Women’s working conditions increased the odds of them being suspected as witches, according to a new analysis of an English astrologer’s case files...
The Enawenê-nawê people of the Amazon rainforest make beautifully engineered fishing dams. Living alongside this indigenous community, Dr Chloe Nahum...
Natalie Lawrence (Department of History and Philosophy of Science) discusses the history of monsters, and what they say about the people who invent...
Tracing popular beliefs from medieval to early modern times is highlighting the durability of debates about the dead.