by Talking Humanities | Feb 27, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Research & Resources
Dr Roy Booth, senior lecturer in the English department at Royal Holloway University of London, recalls a recent visit to Senate House Library where he and his students took part in a special session looking at early printed books on witchcraft held in the Harry Price Library of Magical Literature.
by Talking Humanities | Dec 5, 2017 | History & Classics, Interviews, Music
Kepler’s Trial, an opera based on The Astronomer and the Witch by Professor Ulinka Rublack, tells the extraordinary story of Katharina Kepler (1546–1622), whose celebrated astronomer son, Johannes, defended her against accusations of witchcraft. It is the culmination...