Why have witches and the attendant stories and superstitions figured so largely in the popular imagination? And what do the depictions of witches, and reactions to such depictions, tell us about cultures both past and present?
These are but a few questions to be explored by UHD faculty at The Witching Hour, a Halloween roundtable featuring discussion on medieval witches, early modern witch obsessions, Shakespeare’s witches, and witches in the United States.
The event takes place at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 15, in the 40,000 Windows Café of the W.I. Dykes Library. All are welcome to attend, and snacks will be provided.
The following week, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22, the witchcraft exploration continues with an important piece of witch canon, the 1922 film “Häxan,” directed by Benjamin Christensen, will be screened at the 15th annual UHD Halloween Horror Film Screening. Bring a friend, a chair, and a blanket, and make sure you’re on the North Deck before darkness falls. The annual screening is presented by UHD’s Cultural Enrichment Center, the Department of English, and the Interdisciplinary Film Studies Minor.