuart history (late 1500s and early 1600s). She has worked at UNG since 2007.
Courses Taught
- HIST 1111, HIST 1112: World History Surveys I and II
- HIST 2200, 2201: Western History Surveys
- HIST 3201: Introduction to the History Love, Sex, and Marriage in the Western World
- HIST 3214/6214: The Viking Age
- HIST 3215: Medieval Europe
- HIST 3220: Renaissance and Reformation
- HIST 3254: Tudor England
- HIST 3255: Stuart England
- HIST 4225: Seminar in Early Modern History
Education
- Ph.D., History, Emory University, 2004
- M.S., History, Georgia State University, 1999
- B.A., History, Georgia State University, 1997
Research/Special Interests
My research focuses on the Tudor and Stuart period in English history (1500-1600s), and specifically on issues of love, sex, and marriage.
Publications
Johanna Luthman. Family and Feuding at the Court of James I: The Lake and Cecil Scandals.
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, Dec. 2023.
Johanna Luthman. "Mary Tudor, the First Sovereign Queen of England: The Politics of Blood, Law, Gender, and Religion in the 1500s." In Martin Gutmann ed., Historians on Leadership and Strategy: Case Studies from Antiquities to Modernity. Springer, 2019, p. 195-213.
Johanna Luthman. Love, Madness and Scandal: The Life of Frances Coke Villiers, Viscountess Purbeck. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, May 2017.
Johanna Rickman. “'He Would Never Consent in his Heart': Child Marriages in Early Modern England.” Journal of the History of Children and Youth Spring 2013, v. 6: 293 - 313.
Johanna Rickman. Love, Lust and License in Early Modern England: Illicit Sex and the Nobility. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing, 2008.
Work Experience
UNG Gainesville 2013-present
UNG Oconee 2007-present
Georgia State University 2006-2007
Kennesaw State University 2004-2006
Emory University 2004-2006