Tomorrow is Halloween 👻 It's also the online Spooky Conference!

What a brilliant first paper to kick off this years' Spooky Conference! Caitlin Starkey (Uni of Liverpool) discussed deathbed performance in witch trials

A brilliant first panel on new perspectives on witchcraft, covering many topics from emotions, to vampire-witches, to confessions! Many thanks to our speakers Caitlin Starkey and Alexandra Sonu, and everyone for asking great questions. We'll be back after a short tea break

As we prepare to go trick or treating, or perform our ancient rites (no judgement here), let's celebrate all the times Abercromby Scare served goth so spookily. #Halloween

Happy Halloween! Really enjoyed presenting a paper today, thanks to Holly B 🌈 Elizabeth M Wilkinson for organising a great day! 🧙‍♀️🐈‍⬛🤎

YES YES YES! Witches taking over #RSA2025 , thank you The Renaissance Society of America . Is it too early to start with the Dropkick Murphys “I’m shipping up to Boston” jokes Holly B 🌈 Aaron Larsen ?

Super excited to announce I will be presenting a paper in Boston at the #RSA2025 conference The Renaissance Society of America on a panel with Holly B 🌈 toujoursbizarre Aaron Larsen A trip to Salem is finally on the cards🧙‍♀️

One week to go, and the topic of our annual lecture couldn’t be more pertinent.

✨ Excellent series on National Geographic - Witches: Truth Behind the Trials. You can watch all episodes now, depending on location. I’m really proud of working on this carefully researched show and what a great cast of historians! natgeotv.com/uk/shows/natge…

In the third of Not Just the Tudors' special series on witchcraft, Suzannah Lipscomb and Malcolm Gaskill look at the dangerous exploits of Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins, who hunted down vulnerable people across East Anglia between 1645 and 1647: podfollow.com/not-just-the-t…

In the third of Not Just the Tudors' special series on witchcraft, Suzannah Lipscomb and Malcolm Gaskill look at the dangerous exploits of Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins, who hunted down vulnerable people across East Anglia between 1645 and 1647: eu1.hubs.ly/H0dFCTH0

Today at 3pm! There's still time to sign up online: ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/liver…

Reminder that out next session is TODAY at 5pm on Gender in Early Modern England - We're thrilled to welcome three speakers! Get in touch if you would like the Zoom link to join virtually.

Today at 5pm I will be presenting a paper on constructing identity in early modern witch trial executions. Join us if you can for what promises to be a great workshop and panel! Cambridge Workshop for the Early Modern Period

In Boston for The Renaissance Society of America conference. We’ll be discussing “What’s Next for Witchcraft Studies?” in history, literature, society (Tremont room, Marriott, 11am) Come along! I’m grateful to The Leverhulme Trust for my trip and supporting humanities studies 🩵

Day 1 in Boston for this year’s The Renaissance Society of America conference. So grateful to be presenting and attending! I am presenting my paper tomorrow morning on performance and emotions in witchcraft pamphlets.

Finally visited Salem and went on a poignant tour which included the memorial for the men and women who were executed. “I am wholly innocent of such wickedness.” Brave men and women who resisted the identity of the witch to the end.

Welcome back to #RenSA25! Please check your email for the Friday, March 21 conference newsletter. Here's the full schedule for today ➡️ ow.ly/qREe50VlXSx #RenTwitter #earlymodern The Renaissance Society of America