Staff Profile

• Lecturer in History (Interdisciplinary Studies)
• Adviser of Studies (School of Interdisciplinary Studies Administration)
• 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.

Selected Publications: 

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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