School of Interdisciplinary Studies

Dr Lizanne Henderson

Dr Lizanne Henderson
  • Lecturer in History (Interdisciplinary Studies)

telephone: 01387702097
email: Lizanne.Henderson@glasgow.ac.uk


Office hours: 1-2 Monday and 10-11 Tuesday or by appointment

  • International and Postgraduate Student Adviser
  • Chair of Internationalisation

Research interests

  • Cultural history
  • History of the Witch-Hunts in Scotland as well as the British, Continental, American and African witch-hunting experience 
  • Folk Custom and Belief, Popular Culture and World Ethnology
  • Transatlantic Slave Trade and Abolition 
  • Cultural History of Animals 
  • Scottish Exploration and the Emigrant Experience, especially North America, Africa and the Caribbean

Born in Toronto, Canada, I have a B.A. Double Honours in History and Fine Art, from the University of Guelph, Ontario, and an M.A. in Folklore, from Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s. I completed a PhD in History at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. I have lectured on History and Folklore in Europe, Canada, USA, the Arctic, and Australia. I have been a guest lecturer on expedition ships around the British Isles, Canadian Arctic, Greenland and Spitsbergen, and have appeared on TV and Radio discussing various topics such as the witch-hunts and the British slave trade.

My most recent publication is joint editor of A History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland, 1000 to 1600 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2011) and I am preparing a monograph on Witchcraft and Folk Belief at the Dawn of Enlightenment: Scotland, c.1670-1740 (forthcoming Palgrave, 2011/12). I am also currently editing The Routledge Companion to British and Irish Folklore (forthcoming 2013). I am presently researching various witchcraft cases in Scotland, England, and northern Europe; cultural history of animals; Scottish connections with the Atlantic slave trade, and the Scots in Africa and the Caribbean.

Participation in University Research Centres

I am involved in GCID (Glasgow Centre for International Development), and The Solway Centre. I was part of the CTRC (Crichton Tourism Research Centre) and CRRED (Centre for Research into Regional Development) team 2004-07.

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Number of items: 16.

2012

Henderson, L. (2012) The witches of Bute. In: Ritchie, A. (ed.) Historic Bute: Land and People. Scottish Society for Northern Studies, Edinburgh, UK, pp. 151-161. ISBN 9780953522644

2011

Cowan, E.J. and Henderson, L., (Eds.) (2011) A History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland, 1000 to 1600. Series: A history of everyday life in Scotland. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, UK. ISBN 9780748621569

Cowan, E.J., and Henderson, L. (2011) Everyday life in medieval Scotland. In: Cowan, E.J. and Henderson, L. (eds.) A History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland, 1000 to 1600. Series: A history of everyday life in Scotland (1). Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp. 1-24. ISBN 9780748621569

Henderson, Lizanne (2011) 'Detestable Slaves of the Devil': Changing Attitudes to Witchcraft in Sixteenth-Century Scotland. In: Cowan, Edward J. and Henderson, Lizanne (eds.) A History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland, 1000 to 1600. Vol. 1. Series: A History of Everyday Life in Scotland, 1 . Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.

2009

Henderson, L., (Ed.) (2009) Fantastical Imaginations: The Supernatural in Scottish History and Culture. John Donald, Edinburgh, UK. ISBN 9781906566029

Henderson, L. (2009) Studying the supernatural history of Scotland. In: Henderson, L. (ed.) Fantastical Imaginations: The Supernatural in Scottish History and Culture. John Donald, Edinburgh, xiii-xxiv. ISBN 9781906566029

Henderson, L. (2009) Witch, fairy and folktale narratives in the trial of Bessie Dunlop. In: Henderson, L. (ed.) Fantastical Imaginations: The Supernatural in Scottish History and Culture. John Donald, Edinburgh, pp. 141-166. ISBN 9781906566029

2008

Henderson, L. (2008) Scotland and the slave trade: some South West connections. Scottish Local History, 72 . pp. 47-53. ISSN 0226-2027

Henderson, L. (2008) Witch-hunting and witch belief in the Gàidhealtachd. In: Goodare, J., Martin, L. and Miller, J. (eds.) Witchcraft and Belief in Early Modern Scotland. Series: Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic . Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 95-118. ISBN 9780230507883

2007

Henderson, L. (2007) Charmers, spells and holy wells: the repackaging of belief. Review of Scottish Culture, 19 . pp. 10-26. ISSN 0267-6834

2006

Henderson, L. (2006) The survival of witchcraft prosecutions and witch belief in South West Scotland. Scottish Historical Review, 85 (1). pp. 52-74. ISSN 0036-9241 (doi:10.3366/shr.2006.0015)

2003

Henderson, L. (2003) The natural and supernatural worlds of Hugh Miller. In: Borley, L. (ed.) Celebrating the Life and Times of Hugh Miller: Scotland in the Early 19th Century: Ethnography and Folklore, Geology and Natural History, Church and Society. Cromarty Arts Trust / Elphinstone Institute of the University of Aberdeen, pp. 89-98. ISBN 9780906265338

2002

Henderson, L., and Cowan, E.J. (2002) The last of the witches? The survival of Scottish witch belief. In: Goodare, J. (ed.) The Scottish Witch-Hunt in Context. Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK, pp. 198-217. ISBN 9780719060236

2001

Henderson, Lizanne, and Cowan, Edward J. (2001) Scottish Fairy Belief: A History. Tuckwell Press, East Linton. ISBN 1862321906

2000

Henderson, L. (2000) The road to Elfland: fairy belief in the child ballads. In: Cowan, E.J. (ed.) The Ballad in Scottish History. Tuckwell Press, East Linton, UK, pp. 54-72. ISBN 9781862320086

1993

Henderson, L. (1993) The Duncan Family papers: the peregrinations of a remarkable woman. Collection Update (University of Guelph Library), 1993 (June). ISSN 0226-3300

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Article

Henderson, L. (2008) Scotland and the slave trade: some South West connections. Scottish Local History, 72 . pp. 47-53. ISSN 0226-2027

Henderson, L. (2007) Charmers, spells and holy wells: the repackaging of belief. Review of Scottish Culture, 19 . pp. 10-26. ISSN 0267-6834

Henderson, L. (2006) The survival of witchcraft prosecutions and witch belief in South West Scotland. Scottish Historical Review, 85 (1). pp. 52-74. ISSN 0036-9241 (doi:10.3366/shr.2006.0015)

Henderson, L. (1993) The Duncan Family papers: the peregrinations of a remarkable woman. Collection Update (University of Guelph Library), 1993 (June). ISSN 0226-3300

Book

Henderson, Lizanne, and Cowan, Edward J. (2001) Scottish Fairy Belief: A History. Tuckwell Press, East Linton. ISBN 1862321906

Book Section

Henderson, L. (2012) The witches of Bute. In: Ritchie, A. (ed.) Historic Bute: Land and People. Scottish Society for Northern Studies, Edinburgh, UK, pp. 151-161. ISBN 9780953522644

Cowan, E.J., and Henderson, L. (2011) Everyday life in medieval Scotland. In: Cowan, E.J. and Henderson, L. (eds.) A History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland, 1000 to 1600. Series: A history of everyday life in Scotland (1). Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp. 1-24. ISBN 9780748621569

Henderson, Lizanne (2011) 'Detestable Slaves of the Devil': Changing Attitudes to Witchcraft in Sixteenth-Century Scotland. In: Cowan, Edward J. and Henderson, Lizanne (eds.) A History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland, 1000 to 1600. Vol. 1. Series: A History of Everyday Life in Scotland, 1 . Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.

Henderson, L. (2009) Studying the supernatural history of Scotland. In: Henderson, L. (ed.) Fantastical Imaginations: The Supernatural in Scottish History and Culture. John Donald, Edinburgh, xiii-xxiv. ISBN 9781906566029

Henderson, L. (2009) Witch, fairy and folktale narratives in the trial of Bessie Dunlop. In: Henderson, L. (ed.) Fantastical Imaginations: The Supernatural in Scottish History and Culture. John Donald, Edinburgh, pp. 141-166. ISBN 9781906566029

Henderson, L. (2008) Witch-hunting and witch belief in the Gàidhealtachd. In: Goodare, J., Martin, L. and Miller, J. (eds.) Witchcraft and Belief in Early Modern Scotland. Series: Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic . Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 95-118. ISBN 9780230507883

Henderson, L. (2003) The natural and supernatural worlds of Hugh Miller. In: Borley, L. (ed.) Celebrating the Life and Times of Hugh Miller: Scotland in the Early 19th Century: Ethnography and Folklore, Geology and Natural History, Church and Society. Cromarty Arts Trust / Elphinstone Institute of the University of Aberdeen, pp. 89-98. ISBN 9780906265338

Henderson, L., and Cowan, E.J. (2002) The last of the witches? The survival of Scottish witch belief. In: Goodare, J. (ed.) The Scottish Witch-Hunt in Context. Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK, pp. 198-217. ISBN 9780719060236

Henderson, L. (2000) The road to Elfland: fairy belief in the child ballads. In: Cowan, E.J. (ed.) The Ballad in Scottish History. Tuckwell Press, East Linton, UK, pp. 54-72. ISBN 9781862320086

Edited Book

Cowan, E.J. and Henderson, L., (Eds.) (2011) A History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland, 1000 to 1600. Series: A history of everyday life in Scotland. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, UK. ISBN 9780748621569

Henderson, L., (Ed.) (2009) Fantastical Imaginations: The Supernatural in Scottish History and Culture. John Donald, Edinburgh, UK. ISBN 9781906566029

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Awards

2001 - Michaelis-Jena Ratcliffe Folklore Prize for Scottish Fairy Belief: A History (2001;2007)

 

Grants and Funding

2007, 2009, 2011 Crichton Research Fund

2009 British Academy Overseas Conference Grant

2008 Erasmus Teacher Mobility Grant for an Exchange with University of Mainz, Germany

2006-08 CREDD (joint research team – Universities of Glasgow and Paisley). Investigation of regional tourism, heritage and small business in the south of Scotland. The grant totalled £500,000 and involved around 10 individuals.

2007 The Strathmartine Trust

2001 SCRAN – Associate Project Coordinator - production of multimedia CD-ROM and contributing to the SCRAN online database. Joint award of £25,000

Research students

PhD

  • Angela Callaghan
    Thesis topic: Theological Consciousness and Cultural Identity within the Funerary Art of Skelmorlie Aisle

MPhil

  • David Morton

Suggested Areas of Postgraduate Supervision include

  • Witch-Hunting and Belief, Supernatural Folk Traditions esp. in Scotland, Europe, North America and Africa
  • Early Modern Cultural History, esp Scotland
  • Folklore and Cultural History of Animals
  • Scottish Ballad Tradition
  • The Scottish Diaspora: Exploration, Migration and Emigration
  • Transatlantic Slave Trade and Abolition of Slavery
  • Art History, esp the use of art as an historical source

 

Undergraduate

  • Level 1 Scottish History: From Earliest Times to the Age of Enlightenment
  • Level 3 Approaches to History
  • Level 3 Folk Belief and the Witch-Hunts (this course is transmitted to the main campus by video-link)
  • Level 4 (Honours) Scots Abroad: The Scottish Experience Overseas in the 18th and 19th centuries
  • Level 4 (Honours) Independent Reading Course – current topic available - The Transatlantic Slave Trade


I am administrator of four video-linked History courses delivered from University of Glasgow Main Campus:

  • 1A Scotland's Millennium: Kingdom, Union and Nation, c.1000-1999
  • 1B The Making of Europe, 1500-2000
  • 2AM Society, Culture, Politics and Power in North America from First Contact to the Present
  • 2 MED England and its Neighbours c. 870-c.1450

Postgraduate

MPhil and PhD supervision is available on cultural history, witchcraft and folk belief, cultural history of animals, Scottish exploration, migration and emigration, and Scottish connections with the Transatlantic slave trade and abolition.

Scholarly Activities

Prizes

Michaelis-Jena Ratcliffe Folklore Prize winner for Scottish Fairy Belief: A History (2001; 2007)

Internationally rated conference papers

2011 April 17-21 SIEF (Societe Internationale d’Ethnologie et de Folklore) People Make Places – Ways of Feeling the World. 10th International SIEF conference, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. Paper presented, “Cultural Constructs and Folklore of Bears”

2009 May 28-30 Sixteenth Century Studies Conference (SCSC) Geneva, Switzerland. Paper presented, “Rise of the Demonic: Changing Ideas about Witchcraft in Sixteenth-Century Scotland”

2009 April 2-4 Robert Burns: Contemporaries, Contexts & Cultural Forms University of South Carolina, USA. Paper presented, “Robert Burns and Slavery”

2001 August 25 ‘Celtic Scotland’ St. Andrews Society of California, Pasadena, California, USA. Invited Speaker

2000 ‘Scottish Fairy Belief’ Scots-Australian Studies Association (Victoria) Trinity College, University of Melbourne, Australia

1998 ‘A stout carline who begged for a drink’: The Queen of Elfland as Beggar’ Beggars Descriptions: Destitution and Literary Genres International Literary Conference University of Groningen, The Netherlands

International guest lectures
2008 'The Great Scottish Witch-Hunt' Scottish-Australian Heritage Council Scottish Week Sydney, Australia

2008 Lectures on the Scots in Africa, Caribbean, North America, Scottish connections with Slave Trade, and the Witch-hunts in Scotland and Germany. Erasmus Teacher Mobility Exchange with Johannes Gutenburg University of Mainz, Germany 

2005 Participant in various Tartan Day events in New York city, followed by a lecture tour, paper presented ‘Scottish Folklore in America’
April 5 University of Wisconsin Madison
April 6 University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
April 7 Illinois St Andrews Society of Chicago, Chicago

2003 ‘The European Witch Hunts’ Level 4: Popular Culture of Great Britain and Europe Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

2000 ‘Scotland’s Fairy Belief and Ballad Traditions’ Scottish-Australian Heritage Council Scottish Week Sydney, Australia

1998 ‘Fairy Belief in Early Modern Scotland’ University of Helsinki, Finland

Editorial Posts

2000 to present, Editorial Assistant of academic/peer reviewed journal Folklore

Miscellaneous

1995-2011 Guest Lecturer on cultural history and folklore aboard various expedition ships around Britain and Ireland, Greenland, Arctic Canada, and Spitsbergen

2010 Volunteer on wildlife conservation and community outreach programme, Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Gede, Kenya