Malcolm Gaskill
Malcolm Gaskill | |
|---|---|
| Born | Malcolm John Gaskill 22 April 1967 |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation(s) | Historian and academic |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Rainham Mark Grammar School |
| Alma mater | Robinson College, Cambridge |
| Thesis | Attitudes to crime in early modern England: with special reference to witchcraft, coining and murder (1994) |
| Doctoral advisor | Keith Wrightson |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | |
| Institutions | Keele University Queen's University Belfast Anglia Ruskin University Churchill College, Cambridge University of East Anglia |
Malcolm John Gaskill FRHistS (born 22 April 1967) is an English academic historian and writer on crime, magic, witchcraft, spiritualism, and the supernatural. Gaskill was a professor in the history department of the University of East Anglia from 2011 until 2020, when he retired from teaching to give more time to writing. In recent years, he has been interested in the history of war and memory, often seen from a personal angle.