Folkloric and fictional witches
Short course: Witchcraft, Werewolves and Magic in European History
Event Type: HA
Takes Place: 3rd December 2024
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Online
Description: Witches and witch-hunts are still with us. In this final lecture session, we bring the course up to the present by looking at folkloric and fictional witches, and how historians’ representations of the early modern witch-hunt have changed over time. Witchcraft has been a staple of European folklore studies since the nineteenth century. Plays, novels, films and television series are full of witch characters. In this session, we will examine how and why folkloric and fictional witches are represented in particular ways.
How to book: This event is part of our short course: Witchcraft, Werewolves and Magic in European History. Register for the short course via the link below.
Price: The course is free for members, £37 for non-members.
Lecturer: Jan Machielsen, Juliette Wood