Researcher
Michael Wasser
The bulk of Michael鈥檚 research has focussed on crime, violence and witches in Scotland. He is currently working on a monograph looking at violence by the elite classes in Scotland during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Contributions to Dawson鈥檚 Community
Michael has facilitated workshops at Dawson鈥檚 Social Science Week.
Publications
- Wasser, Michael. 鈥淪cotland鈥檚 First Witch-Hunt: the Eastern Witch-Hunt of 1568-1569鈥� Julian Goodare, ed. Scottish Witches and Witch-Hunters. New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, pp 17-33.
- Wasser, Michael. 鈥� The Mechanical World View and the decline of the Witch beliefs in Scotland鈥� Julian Goodare, Lauren Martin and Joyce Miller eds. Witchcraft and Belief in Early Modern Scotland. (Basingstoke, 2008)
- Wasser, Michael. 鈥� The Western Witch-Hunt of 1697-1700: The last major witch-hunt in Scotland鈥�. Julian Goodare ed. The Scottish Witch-Hunt in Context. Manchester: 2002.
Education
- PhD, 1995, Columbia University
- School B
