One of the world's foremost experts on the legal aspects of witch hunting, Brian Levack, will speak on "Women and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe" on Monday, Nov. 2, at 7:30 p.m., in the Science Center Kennedy Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
Levack, the John E. Greene Regents Professor of History at the University of Texas, researches the history of witch hunting in early modern Europe and colonial America. He received his doctorate from Yale in 1970. He is the author of Scottish Witch Hunting: Law, Politics and Religion, The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe and The Witchcraft Sourcebook. His awards include the Academy of Distinguished Teachers and President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award.
Levack, the John E. Greene Regents Professor of History at the University of Texas, researches the history of witch hunting in early modern Europe and colonial America. He received his doctorate from Yale in 1970. He is the author of Scottish Witch Hunting: Law, Politics and Religion, The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe and The Witchcraft Sourcebook. His awards include the Academy of Distinguished Teachers and President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award.
