May 2021 - Advances in the History of Psychology

Reconsidering Paul Meehl’s disciplinary legacy

A new article of interest to AHP readers is now available in Social and Personality Psychology Compass: “Reconsidering Paul Meehl’s disciplinary legacy” by Ian J. Davidson. Abstract: In pursuing paths to methodological reform, many have...

Published Mon, May 31 2021 2:35 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General

Beyond the Depathologization of Homosexuality: Reframing Evelyn Hooker as a Boundary Shifter in Twentieth-Century US Sex Research

AHP readers may be interested in a new article in the Journal of the History of Sexuality: “Beyond the Depathologization of Homosexuality: Reframing Evelyn Hooker as a Boundary Shifter in Twentieth-Century US Sex Research,” by Stephen Molldrem...

Published Sun, May 30 2021 4:19 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General

Race in post-war science: The Swiss case in a global context

AHP readers may be interested in a new piece in History of the Human Sciences: “Race in post-war science: The Swiss case in a global context” by Pascal Germann. Abstract: The historiography on the concept of race in the post-war sciences has...

Published Fri, May 28 2021 2:59 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General

Wellcome Collection Online Event: Film and Neurodiversity, June 29, 2021

AHP readers may be interested in an online event on “Film and Neurodiversity” hosted by the Wellcome Collection on June 29, 2021. The event is described as follows: Join writer and researcher Dr Bonnie Evans in this online event looking at...

Published Thu, May 27 2021 12:09 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General

From cohort to community: The emotional work of birthday cards in the Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development, 1946–2018

A new piece in History of the Human Sciences may interest AHP readers: “From cohort to community: The emotional work of birthday cards in the Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development, 1946–2018,” by Hannah J. Elizabeth...

Published Sun, May 23 2021 12:11 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General

Jill Lepore on “Burnout: Modern Affliction or Human Condition?”

AHP readers may be interested in a recent piece by Jill Lepore in the New Yorker on “Burnout: Modern Affliction or Human Condition?” As Lepore writes: Herbert J. Freudenberger, the man who named burnout, was born in Frankfurt in 1926. By the...

Published Sun, May 23 2021 12:09 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General

Online Symposium, June 15, 2021: Legacy of Eugenics in Canada

AHP readers may be interested in an online event on the Legacy of Eugenics in Canada hosted by Erika Dyck at the University of Saskatchewan on the history of eugenics in Canada. The event is described as follows: This is an interactive symposium that...

Published Sun, May 23 2021 12:02 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General

Postdoctoral Position to examine aspects of the development of intelligence testing in Norway

AHP readers may be interested in a recently posted 2.5 year Postdoctoral Position to examine aspects of the development of intelligence testing in Norway. Hosted at the Museum of Cultural History at the University of Oslo, the position is described as...

Published Wed, May 19 2021 12:03 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General

Documentary and Discussions: Chasing the Revolution: Marie Langer, Psychoanalysis and Society

AHP readers may be interested in a documentary and accompanying discussion sessions planned for May and July by the Hidden Persuaders project. Filmmaker Lily Ford’s documentary Chasing the Revolution: Marie Langer, Psychoanalysis and Society can...

Published Tue, May 18 2021 1:25 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General

Online Symposium: Authoritarianism, Ambivalence, Ambiguity: The Life and Work of Else Frenkel-Brunswik

An online symposium to be held July 1 and 2, 2021 will interest AHP readers: “Authoritarianism, Ambivalence, Ambiguity: The Life and Work of Else Frenkel-Brunswik.” There is also an effort underway to digitize and make available the archival...

Published Tue, May 18 2021 10:09 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General

“Thinking, Judging, Noticing, Feeling”: John W. Tukey against the Mechanization of Inferential Knowledge

A new article in KNOW: A Journal on the Formation of Knowledge may interest AHP readers: ““Thinking, Judging, Noticing, Feeling”: John W. Tukey against the Mechanization of Inferential Knowledge,” by Alexander Campolo. Abstract: During the...

Published Fri, May 14 2021 2:26 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General

May 25, 2021: The Entangled Histories of LGBTQI+ Lives in Britain

An online event from the Wellcome Collection taking place next Tuesday, May 25th may interest AHP readers: “The Entangled Histories of LGBTQI+ Lives in Britain.” As the Wellcome describes: Join Dr David Griffiths to explore recent and contemporary...

Published Fri, May 14 2021 12:29 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General

Wearing the wolf skin: psychiatry and the phenomenon of the berserker in medieval Scandinavia

A new piece in History of Psychiatry may interest AHP readers: “Wearing the wolf skin: psychiatry and the phenomenon of the berserker in medieval Scandinavia,” by Michael Heath and Max Cooper. Abstract: This paper examines the berserker, a...

Published Fri, May 14 2021 12:25 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General

Freud, Griesinger and Foville: The influence of the nineteenth-century psychiatric tradition in the Freudian concept of delusion as an ‘attempt at recovery’

AHP readers may be interested in a new piece in History of Psychiatry: “Freud, Griesinger and Foville: the influence of the nineteenth-century psychiatric tradition in the Freudian concept of delusion as an ‘attempt at recovery’,” by Jessica...

Published Fri, May 14 2021 12:23 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General

‘Somewhere between science and superstition’: Religious outrage, horrific science, and The Exorcist (1973)

AHP readers may be interested in a forthcoming open-access piece in History of the Human Sciences that is now available online: “‘Somewhere between science and superstition’: Religious outrage, horrific science, and The Exorcist (1973)” by...

Published Tue, May 11 2021 12:38 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General

May 2021 - Advances in the History of Psychology

Syndication

Recent Posts

Tags

Archives

Reconsidering Paul Meehl’s disciplinary legacy

Beyond the Depathologization of Homosexuality: Reframing Evelyn Hooker as a Boundary Shifter in Twentieth-Century US Sex Research

Race in post-war science: The Swiss case in a global context

Wellcome Collection Online Event: Film and Neurodiversity, June 29, 2021

From cohort to community: The emotional work of birthday cards in the Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development, 1946–2018

Jill Lepore on “Burnout: Modern Affliction or Human Condition?”

Online Symposium, June 15, 2021: Legacy of Eugenics in Canada

Postdoctoral Position to examine aspects of the development of intelligence testing in Norway

Documentary and Discussions: Chasing the Revolution: Marie Langer, Psychoanalysis and Society

Online Symposium: Authoritarianism, Ambivalence, Ambiguity: The Life and Work of Else Frenkel-Brunswik

“Thinking, Judging, Noticing, Feeling”: John W. Tukey against the Mechanization of Inferential Knowledge

May 25, 2021: The Entangled Histories of LGBTQI+ Lives in Britain

Wearing the wolf skin: psychiatry and the phenomenon of the berserker in medieval Scandinavia

Freud, Griesinger and Foville: The influence of the nineteenth-century psychiatric tradition in the Freudian concept of delusion as an ‘attempt at recovery’

‘Somewhere between science and superstition’: Religious outrage, horrific science, and The Exorcist (1973)