July 2020 - Advances in the History of Psychology

New! History of Psychology Virtual Workshop

AHP readers will be interested in a newly organized ongoing series of history of psychology virtual workshops. Full details below. History of Psychology Virtual Workshop The Workshop aims to create an inter- and multi-disciplinary space for pursuing theoretically...

Published Mon, Jul 20 2020 8:48 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Throwing the case open: The impossible subject of Luisa Passerini’s Autobiography of a Generation

A further piece from the forthcoming History of the Human Sciences special issue on John Forrester’s work on thinking in cases is now available online: “Throwing the case open: The impossible subject of Luisa Passerini’s Autobiography of a...

Published Thu, Jul 16 2020 12:31 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Teachers College, Columbia University Removes E. L. Thorndike’s Name from Building

The Board of Trustees of Teachers College, Columbia University have voted to remove psychologist E. L. Thorndike’s name from a campus building, nearly half a century after its dedication. The unanimous decision follows a 2018 report produced by...

Published Thu, Jul 16 2020 11:48 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Special Issue, Living well: Histories of well-being and human flourishing

AHP readers will be interested in a recent special issue of Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences on Living well: Histories of well-being and human flourishing, guest-edited by Mark Solovey and Deborah Weinstein. Full details below. INTRODUCTION“Living...

Published Thu, Jul 16 2020 11:28 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Sensory Experiments: Psychophysics, Race, and the Aesthetics of Feeling

AHP readers will be interested in a book soon to be published by Duke University Press. Sensory Experiments: Psychophysics, Race, and the Aesthetics of Feeling by Erica Fretwell is describes as follows: In Sensory Experiments, Erica Fretwell excavates...

Published Wed, Jul 15 2020 1:04 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Guns, Germs, and Public History: A Conversation with Jennifer Tucker

A forthcoming piece in the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, now available online, will be of interest to AHP readers. The piece, a conversation between historians Jennifer Tucker and David Serlin, is part of a special issue on public...

Published Tue, Jul 14 2020 10:53 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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September 2020 issue of History of Psychiatry

AHP readers may be interested in the newly released September 2020 issue of History of Psychiatry. Full details below. “Alteration of consciousness in Ancient Greece: divine mania,” Yulia Ustinova. Abstract: Ancient Greece was unique in its...

Published Fri, Jul 10 2020 11:02 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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The Participant: A Century of Participation in Four Stories

AHP readers may be interested in Christopher Kelty’s recent The Participant: A Century of Participation in Four Stories. The book is described as, Participation is everywhere today. It has been formalized, measured, standardized, scaled up, network-enabled...

Published Fri, Jul 10 2020 9:29 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Newborn Imitation: The Stakes of a Controversy

Just released as part of the series Elements in Histories of Emotions and the Senses is a piece that may interest AHP readers: “Newborn Imitation: The Stakes of a Controversy.” Written by Ruth Leys, the piece is free to access from now until...

Published Wed, Jul 08 2020 11:58 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Forthcoming in HHS: Revisiting John Forrester and the Case

A number of articles destined for a forthcoming special issue of History of the Human Sciences – dedicated to John Forrester’s work on thinking in cases – are now available online. Full details below (including, full disclosure, a piece from myself...

Published Mon, Jul 06 2020 2:59 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Joint Cheiron and ESHHS Virtual Mini-Meeting, July 9-11, 2020

AHP readers may be interested in attending a virtual mini-meeting of Cheiron (the International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences) and ESHHS (European Society for the History of the Human Sciences), taking place in lieu of a planned...

Published Mon, Jul 06 2020 11:39 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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New! History of Psychology Virtual Workshop

Throwing the case open: The impossible subject of Luisa Passerini’s Autobiography of a Generation

Teachers College, Columbia University Removes E. L. Thorndike’s Name from Building

Special Issue, Living well: Histories of well-being and human flourishing

Sensory Experiments: Psychophysics, Race, and the Aesthetics of Feeling

Guns, Germs, and Public History: A Conversation with Jennifer Tucker

September 2020 issue of History of Psychiatry

The Participant: A Century of Participation in Four Stories

Newborn Imitation: The Stakes of a Controversy

Forthcoming in HHS: Revisiting John Forrester and the Case

Joint Cheiron and ESHHS Virtual Mini-Meeting, July 9-11, 2020