To the lore-uninitiated, the fact that witches exist in the Star Wars universe might come as a shock, but they actually have a long history on screen in the franchise. “The Acolyte” Episode 3 dives ...

In James Robinson’s Scarlet Witch series, the newly returned Wanda learns that witchcraft itself is broken. Magic is no longer working correctly for the witch community around the globe. To get to the ...

Mention witches and people will think about a plethora of different things. Little girls dressed up in black and carrying a tiny broom on Halloween night. Countless horror movies and TV shows full of ...

As Wicked: For Good is released, what are the historic meanings of conical headwear, and how has it evolved – from its origins in the ancient world, the Middle Ages and the Spanish Inquisition, to the ...

Waltraud Maierhofer, holding dual appointments in German and Global Health Studies, teaches a UI course titled, “Witch Hunts in Fact and Fiction.” And, in doing so, hopes to impart an understanding ...

This week Wicked: For Good hits theaters, promising to tell audiences the second half of the story of how a young, talented, green girl of Oz named Elphaba Thropp became the Wicked Witch of the West, ...

At this time of year, our thoughts start to change. It is our instinct to leave our summer memories in the past and begin to prepare for the approaching winter. But there is a brief period between ...