Author of Cunning Folk. Social historian of the medieval and early modern periods - magic, witchcraft, environmental histories.
Bristol, England
Joined November 2016
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Dr Tabitha Stanmore retweeted
The January choice for our Really Popular Book Club is Katabasis by R. F. Kuang.
Join us online to discuss the book with Dr Tabitha Stanmore (@MagicNotWitches)
📅TUES 27 JAN 2026
⏰7PM to 8PM
🎟️ Free, online and open to all: loom.ly/TBY0WOg
ALT Bright pink promotional poster for an online book club event. On the left is the book cover of Katabasis by R. F. Kuang, featuring black, white, and gold artwork with staircases. Large yellow text on the right reads “the really popular book club,” with “Hosted by Cambridge University Libraries” beneath it. A vertical yellow banner says “BOOK CLUB.” Text on the left reads, “Join us online on 27 January, 7pm to 8pm!” On the lower right is a portrait of Dr Tabitha Stanmore with her name written below.
Dr Tabitha Stanmore retweeted
The latest @FolkloreSociety newsletter FLS News is out today, and contains a CFP from me and @MagicNotWitches inviting proposals for our new @CUP_Elements series Elements in Folklore:
CFP: Are you working on any aspect of folklore and want to publish your research as a short book of 20-30k words? @CUP_Elements' new series Elements in Folklore is now seeking proposals - please email me [email protected] if you'd like a proposal form #cfp #folklore
Dr Tabitha Stanmore retweeted
Join @MagicNotWitches in an exploration of practical magic in English history on 28th October at the Mary Rose Museum!
maryrose.org/events/cunning-…
Dr Tabitha Stanmore retweeted
Join us for an evening of folklore and myth at the
@rncmlive. Authors @CeriHoulbrook (Folklore) and @MagicNotWitches (Cunning Folk) will be in conversation with historian Mel Giles. Part of @OxRdMcr’s Cultural Welcome Week. Tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/folklore-…
#Manchester
Dr Tabitha Stanmore retweeted
BOOK LAUNCH DAY!
Devon's Forgotten Witches 1860-1910 publishes today with @TheHistoryPress with great endorsements from Ronald Hutton, @willowwinsham and others.
Order a signed copy from the website at
thefolklorepodcast.com/store…
Pre-orders ship this weekend too.
Dr Tabitha Stanmore retweeted
The 6th and final episode of our mini-series collaboration with @witches7hunt is now live
In this one, @witchesetc and @MagicNotWitches
discuss their favourite stories and the future of the research
Listen free at thefolklorepodcast.com/seven… or YouTube at youtu.be/CxB9CQ3gLQ0
Dr Tabitha Stanmore retweeted
Join us for an evening of folklore and myth at the @rncmlive.
Authors @CeriHoulbrook (Folklore) and @MagicNotWitches (Cunning Folk) will be in conversation with historian Mel Giles.
Part of @OxRdMcr’s Cultural Welcome Week.
Tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/folklore-…
#Manchester
ALT Blackwell's Manchester event
Dr Tabitha Stanmore retweeted
The final part of our mini-series collaboration with @witches7hunt featuring @witchesetc and @MagicNotWitches will be out around this time tomorrow...
Dr Tabitha Stanmore retweeted
After a mere seven years in the making, The Cultural History of Magic is finally here!! #earlymodern #twitterstorians
Dr Tabitha Stanmore retweeted
There’s a VERY good reason asylum seekers get circus tickets and Amazon parcels.
But the Mail on Sunday was never going to tell you that.
Here’s the crucial detail they left out: 🧵
Dr Tabitha Stanmore retweeted
I really enjoyed giving a keynote talk on witch-bottles, listening to some fascinating papers & meeting some amazing researchers @MagicWitchCon today - thanks for organising @singinghistori1 & thanks for the loan of Bert @odavies9
Dr Tabitha Stanmore retweeted
The proposal deadline for ‘Revisiting Oral Narrative: Anthropology, Folklore and History’ is Monday 30th June 2025
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Dr Tabitha Stanmore retweeted
✨🔮 Our Magic & Witchcraft Conference in York is almost here!
📅 23–25 June | Hybrid event
🎟️ Last chance for in-person tickets – closes TODAY!
💻 Online registration open until 20 June!
Join us for spellbinding talks, history, and fun...don’t miss it!
york.ac.uk/crems/events/even…
Dr Tabitha Stanmore retweeted
Nearly three years later, the Seven County Witch Hunt Project is almost at an end. In this penultimate blog, @witchesetc celebrates the people, communities and archives who have brought witchcraft history to life. Thank you all for the journey❤️
medium.com/@Witches7Hunt/pea…
Dr Tabitha Stanmore retweeted
CFP: Are you working on any aspect of folklore and want to publish your research as a short book of 20-30k words? @CUP_Elements' new series Elements in Folklore is now seeking proposals - please email me [email protected] if you'd like a proposal form #cfp #folklore
Dr Tabitha Stanmore retweeted
To know if one be bewitched or no …
Tomorrow I’m lecturing in Oxford on ‘Witchcraft: A Modern History’.
Spent this afternoon in the Bodleian, happily reading C17th manuscripts of spells and charms.
Tip: if you can see your reflection in their eyes, they aren’t bewitched.
Dr Tabitha Stanmore retweeted
Really pleased to announce that thanks to generous funding from the AHRC, @FocusGames and I will be taking our #disability #history game Legless in London to market! We’re currently working on the final proofs ahead of putting the game into production. Watch this space!
Dr Tabitha Stanmore retweeted
Show us yer neeps & pumpkins. Or peppers, oranges, lemons... all fruits and vegetables welcome!
Dr Tabitha Stanmore retweeted
🎃OCTOBER BLOG 🎃
Following a trip to Cambridgeshire, @MagicNotWitches ponders the connection between the 1640s witch trials and the Fen drainage projects a decade before 👇
medium.com/@Witches7Hunt/the…
Dr Tabitha Stanmore retweeted
I see Boris Johnson’s new book is full of self-serving justifications of his behaviour during #Partygate.
Please read this Guardian letter from 2022 - & never forgive, never forget that man’s reprehensible contempt for the people he governed 💔
