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Brian Levack
Brian Levack, Ph.D.
Professor
John E. Green Regents Professorship in History; Distinguished Teaching Professor
Department of History
College of Liberal Arts

CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-475-7204
E-mail: levack@mail.utexas.edu

WEB PAGE
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/history/faculty/levackbp


BIOGRAPHY

Levack studies witchcraft prosecution in early modern Scotland and demonic possession in Reformation Europe. Learn more about his research in the feature story, "Witch Trials: Tragic events once led people to accuse neighbors of witchcraft."
Media Relations CONTACT
Michelle Bryant
512-232-4730
mbryant@austin.utexas.edu

Jessica Sinn
512-471-2404
sinnjessica@austin.utexas.edu

David Ochsner
512-475-9712
dochsner@austin.utexas.edu

EXPERTISE
Witchcraft; witch trials and prosecution; demonic possession; torture, past and present; Reformation.

PUBLICATIONS
"Scottish Witch Hunting: Law, Politics and Religion" (2007); "The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe" (1987; 3rd ed. 2006); "The Witchcraft Sourcebook" (2004).

 




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