caity studies

George Orwell, 1984

Ohmy god.

Details of Self Portrait by Marie-Gabrielle Capet. Oil on canvas, c. 1783.

First week of thesis writing.

Karl Brjullov, The Last Day of Pompeii (detail), 1830-1833

📖 currently reading “girl in pieces” by kathleen glasgow

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Some quick tips on preparation for the next academic year, from a veteran! 

I read this non fiction book for my thesis, I found it quite randomly on jstor. Since in the witch trials I am working on in my thesis start with a man accused of witchcraft, I thought it might be helpful. It was really interesting, the book was published in the early 2000s, and strongly critiques the far majority of witchcraft historiography that funnly ignores male witches. It was really eye opening, and it had some really good basic but interesting points. I feel like it's a great read if you are into the history of witchcraft persecution, as male witches are very often looked over. This book shows clearly how it is not werid to think about a male witch, it was more common than it was thought, and men were processed just like women. Though women were clearly the majority of victims, and often the image of the witch is linked with womanhood, witchcraft wasn't a sex-specific crime. A part of historiography can give off this idea, and this book puts a bit more balance in the big picture of histoical studies of the subject. It is fundamental to pay attention to all parts of events, one cannot think they can understand an historical even when ignoring a section of it.

- Ovid, Metamorphoses

today’s study grind

My presentation on historical gardens went really well, surprisingly- working with old maps is not my favorite type of research tbh. But we took a nice walk through a beautiful garden, the weather was fantastic and I only dropped my notes occasionally, so overall, a win 🌼