Lecture and Seminar Programme
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| Week | Lecture topic | Seminar topics | |
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Autumn Term |
1 |
No Classes No lectures preparation will be required for this week. |
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| 2 | Defining deviants in early modern Europe | Writing a history of deviance | |
| 3 | Persecuting societies: a social and cultural history | Persecuting societies | |
| 4 | Orthodoxy and heresy: politics and religion in early modern Europe | Heresy in early modern Europe | |
| Theme: Non-European deviants | |||
| 5 | Judaism, antisemitism and religious prejudice | Europe's Jewish population | |
| 6 |
Reading Week - No Classes. I will not be holding my office hours in person, but will be available at these times to talk via Teams. |
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| 7 | Muslims, Islam and the Ottoman world | Muslims In and Beyond Europe | |
| 8 | Black Europeans and the consequences of imperialism | Black Europeans and Imperial Encounters | |
| Theme: Religious and supernatural deviants | |||
| 9 | The European Reformations and deviance | Protestants, Catholics and the 'Radical Reformations' | |
| 10 | Astrologers, prophets and mystics | Astrologers, Prophets and Mystics | |
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Spring Term |
1 | Witchcraft and witches | Witches and Witch-hunting |
| 2 | Werewolves, demons and the possessed | Werewolves and the Possessed | |
| 3 | Atheism and the politics of unbelief | Unbelievers and atheists | |
| Theme: Social and medical deviants | |||
| 4 | Gender, illegitimacy and prostitution | Gender, sex and prostitution | |
| 5 | Sodomy, cross-dressing and sexual deviance | Sodomy, cross-dressing and sexual deviance | |
| 6 | Reading Week - no classes | ||
| 7 | Marvels, 'monsters', and hermaphrodites | Monsters and hermaphrodites | |
| 8 | Early modern epidemics and the legacy of the Black Death | Leprosy, early modern epidemics and 'the diseased' | |
| 9 | Mental illness, suicide, disabled persons | Mental illness and disabled persons | |
| 10 | Poverty and homelessness | The Poor, homeless and arsonists | |
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Summer Term |
1 | Criminals, bandits, and early modern piracy | Criminals, bandits and pirates |
| 2 | Migrants, exiles and traveller communities | Migrants, travellers and exiles | |
| 3 | Conclusions | Conclusions | |