Jonathan Durrant

Historian of witchcraft, gender, the Tudor myth.

[Jonathan Durrant @jbdurrant]

🎃Some reading for Halloween / Samhain / Nos Galan Gaeaf:

Five witchcraft myths debunked by an expert https://t.co/C6tZ8q1gyb via @ConversationUK

@USWHistory @USWResearch #Halloween #NosGalanGaeaf #witchcraft

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@DrFrancisYoung History as politics? I became a gender historian for precisely that reason. History as a discipline can show us alternative possible worlds, provide a foundation for political movements and agendas, and ensure that we can hold authority to account.

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@witchesetc Congratulations, Marion! I'm looking forward to reading it.

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@DrJanMachielsen I've been working on witches and mountains, too. There's Praetorius. Goethe describes the mysteries of the Brocken; in Manfred, Byron, drawing on Faust, has the Witch of the Alps. HTR probably drew on that romantic tradition. That's all perhaps too late, though.

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@laurakounine I meant scaling back on anything that doesn't allow you to be family-focused! Obvs.

[Jonathan Durrant @jbdurrant]

@laurakounine A great partner, perseverence, supportive colleagues and scaling back on anything that allows you to be family-focused. That's why I didn't write much for the last two decades. Now the youngest is 17, I'm up working at gone midnight!

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@odavies9 They aren't common in European trials, only in European theological discourse about witchcraft. There was a huge gap between what demonologists said and what witches tended to confess (notable examples notwithstanding).

[Jonathan Durrant @jbdurrant]

This week, my second-year students will be discussing the problems of commemorating 1517 in Germany, beginning with the Playmobil Martin Luther. #martinluther #playmobil #germanreformation #wittenberg #deutschereformation #uswhistory

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Good summary of sound Labour policy on crime.

[Will Meakin-Durrant @wmeakindurrant]

"Safe communities are strong communities" - @YvetteCooperMP visited @SharonStevenage in Shephall to talk about Labour's plans to tackle crime and disorder #Stevenage

https://t.co/b3noPYO8LL

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I'll be talking about our long-standing work-based learning module @USWHistory at this Saturday's @history_uk online workshop. The success is down to support from @USWCELT and @USWcareers. If you're interested, please register.

[History UK @history_uk]

Registration is open for our 'Assessment in History' event on Saturday 8 October (online). Panels include: A Level History assessment, creative assessment, skills and employability, and digital skills.

Full details here: https://t.co/KXSW0mzrlr

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@Witchy_Nat @UonHistory @Midlands4Cities Congratulations. Let us know when you've passed and deposited the thesis - I'd love to read it.

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@odavies9 If you add in all the overlapping jurisdictions, you're probably nearer a thousand. There were 16 in Eichstatt alone covering a population of probably 8000 people.

[Jonathan Durrant @jbdurrant]

Very proud: https://t.co/rAvdsp6PqB Thanks to the youth team @WNOtweet. Looking forward to Judith Weir's The Black Spider @theCentre this weekend.

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@malcolmgaskill Fantastic news Malcolm! Congratulations.

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@m_bassnett This is a great resource. I'm interested to see how it will develop as more sources are used.

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@wallyberry We've used them for several years at undergraduate level. Happy to discuss and share rubrics, experiences, top tips.

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@RHULHistory @monarchomach Very sad. Justin was my PhD advisor way back when, and a generous, supportive colleague when I taught for others in the department.

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@LauraGowing @Riverford Cauliflower korma courtesy of https://t.co/PPwPczSEcn - delicious

[José López @bibliothekologo]

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[Jonathan Durrant @jbdurrant]

@DrAndreKeil This is not good news. We have incorporated a work-based module into our BA History programme since 2012 (for the last few years compulsory). Humanities subjects can be usefully career-focused without diluting being diluted.