​The Witch Studies Reader ​Call for Proposals

Posted by Emily Selove

Co-edited by Soma Chaudhuri and Jane Ward

Deadline to submit a 500 to 750-word abstract: August 1st, 2021

https://www.janewardphd.com/the-witch-studies-reader.html

“…we are calling for chapter proposals that illuminate how feminists can make sense of the witch—her power and her persecution—in ways that take account of the vastly different national, political-economic, and cultural contexts in which she is currently being claimed and repudiated.  The Witch Studies Reader, being prepared for Duke University Press, will dive deep into this question, revealing the current era to be a time of feminist celebration of witchcraft in many parts of the global North, and a time of continued violence and death for women accused of witchcraft in many parts of the global South. This book will be the first of its kind to hold both realities in view by tracing the evolving relationship between the figure of the witch and the global political-economic and cultural context in which she is located.”