April 2021 - Advances in the History of Psychology

Call for Contributions: Special Issue on 70 years of the Inter-American Society of Psychology (SIP)

A call for submission for a special issue of the Interamerican Journal of Psychology (IJP)/Revista Interamericana de Psicología (RIP) celebrating the 70th anniversary of Interamerican Society of Psychology (ISP) has been issued. Special Theme 2021: 70...

Published Wed, Apr 07 2021 7:37 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Jennifer Bazar, PhD is the new Assistant Director of the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology

Congratulations to Jennifer Bazar (an AHP alum!) on her appointment as Assistant Director of the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology. As noted in the announcement of Bazar’s appointment: “Dr. Bazar’s experience and expertise will be a...

Published Wed, Apr 07 2021 10:55 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Collecting to understand: the art of children and the medical-pedagogical approach in twentieth-century Portugal

AHP readers may be interested in a new article in History of Psychiatry, “Collecting to understand: the art of children and the medical-pedagogical approach in twentieth-century Portugal,” by João Pedro Fróis. Abstract: In this essay I look...

Published Sun, Apr 04 2021 10:00 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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“The Sleeping Beauty of the Brain”: Memory, MIT, Montreal, and the Origins of Neuroscience

An article in the most recent issue of Isis will be of interest to AHP readers: ““The Sleeping Beauty of the Brain”: Memory, MIT, Montreal, and the Origins of Neuroscience,” by Yvan Prkachin. Abstract: This essay traces the simultaneous development...

Published Thu, Apr 01 2021 2:10 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Voices in the History of Madness: Personal and Professional Perspectives on Mental Health and Illness

The new edited volume, Voices in the History of Madness: Personal and Professional Perspectives on Mental Health and Illness, may interest AHP readers. Edited by Robert Ellis, Sarah Kendal, and Steven J. Taylor, the book is described as follows: This...

Published Thu, Apr 01 2021 2:07 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Interpreting Mach: Critical Essays

A new edited volume may interest AHP readers, Interpreting Mach: Critical Essays. Book description and table of contents follow below. This volume presents new essays on the work and thought of physicist, psychologist, and philosopher Ernst Mach. Moving...

Published Thu, Apr 01 2021 2:05 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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From Melancholia to Depression: Disordered Mood in Nineteenth-Century Psychiatry

A new open access book, From Melancholia to Depression: Disordered Mood in Nineteenth-Century Psychiatry by Åsa Jansson, will interest AHP readers. The book is described as follows: This open access book maps a crucial but neglected chapter in the history...

Published Thu, Apr 01 2021 2:01 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Nation on the Couch: Inside South Africa’s Mind

A new book from Wahbie Long may interest AHP readers, Nation on the Couch: Inside South Africa’s Mind. Description from the publisher: Provocative, insightful and brilliantly written by Professor Wahbie Long, Nation on the Couch explores life in...

Published Thu, Apr 01 2021 1:56 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Fanon’s Psychiatric Hospital as a Waystation to Freedom

A recent piece in Theory, Culture and Society may interest AHP readers: “Fanon’s Psychiatric Hospital as a Waystation to Freedom” by Nancy Luxon. Abstract: What does it mean to develop psychiatric method in a colonial context? Specifically...

Published Thu, Apr 01 2021 1:54 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Foucault’s Critique of the Human Sciences in the 1950s: Between Psychology and Philosophy

AHP readers may be interested in a recent piece in Theory, Culture and Society “Foucault’s Critique of the Human Sciences in the 1950s: Between Psychology and Philosophy” by Elisabetta Basso. Abstract: This paper is based on the archives of...

Published Thu, Apr 01 2021 1:51 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Review Article: Writing the history of postcolonial and transcultural psychiatry in Africa

A review article in History of the Human Sciences by Ana Antic may interest AHP readers. Antic reviews recent scholarship on the history of psychiatry in Africa in “Writing the history of postcolonial and transcultural psychiatry in Africa,”...

Published Thu, Apr 01 2021 1:45 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Call for Contributions: Special Issue on 70 years of the Inter-American Society of Psychology (SIP)

Jennifer Bazar, PhD is the new Assistant Director of the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology

Collecting to understand: the art of children and the medical-pedagogical approach in twentieth-century Portugal

“The Sleeping Beauty of the Brain”: Memory, MIT, Montreal, and the Origins of Neuroscience

Voices in the History of Madness: Personal and Professional Perspectives on Mental Health and Illness

Interpreting Mach: Critical Essays

From Melancholia to Depression: Disordered Mood in Nineteenth-Century Psychiatry

Nation on the Couch: Inside South Africa’s Mind

Fanon’s Psychiatric Hospital as a Waystation to Freedom

Foucault’s Critique of the Human Sciences in the 1950s: Between Psychology and Philosophy

Review Article: Writing the history of postcolonial and transcultural psychiatry in Africa