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Liv Helene Willumsen
Dr. Philos, Assistant Professor
Tromsø University College
Phone
776 58498
E-mail
liv.willumsen@hitos.no
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CV short version including 10 selected publications
Curriculum Vitae
Field of interest
- Witchcraft trials in Finnmark during the 17th century
- Witchcraft trials in Scotland during the 16th and 17th centuries
- Narratology as a methodological approach to literature and historical documents
- Regine Normann (1867-1939) - The first female author from Northern Norway
Description of competence
- Witchcraft trials in Finnmark is my expert field, as I have been working with this topic since 1980.
- Witchcraft trials in Scotland is an ongoing field of research.
- I have expert competence in transcription of 17th century documents from Gothic handwriting.
Mye competence within narratological methodology is crossing boundaries: history and literature.
Biography writing - research in primary sources
Gender research: history and literature
Current research projects
- I am currently a PhD-student in history at the University of Edinburgh, working at a comparative study on witchcraft: 17th Century 'Witchcraft Trials in Scotland and northern Norway', The thesis will be submitted autumn 2007.
This is my second doctoral thesis, the first one was a study of the authorship of Regine Normann, completed at the University of Bergen 2003.
- Translation of the court records from the 17th century witchcraft trials into English. A project almost completed - a text-critical work.
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Listings in BIBSYS
Listings in Norart
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