by the Past & Present editorial team
Oxford University Press who are Past & Present’s publisher, recently assembled a virtual issue on the “History of Witchcraft”.
They have chosen a selection of three articles from back issues of Past & Present, many of them very recent, to include in the collection. The articles included are:
- “Enchantment in an Age of Reform: Fortune-Telling Fever in Post-Mao China, 1980s–1990s”, by Emily Baum (University of California, Irvine) published in Past & Present No. 251 (May 2021)
- “Irish Cursing and the Art of Magic, 1750–2018”, by Thomas Waters (Imperial College London) published in Past & Present No. 247 (May 2020)
- “Witchcraft and the State: Cameroon and South Africa: Ambiguities of ‘Reality’ and ‘Superstition’” by Peter Geschiere, published in Past & Present No. 199 (August 2008)
All articles are currently free to read. Our congradulations to the authors on their work being recognised in this way.
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