Winter Quarter 2027
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HUM 013 Witches: Myth & Historical Reality | Elisabeth Krimmer
This course focuses on four aspects of witches/witchcraft in order to examine the historical construction of the witch in the context of the social realities of the women and men labeled as witches. The five areas covered are: European pagan religions and the spread of Christianity; the “Burning Times” in early modern Europe, with an emphasis on the German situation; 17th-century New England and the Salem witch trials; fairy tales; Wicca. The goal of the course is to sensitize students to the ways in which our perception of reality is a product of social construction and to highlight mechanisms of scapegoating during times of crisis, including climate disasters, epidemics, and social, economic, and political change.
General Education: AH, WC, WE
