English Summary
Sorry, a complete English summary is still not available, only some basic information:
1. About the AKIH
The Arbeitskreis interdisziplinaere Hexenforschung (AKIH) - which may be called Workshop for Interdisciplinary Witchcraft Research - is an informal, international and interdisciplinary circle of scholars and laypersons, who are interested in scholarly discussions of
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the history of witchcraft trials (especially in Early Modern Europe)
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the belief in magic and witches both past and present.
The AKIH is organised by
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Dr. h.c. Dieter R. Bauer (Dept. of History, Academy of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany) and
Activities include annual workshops and occasionally larger conferences in Stuttgart and Weingarten (both in Germany).
Books are published in the series "Hexenforschung" (Verlag fuer Regionalgeschichte, Bielefeld), edited by
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Dr. h.c. Dieter R. Bauer
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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Behringer (Humanities I, Dept. of History, Saarland University, Germany)
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Prof. Dr. Heide Dienst (Dept. of History, University of Vienna, Austria)
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Prof. Dr. Soenke Lorenz
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Prof. Dr. H.C. Erik Midelfort (Dept. of History, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA)
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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schild (Faculty of Law, University of Bielefeld, Germany).
Although the main language of the AKIH is German, contributions in English and French are also welcome.
For further information, please read the German websites. Information in English is only available for the AKIH-associated mailing list "Hexenforschung", administered by Dr. Klaus Graf (University of Freiburg).
=> To the mailing list (english version)
2. About the AKIH-Homepage
This Homepage is administered by Dr. Juergen Michael Schmidt and the Institut fuer Geschichtliche Landeskunde und Historische Hilfswissenschaften (IfGL) - Institute of Regional Studies and Auxiliary Sciences of History, Dept. of History, University of Tuebingen, Germany.
The AKIH-Websites are intensively linked with our partners:
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Academy of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
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historicum.net (Server Fruehe Neuzeit - The Early Modern History Server)
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Dept. of History / Early Modern History, University of Dresden, Germany (Prof. Dr. Gerd Schwerhoff)
Please notice, that because of German legal obligations we have to distance ourselves from all websites linked with our websites (http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/IfGL/akih/...).
letzte Überarbeitung: 31.07.2009