Klaniczay, Gabor

historian

Born in Budapest in 1950. He graduated in History and English Philology from the Faculty of Humanities of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest in 1974. He was a Fellow of the Institute for Historical Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), and subsequently Head of Department at the Central European University (CEU) from 1992. Meanwhile he has held scholarships and visiting lectureships at leading research institutes of the world (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, and Getty Center for Arts and the Humanities, Santa Monica). From 1997 to 2002 he was Rector of Collegium Budapest. His research focuses on the historical anthropology of medieval and early modern European popular religion (sainthood, miracle beliefs, healing, magic and witchcraft).

Witches and scapegoats: how does the logic of accusation work?