Exhibition
Spellbound: Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
31 August 2018 – 6 January 2019
#SpellboundExhibition
Reviews, Features, Interviews, & Blog Posts
- M. Jones, ‘Spellbound: Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft at the Ashmolean Museum’, spiral nature magazine (30.1.19)
- M. Corcoran & A. Di Carlo, ‘Spellbound: Magic, Ritual & Witchcraft’, Il Portale Segreto (22.1.19)
- S. Parkes-Nield, ‘Entranced by Spellbound: A personal reflection on The Ashmolean’s recent exhibition’, Doc Rowe Archive & Collections (21.1.19)
- K. Smeyers, ‘Charmed: Into the Spellbound Museum at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford’, The Recipes Project: Food, Magic, Art, Science, and Medicine (8.1.19)
- A. West, ‘Five Things I Learnt From Spellbound’, Alys West (1.1.19)
- A. Alston, ‘Review: Spellbound, Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft‘, Volupté: Interdisciplinary Journal of Decadence Studies 1 (2018): 155–60.
- T. Easton, ‘Symbols: Scores on the Doors’, SPAB (Winter 2018): 52–7.
- ‘A Spellbinding Glimpse into Magic & Superstition’, Great British Ghosts (17.12.18)
- Z. Southcott, ‘Spellbound is the Scariest Show You’ll See This Year’, Underpinned (7.12.18)
- K. Birkwood, ‘Spellbound: Magic, Ritual & Witchcraft, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford’, Museums Journal (1.12.18)
- C. Wood, ‘Spellbound: Magical Thinking in Oxford?’, Quest 196 (December 2018): 23–34.
- ‘The Good, the Bad and the Queen: Damon Albarn finds inspiration in Oxford and Banbury’, Oxford Mail (29.11.18)
- T. Jeffreys, ‘The Return of the Witch in Contemporary Culture’, Frieze (26.11.18)
- ‘Beattie Edmondson at the Ashmolean Museum’, Art Fund: Meet Me at the Museum (22.11.18)
- M. Lahelma, ‘Magic and Witchcraft in Oxford’, Uuden Estijät (18.11.18)
- R. Douglas-Fairhurst, ‘A bewitching history of magic at the Ashmolean’, Apollo (8.11.18)
- ‘The Power of Magic and Superstition within the Chimney Breast’, Jamb (2.11.18)
- N. Swarbrick, ‘Dark and Intriguing: The Challenges of Ashmolean’s Spellbound Exhibition’, Folklore Thursday (1.11.18)
- C. Hodgman, ‘Conjuring up the dead: Helen Duncan and her ectoplasm spirits’, History Extra (31.10.18)
- Feature, BBC South Today (31.10.18)
- ‘Oxford: Spellbound @ The Ashmolean’, Diverting Journeys (31.10.18)
- K. West, ‘War of the witches: women are accused while men claim victim status’, The Conversation (29.10.18)
- I. Edwards-Jones, ‘School for witches left me spellbound’, The Daily Mail (29.10.10)
- H. Black, ‘Witch, Please! The Art of the Occult’, Elephant (29.10.18)
- M. Wakefield, ‘The objects that sound witchiest on paper just look sad: Spellbound reviewed’, The Spectator (29.10.18)
- A. Collinson, ‘Sorcery on display: witch bottles’, Museum of London (29.10.18)
- ‘Exhibition of the week: Spellbound’, The Week (27.10.18)
- A. Heardman, ‘What Modern Witchcraft Means for Art History’, MutualArt (26.10.18)
- K. Phipps, ‘Spellbound: A Thought-Provoking Visit to the Ashmolean’, HMG Law (26.10.18)
- M. Allum, ‘A Magical Exhibition for Halloween’, The Arts Society (25.10.18)
- A. Schoder, ‘Spellbound: Hexen, Einhörner und magische Rituale’, MusErMeKu (24.10.18)
- J. Jakeman, ‘Bones in the walls: A new exhibition exploring magic and belief’, Times Literary Supplement (23.10.18)
- G. Tomlinson, ‘Delightfully creepy: Spellbound at the Ashmolean review’, Cherwell (22.10.18)
- K. Armanasco, ‘Spellbound at the Ashmolean Review – Bewitching’, The Isis (19.10.18)
- L. Marchini, ‘Review – Spellbound’, Current Archaeology (19.10.18)
- ‘Enchantment, Witches and Woodlands’, BBC Radio 3 (18.10.18)
- C. Sweeney, ‘SPELLBOUND Magic, Ritual & Witchcraft’, Oxford Today (16.10.18)
- ‘What Makes Us Superstitious?’, BBC World Service (15.10.18)
- L. Higgs, ‘The Wild History of Poison Rings’, The Daily Beast (13.10.18)
- J. Hill, ‘The witching season is upon us, bringing a new exhibition to Oxford’, The Ocelot (10.10.18)
- S. Stent, ‘Magic in the home: Spellbound Exhibition, Ashmolean Museum’, The Demented Goddess (9.10.18)
- K. Swain, ‘The handed-down Crucible: an inheritance of witches’, The Lancet (8.10.18)
- E. May, ‘Enrol for a History of Magic Lesson’, Culture Calling (5.10.18)
- J. Hampton, ‘The Spellbound exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford’, Courts-Circuits (4.10.18)
- S. Herbert, ‘Ashmolean Museum Spellbound Exhibition – Magic Ritual Witchcraft – A Review’, Beehive Yourself (27.9.18)
- ‘Spellbound: A Review of the Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft Exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford’, The Plummy Brummy (26.9.18)
- B. Ashton-Lelliott, ‘Conference Report: Living in a Magical World: Inner Lives, 1300–1900’, Supernatural Cities: Narrated Geographies and Spectral Histories (26.9.18)
- S. Law, ‘[A]n exclusive tour of the Ashmolean’s Spellbound exhibition’, BBC Radio Oxford (23.9.18)
- S. McLachlan, ‘Magical Tomes and Witch Hunting Manuals at the Ashmolean Museum’, Black Gate: Adventures in Fantasy Literature (19.9.18)
- L. Gascoigne, ‘Magic at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford’, Country Life (19.9.18)
- D. Hyde, ‘Spellbound: Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft’, The Skeptic Magazine (17.9.18)
- K. Hazelton, ‘Exhibition left me Spellbound!’, Witch Krafting with Kat (16.9.18)
- N. Newman, ‘Discovery of Witches – A spellbound experience!’, The Intolerant Gourmand (13.9.18)
- N. Armstrong, ‘Coven ready: from Instagram to TV, why are witches so popular?’, The Observer (15.9.18)
- E. Spicer, ‘Spellbound: Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft’, Studio International (14.9.18)
- ‘A Discovery of Witches on Sky One’, Mummy and the Cuties (13.9.18)
- A. Meier, ‘Ectoplasm and the Last British Woman Tried for Witchcraft’, JSTOR Daily (13.9.18)
- ‘A Spellbound Evening in Oxford with A Discovery of Witches’, Yellow Days (12.9.18)
- E. Day, ‘A Magical Evening at A Discovery of Witches TV Series Launch’, Crazy With Twins (11.9.18)
- ‘A Discovery of Witches and I’ve discovered I’m a vampire!’, Musings of a Tired Mummy (10.9.18)
- ‘Spellbound at A Discovery of Witches Screening!’, Dear Mummy Blog (9.9.18)
- N. D. Innocenti, ‘Amuleti, pozioni e incantesimi La felicità arriva per magia’, Il Sole 24 Ore (9.9.18)
- W. Januszczak, ‘Art review: Spellbound, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford’, The Sunday Times (9.9.18)
- S. Mulholland, ‘Spellbound Exhibition, Ashmolean Museum’, The LDN Gal (9.9.18)
- P. Black, ‘Spellbound’, this is tomorrow (7.9.18)
- C. Gray, ‘I was totally Spellbound by the Ashmolean’s magical exhibition’, Warrington Guardian (6.9.18)
- ‘Ashmolean Explores the History of Magic in Spellbound’, BlouinArtInfo (6.9.18)
- L. Bailey, ‘Spellbound at the Ashmolean Museum: Interview with Theresa Nicholson, Malcolm Gaskill, and Katharine Dowson’, BBC Radio Oxford (5.9.180
- P. Black, ‘Spellbound: Enchanted By Magical Thinking At The Ashmolean Museum’, Artlyst (5.9.18)
- S. Ings, ‘Spellbound at the Ashmolean – why magic makes sense’, Financial Times (4.9.18)
- T. Hughes, ‘World of witchcraft and magic at Ashmolean Museum’s Spellbound show’, Oxford Mail (4.9.18)
- B. Mooney, ‘Chilling new exhibition of bizarre rituals and witchcraft celebrates how even in today’s high-tech world we’re still spellbound by the supernatural’, Daily Mail (4.9.18)
- ‘The Ashmolean’s autumn exhibition explores the history of a fascinating cultural phenomenon: magic’, ArtDaily (4.9.18)
- A. Yeomans, ‘Spellbound at the Ashmolean Museum’, The Friends of the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic (4.9.18)
- S. Smith, ‘What to Book: ‘Spellbound’ at the Ashmolean Museum’, Town & Country (3.9.18)
- M. Hudson, ‘Quirky show about superstition that doesn’t know witch way to go’, The Daily Telegraph (3.9.18)
- H. Judah, ‘How Witchcraft Continues to Cast its Spell on Artists’s Magical Thinking’, Frieze (3.9.18)
- L. Staza, ‘Impressions of Spellbound: Magic, Ritual & Witchcraft’, A Bad Witch’s Blog (2.9.18)
- P. Pullman, ‘The realm of enchantment’, The Guardian (1.9.18)
- J. Hoare, ‘Spellbound: Magic Ritual & Witchcraft revels in its mysteries’, History Answers (31.8.18)
- D. Bennun, ‘A bewitching exhibition of magical thinking: The Ashmolean traces the history of spells and witchcraft, from ancient times to the present day’, The Economist 1843 (31.8.18)
- M. Kennedy, ‘Spellbound in Oxford by the prestige of the Ashmolean museum’, The Guardian (31.8.18)
- R. Campbell-Johnston, ‘Exhibition review: Spellbound – Magic, Ritual & Witchcraft at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford’, The Times (31.8.18)
- A. Nuttall, ‘Very superstitious, ladder’s ’bout to fall…’, Daily Info (31.8.18)
- E. Jackson, ‘Magical manuscripts in the Spellbound exhibition’, British Library Medieval Manuscripts Blog (31.8.18)
- ‘Medieval Wax Votives at Spellbound Exhibition’, Exeter Cathedral (31.8.18)
- T. Rigg, ‘Spellbound: Ashmolean Museum’, Rigg’s Cabinet of Curiosities (30.8.18)
- H. Brown, ‘Hot ticket! The first review *anywhere* of the new Ashmolean exhibition’, Muddy Stilettos (30.8.18)
- S. Laskow, ‘6 Unusual Objects from the Macabre History of Magic’, Atlas Obscura (29.8.18)
- ‘Magic exhibition will keep you Spellbound’, Welwyn Times (29.8.18)
- G. Munn, ‘Pierced hearts, unicorn horns and a bottled witch: Oxford show investigates the history of magic and witchcraft’, The Art Newspaper (27.8.18)
- L. Davies, ‘Spellbound: inside the spookiest exhibition of the year’, The Daily Telegraph (24.8.18)
- L. Williams, ‘Exhibition on magic at the Ashmolean Museum’, The Wild Hunt (23.8.18)
- ‘Spellbound Exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum’, Stanton Williams (17.8.18)
- E. Krohn, ‘Spellbound: Magic, Ritual & Witchcraft’, Sabat Magazine (13.8.18)
- T. Brown, ‘Spellbound: The Ashmolean explores English magic, ritual and belief’, Museum Crush (27.6.18)
- K. Prickett, ‘The shoes hidden in homes to ward off evil’, BBC News (10.12.17)
- M. Cole, ‘Spells that guard my home from WITCHES’, Daily Mail (11.6.17)
Publications
Out Now
Edited Collections
- S. Page & M. Wallace (eds), Spellbound: Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft (Oxford, 2018).
Journal Articles, Book Chapters, & Reviews
- J. Brown, ‘Review of L. Kounine & M. Ostling (eds), Emotions in the History of Witchcraft (London, 2016)’, European History Quarterly 47 (2017): 754–6.
- J. Brown, ‘Approaching Inner Lives: Thinking, Feeling, Believing, 1300–1900’, Bulletin of the Society for Renaissance Studies 34 (2017): 18–19.
- O. Davies & C. Houlbrook, ‘Concealed and Revealed: Magic and Mystery in the Home’, in S. Page & M. Wallace (eds), Spellbound: Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft (Oxford, 2018), pp. 67–96.
- M. Gaskill, ‘The Fear and Loathing of Witches’, in S. Page & M. Wallace (eds), Spellbound: Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft (Oxford, 2018), pp. 97–142.
- M. Gaskill, ‘Little Commonwealths II: Communities’, in K. Wrightson (ed.), A Social History of England, 1500–1750 (London, 2016), pp. 84–104.
- M. Gaskill, ‘Afterword: Passions in Perspective’, in L. Kounine & M. Ostling (eds), Emotions in the History of Witchcraft (London, 2017), pp. 269–79.
- C. Houlbrook & R. Shawcross, ‘Revealing the Ritually Concealed: Custodians, Conservators, and the Concealed Shoe’, Material Religion 14 (2018): 163–82.
- C. Houlbrook, ‘The Concealed Revealed: The ‘Afterlives’ of Apotropaic Deposits’, History Workshop Journal 85 (2018): 195–216.
- C. Houlbrook, ‘The Other Shoe: Fragmentation in the Post-Medieval Home’, Cambridge Archaeological Journal 27 (2017): 261–74.
- C. Houlbrook, ‘The Concealed Revealed Project: From Old Shoes to Desiccated Cats’, Kent Archaeological Society 106 (2017): 12–13.
- S. Page, ‘Medieval Magic Figures: Between Image and Text’, in idem. & C. Rider (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Medieval Magic (London, 2018).
- S. Page, ‘Love in a Time of Demons: Magic and the Medieval Cosmos’, in idem. & M. Wallace (eds), Spellbound: Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft (Oxford, 2018), pp. 19–63.
Forthcoming and In Progress
Monographs
- O. Davies, Tormented by Faith: Insanity and the Supernatural in the Age of the Asylum (2020).
- O. Davies & C. Houlbrook, The Magic under our Roofs: Ritual, Reinvention, and Re-enchantment. Submitting to Palgrave’s Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic in Feb 2019.
- M. Gaskill, The Ruin of All Witches: Death and Desire in an Age of Enchantment. Under contract with Allen Lane (Penguin), submitting in spring 2019.
- S. Page, Idiosyncratic Cosmologies in the Late Middle Ages.
Edited Collections
- J. Brown, C. Houlbrook, & K. Walker-Meikle (eds), Living in a Magial World: Inner Lives, 1300–1900. Submitting to Palgrave’s Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic in autumn 2019.
Journal Articles, Book Chapters, & Reviews
- J. Brown, ‘Inner Lives: or, the History of the Emotions with the Feeling Put Back’, journal article to be submitted to History Workshop Journal.
- J. Brown, ‘‘Drunk with Malice’: Witchcraft and Intoxicants in the Early Modern Atlantic World’, journal article to be submitted to Historical Journal.
- M. Gaskill, ‘Witchcraft, Emotion, and Social Change in Seventeenth-Century New England’, book chapter submitted to J. Brown, C. Houlbrook, & K. Walker-Meikle (eds), Living in a Magical World: Inner Lives, 1300–1900.
- M. Gaskill, ‘Witchcraft and Emotion in Early Modern England’, journal article to be submitted to Past & Present.
- S. Page, ‘A Late Medieval Demonic Invasion of the Heavens’, book chapter in D. Collins (ed.), The Sacred and the Sinister: Studies in Medieval Religion and Magic (forthcoming April 2019).
- S. Page, ‘Animals, Demons and Magic in Late Medieval Europe’, book chapter forthcoming in Paris Magikon Zoon conference proceedings.
- K. Walker-Meikle, ‘Lead Sheet Laminas: A Genre of Late Medieval Medical Charms’, journal article to be submitted to Medical History.
Journalism, Interviews, Podcasts, & Blog Posts
- See also Malcolm, Owen, Ceri, Kathleen, and James‘s posts on our own blog, as well as those from Ceri’s ‘Concealed Revealed’ sub-project!
- M. Gaskill, ‘Plot 6, Row C, Grave 15’, London Review of Books 40 (2018).
- M. Gaskill, ‘Spellbound: Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft’, Fortean Times (November, 2018).
- M. Gaskill, ‘Thirteen Tales of British Witchcraft – From Feeding Demons Shaped Like Dogs to Sex with Satan’, Daily Mirror (25 October 2016).
- M. Gaskill, ‘Social Media Witch-Hunts Are No Different to the Old Kind – Just Bigger’, Guardian (13 October 2016).
- C. Houlbrook, ‘Concealed Revealed’, The Folklore Podcast (15 August 2016).
- C. Houlbrook, ‘From Guard Cats to Shoes Up Chimneys: How to Protect Your Home from Witches, Fairies… and Burglars’, The Conversation (20 July 2016).
- C. Houlbrook, ‘Concealed Fertility Charms’, Perceptions of Pregnancy (25 April 2016).
- S. Page, Interview on ‘CrowdScience: What Makes Us Superstitious?’, BBC World Service (15 October 2018).
- S. Page, Interview on ‘Overnights with Paul Ross’, Talk Radio (13 September 2018).
Research Papers & Public Talks
2018
- 29 November: C. Houlbrook, ‘Hidden in the Home: The Concealed Revealed Roadshow’, Public Talk, The London Fortean Society (London).
- 1 November: M. Gaskill, ‘Emotional Exchanges: Fearing and Loathing Witches in the Early Modern World’, Invited Keynote Lecture, Fear and Loathing in the Earthly City (University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen).
- 31 October: M. Gaskill, ‘Spellbound: The Fear and Loathing of Witches’, Public Talk, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology (Oxford).
- 29 October: J. Brown, ‘The Blood on Satan’s Claw: Historical Introduction’, Public Talk, Hallowed Histories (The Forum, Norwich).
- 25 October: C. Houlbrook, ‘Hidden in the Home: The Concealed Revealed Roadshow’, Public Talk, Walkern History Society (Walkern).
- 19 October: M. Gaskill, ‘How to Discover a Witch in Seventeenth-Century England’, Public Talk, Comberton Village College (Cambridge).
- 3 October: O. Davies & C. Houlbrook, ‘Concealed and Revealed: Enchanting the Home’, Public Talk, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology (Oxford).
- 30 September: S. Page, ‘Magic in History, Magic in Art’, Public Talk, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archeaology (Oxford).
- 19 May: C. Houlbrook, ‘Hidden in the Home: The Concealed Revealed Roadshow’, Public Talk (Lionel Munby Memorial Lecture), Hertfordshire Association for Local History (Hatfield).
- 28 April: C. Houlbrook, ‘A Folklorist Walk into a Bar…’: The Publican as Curator of the Concealed Revealed’, Conference Paper, Folklore Society: Working Life (University of Reading).
- 7 April: O. Davies, ‘Supernatural Beliefs in Nineteenth-Century Asylums’, Invited Keynote Lecture, Open Graves, Open Minds (University of Hertfordshire).
- 28 March: C. Houlbrook, ‘Hidden in the Home: The Concealed Revealed Roadshow’, Public Talk, SMART Archaeology (Manchester).
- 29 January: S. Page, ‘Demons in Heaven: Late Medieval Cosmology and Ritual Magic’, Seminar Paper, Medieval History Seminar, All Souls College (Oxford).
2017
- 5 December: M. Gaskill, ‘Women, Witches and Witch-Trials’, Public Talk (British Library, London).
- 20 November: C. Houlbrook, ‘Hidden in the Home: The Concealed Revealed Roadshow’, Public Talk, Emotional Objects: From Lost Amulets to Found Photographs, Being Human Festival (QMUL, London).
- 17 November: C. Houlbrook, ‘Hidden in the Home: The Concealed Revealed Roadshow’, Public Talk, Being Human Festival (Sherbourne Museum, Dorset).
- 2 November: M. Gaskill, ‘Witchcraft and Melancholy in Early Modern England’, Public Talk, Trinity Hall History Society (Cambridge).
- 31 October: C. Houlbrook, ‘The Concealed Revealed and Research Impact’, Invited Keynote Lecture, Postgraduate Student Conference (University of Hertfordshire).
- 19 October: M. Gaskill, ‘An Embarrassment of Witches: Witchfinder General and The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge’, Public Talk, Hallowed Histories (University of East Anglia).
- 9 October: J. Brown, ‘The Confession of Margaret Moore: Evidence, Emotion, and Empathy in Early Modern English Witch Trials’, Seminar Paper, Early Modern Research Showcase (University of East Anglia).
- 22 September: O. Davies, ‘Shoe Magic’, Conference Paper, The Concealed Revealed: The Magic of Shoes (Northampton Museum).
- 22 September: C. Houlbrook, ‘The Concealed Revealed: Seeking Answers in Northampton Museum’s Index of Concealed Shoes’, Conference Paper, The Concealed Revealed: The Magic of Shoes (Northampton Museum).
- 26 June: J. Brown, ‘The Confession of Margaret Moore: Evidence, Emotion, and Empathy in Early Modern English Witch Trials’, Conference Paper, Senses, Emotions, and the Affective Turn: Recent Perspectives and New Challenges in Cultural History (Umeå University, Sweden).
- 26 June: M. Gaskill, ‘The Emotional Witch: Melancholy, Magic, and Murder in Early Modern England’, Conference Paper, Senses, Emotions, and the Affective Turn: Recent Perspectives and New Challenges in Cultural History (Umeå University, Sweden).
- 26 June: S. Page, ‘Late Medieval Love Magic’, Conference Paper, Senses, Emotions, and the Affective Turn: Recent Perspectives and New Challenges in Cultural History (Umeå University, Sweden).
- 27 June: C. Houlbrook, ‘Concealed Shoes, Concealed Meanings: Historical and Archaeological Approaches to the Post-Medieval Domestic Deposit’, Seminar Paper (Athens Institute for Education and Research).
- 17 June: C. Houlbrook, ‘The Concealed Revealed: Hidden Caches in Fiction, Folklore, and the Everyday’, Public Talk, Blackden Trust (Cheshire).
- 21 March: O. Davies & C. Houlbrook, ‘Emotions, Identity, and the Supernatural: The Concealed Revealed Project’, Public Talk, Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions (QMUL).
- 13 March: M. Gaskill, ‘Witchcraft, Emotion, and Social Change in Seventeenth-Century New England’, Seminar Paper, Trinity Centre for Early Modern History (Trinity College Dublin).
- 10 February: M. Gaskill, ‘Witchfinder General’, Public Talk, Moyse’s Hall Museum (Bury St Edmunds).
2016
- 29 November: S. Page, ‘A Late Medieval Demonic Invasion of Heaven’, Conference Paper, From Pseudo-Bede to Duarte de Sande: Arts and Sciences in East and West (University of Würzburg).
- 20 October: C. Houlbrook, ‘Archaeology in the Attic: Concealed Shoes and Protective Magic’, Public Talk, Friends of Castleshaw Roman Forts (Castleshaw, Greater Manchester).
- 4 October: O. Davies, ‘Researching the Material Culture of Post-Medieval Magic: Challenging Preconceptions and Creating a Crowd-Sourced Virtual Archive’, Conference Paper, Authority, Materiality, and Media (University of Southern Denmark, Odense).
- 19 September: M. Gaskill, ‘Witchfinder General: Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian Witch-Hunt of 1645–7’, Public Talk, Historical Association (Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln).
- 1 September: M. Gaskill, ‘The Emotional Foundations of Seventeenth-Century English America’, Public Talk, U3A (Rayleigh, Essex).
- 12 August: C. Houlbrook, ‘From Old Shoes to Dried Cats: Unravelling the Mystery of the Domestic Deposit’, Conference Paper, Historicising Beliefs (Newcastle University).
- 4 July: K. Walker-Meikle, ‘Swallow a Frog and Avoid Croaking: Ingesting Poisonous Animals in William of Marra’, Conference Paper, International Medieval Congress (University of Leeds).
- 29 June: K. Walker-Meikle, ‘Los placeres y los peligros de las mascotas medievales’, Conference Paper, Els Animals a l’edat Mitjana (Universitat de Lleida, Balaguer).
- 23 June: M. Gaskill, ‘The Demonstration of Witchcraft: Emotion and Proof in Early Modern England’, Conference Paper, Witchcraft and Emotions II: Social Conflict and the Judicial Process (Centre for the History of Emotions, Max Planck Institute).
- 27 May: C. Houlbrook, ‘Concealed Revealed: Hidden Deposits in the Post-Medieval Home’, Conference Paper, Coins, Hoards and Special Deposits (University College London).
- 27 May: C. Houlbrook, ‘A Plague of Padlocks: The Dissemination of Contemporary Deposits’, Conference Paper, Coins, Hoards and Special Deposits (University College London).
- 20 May: M. Gaskill, ‘Silence and Suspicion: Witchcraft in a Seventeenth-Century American Household’, Conference Paper, Supernatural Spaces in the Early Modern World (John Rylands Library, Manchester).
- 2 April: C. Houlbrook, ‘Putting the (Concealed) Shoe on the Other Foot: From Concealer to Finder’, Public Talk, Hidden Charms (Norwich Castle Museum).
- 22 March: C. Houlbrook, ‘The ‘I’ In Magic: Distributed Personhood in the Post-Medieval House’, Conference Paper, Social History Society Conference (Lancaster University).
- 22 March: K. Walker-Meikle, ‘Medieval Rabies: Fear and Animal-Human Boundaries’, Conference Paper, Social History Society Conference (Lancaster University).
2015
- 14 December: C. Houlbrook, ‘If The (Concealed) Shoe Fits: The Logical Pairing of Archaeology and Folklore’, Conference Paper, Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference (University of Bradford).
- 26 November: C. Houlbrook, ‘Archaeology in the Attic: Concealed Shoes and Protective Magic’, Public Talk, Middleton Archaeology Society (Middleton, Greater Manchester).
- 23 November: M. Gaskill, ‘The Personification of Witchcraft: Emotion, Identity and Reality in Early Modern England’, Conference Paper, Witchcraft and Emotions I: Media and Cultural Meanings (Centre for the History of Emotions, University of Melbourne).
Inner Lives 