Member Profile
Name:
Julia Phillips
Institution:
University of Bristol
Academic status:
Student
Main discipline:
History
Additional disciplines:
Cultural Studies
Literary Studies
Literary Studies
Other societies:
American Academy of Religion
Folklore Society
Folklore Society
Research interests:
PhD research to obtain a clearer understanding of the reasons for the appearances relating to ‘witch’ and ‘witchcraft’ in British newspapers printed between 1850 and 1899.
To evaluate the data using functional categories and demographic typologies and consider:
a. evidence of incidences of influence; and
b. social and political context of the rise and fall of occurrences.
To evaluate the data using functional categories and demographic typologies and consider:
a. evidence of incidences of influence; and
b. social and political context of the rise and fall of occurrences.