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Imogen Knox

PhD Candidate in History, University of Warwick

PhD Candidate in History, University of Warwick Imogen Knox is a current PhD researcher (2020-2024) at the University of Warwick. Her doctoral thesis is titled 'Self-destructive desires and the supernatural in early modern Britain'. This research explores the ways people articulated self-destructive desires in the context of affliction by witches, demons, and spirits, providing insight into how individuals conceptualised and negotiated suicidal ideation during a time where the act of suicide was not only criminal, but caused eternal damnation. She recently published an article on pin-swallowing as a means of self-destruction with the Journal of Cultural and Social History: https://doi.org/10.1080/14780038.2023.2189407