Louise Nyholm Kallestrup

For all Danes interested in our own witch-hunting history, I can suggest tuning in to DR2 on Monday 📺 (or Sunday for streaming)

Here, I - and other lovely people such as @witchykallestrup.bsky.social - feature in DRs new four episode documentary “Heksejagt”.

#Skystorians #hextag 🗃️

The CfP is out for next year's HEX Centre for the History of Experience conference: Histories of Experience in Society: Frictions, Margins, Ruptures
8th Annual Conference,
Research Council of Finland's Centre of Excellence in the History of Experiences
Tampere Uni.
events.tuni.fi/historyofexp...

Looking forward to this!

Great to see this is out!

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I'm delighted to announce that I've just been appointed by
@cambridgeup.bsky.social to edit a brand new and exciting
Elements series, 'Elements in Folklore' (with Dr Tabitha Stanmore), which will aim to publish the latest research in folklore that's 20-30k words long! #folklore 📚

We look forward to welcoming you!

Of course😊!

Just finished this today. Brilliant and a great read. Kudos, @witchykallestrup.bsky.social ! #skystorians #earlymodern

Thank you! I am delighted that you enjoyed it😊

Autism isn’t an epidemic. It's not a disease. It’s a natural variation in how people think…which, frankly, is a relief in a world where most people don't think at all.

Wonderful Folklore and Mythology symposium on Magic and Legend last Saturday at @harvard.edu Great talks and homage to Prof. Stephen Mitchell. #witchcraft #folklore folkmyth.fas.harvard.edu/2025-magic-a...

Post Doc!

"Materialising the Scots in Northern Europe c.1500-1750: Mobilities, Communities and Materiel Culture"

Focus on the Netherlands, Scandinavia or Poland

www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa...

#Skystorians 🗃

And with a 20% publication discount

The Construction of Witchcraft in Early Modern Denmark, 1536-1617 This book examines how the experience of witchcraft developed and evolved from the Lutheran Reformation of Denmark in 1536 to the celebration of the Lutheran centennial of 1617.   As well as exploring...

Today this is out on @routledgehistory.bsky.social ! If you wish to read about the Danish link to the North Berwick trials, Christian IV and the divine duty to eradicate witches in Denmark in early 17th century, go get your copy 🏃📖 #earlymodern #history #witchhunts www.routledge.com/The-Construc...

9 Mar 1619: Queen Anne of #Denmark's body begins lying in state at Somerset House - and stays there till 13 May

There's still time to get your abstracts in for the CREMS Magic and Witchcraft conference!

Please share widely in this low-algorithm world 💌

Ch 2 'Day of Wrath', demonstrates how an Apocalyptic ideas were disseminated through visual and oral media by Danish Lutheran reformers in the one space where everybody gathered: the parish church. Out 31 March on @routledgehistory.bsky.social

Anne of Denmark - a dog person, of course.

Paul van Somer Anne of Denmark & a Groom Signed and dated 1617 The half-hidden groom wears Oldenburg livery. The new works by Inigo Jones at Oatlands are seen in the background.

(Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)

Horrible!

Soon this is out on @routledgehistory.bsky.social .I argue that #witchcraft in DK was constructed through the eschatology and the ideals for good Christian people of the reformers, and the strive for the godly state of the early 17c. A godly ruler had a divine duty to eradicate witches #earlymodern

Tak. Fedt kuglerne har vi, de hænger i nogle store syren. Jeg må nok bare holde øje.

Har du et tip til at lokke halemejser til? Vi bor lige ved skov (150 m) og har set dem der i ung skov. Men jeg kan ikke lokke dem til haven.

He didn’t put his hand on the Bible when swearing in. Probably because that would set it on fire.

A pleasure working with you, Andrew!

The 6 vol. Cultural history of magic will be published by @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social in Sep.25. I edited vol.4 on enlightenment/decline featuring the dream line-up of Lizanne Henderson @janetanderson.bsky.social @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social, Paul Monod, PG Maxwell-Stuart, Lisa Tallis & Tom Waters

“We know how they treat the Inuit in Alaska,” Lynge hit back. “Make that great before trying to invade us.”

The research assistants are wishing you all a very merry Christmas with their usual condescending look 🎄✨