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Help Kickstart the National Museum of Psychology!

The Cummings Center for the History of Psychology has launch a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the National Museum of Psychology at the Center. In just a few days the campaign has raised more than $17,000 of their $250,000 goal. Donations at every level...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2016 6:14 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Other, News, Cummings Center, kickstarter, National Museum of Psychology

New MA programme in Theory/History of Psychology at Groningen!

The University of Groningen is now offering a master’s degree, Reflecting on Psychology. As the number of degrees offered in the meta-psychological sub-fields has been notably reduced over the past few decades, this is exciting news indeed! The...

Published Sun, Jan 01 2016 8:30 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Other, Resources, history, masters degree, Groningen, theory

The Psychologist: Madness from the Outside In

The December 2015 issue of The Psychologist, the British Psychological Society‘s flagship magazine, is now online. This month’s “Looking Back” column, written by Gail Hornstein, explores artistic depictions of madness, among them...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2015 7:20 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Other, Journals, insanity, madness, BPS, The Psychologist, art, Looking Back, Gail Hornstein

Masculinity in Mid-20th Psychology in the New Osiris

The 2015 volume of special topic publication Osiris is now available and dedicated to the theme of “Scientific Masculinities.” Among the plethora of interesting pieces in the issue, is one specifically on the history of psychology: “Maintaining...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2015 6:06 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Other, Journals, Alexandra Rutherford, masculinity, E. G. Boring, women, scientific masculinities, Osiris, woman problem

Dafne Almazán Anaya, 13 year old Psychologist

In honour of Ada Lovelace day, a quick feature of Dafne Almazán–who at the age of thirteen has been awarded a degree in psychology this month by the prestigious Mexican university Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey! This...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2015 12:56 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Other, News, Ada Lovelace Day, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Dafne Almazán, Youngest Psychologist

CfP: Special Issue of HoP on History of Psychotherapy in North and South America

A call for papers has been issued for a special issue of History of Psychology on the history of psychotherapy in North and South America. Guest edited by Rachael Rosner, the issue will be released in parallel with a special issue of History of the Human...

Published Sat, Jul 07 2015 9:18 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Other, Journals, History of Psychology, special issue, history of the human sciences, psychotherapy, call for papers, South America, North America, Rachael Rosner

The New Yorker: “The Real Lesson of the Stanford Prison Experiment”

The New Yorker has just posted an article on “The Real Lesson of the Stanford Prison Experiment.” A new feature film The Stanford Prison Experiment, starring Billy Crudup as psychologist Philip Zimbardo, provides the impetus for the piece...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2015 8:12 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Other, News, Links, Stanford prison experiment, Philip Zimbardo, feature film, The New Yorker

Contribute to The Psychologist’s “Looking Back” Column!

The British Psychological Society’s magazine, The Psychologist, is looking for brief contributions for its regular history column “Looking Back.” Previous articles from the column are largely open access and can be read online here....

Published Mon, Jun 06 2015 7:47 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Other, News, BPS, The Psychologist, Looking Back

Community Announcement: Cummings Center for the History of Psychology Expansion

The Center for the History of Psychology at The University of Akron, which houses the Archives of the History of American Psychology, a Museum of Psychology and hosts public education and outreach programs, will be closing to all researchers from September...

Published Sun, Jun 06 2015 7:30 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Other, News, Resources, museum, Center for the History of Psychology, Historical Tourism, Research, Archives of the History of American Psychology

TPR: Andrew Scull’s “Madness and meaning: Depictions of insanity through history”

The Paris Review currently features a beautifully illustrated piece from historian Andrew Scull. In “Madness and Meaning” Scull discusses the many depictions of mental illness – religious, medical, pharmaceutical – produced through...

Published Tue, May 05 2015 9:05 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Other, Journals, insanity, Links, madness, images, Andrew Scull, The Paris Review

Call for Participation: Interviews with Archival Researchers

Here at AHP, we’re interested in fostering conversation about historiographic theory and methods, and as we have access to such a vibrant community of historians and allied researchers, I thought I’d forward this query posted on the H-Public...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2015 9:00 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Other, archives, historiography, digital history, Inside the Digital History of Psych, Research, Information and Library Science

Bibliography: Laboratories, Instruments, and the Material Culture of Psychology

For anyone interested in exploring the history of laboratories, instruments, and the material culture of psychology more generally, I have put together the following bibliography. Sources have been organized into the following categories: Laboratories...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2013 11:57 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Other, Resources, Links, bibliography, material culture, instruments, laboratories

Call for Nominations: History of Psychology Journal Editor

History of Psychology, a journal of the American Psychological Association, has issued a call for nominations for journal editor. David Dunning, PhD has been appointed chair of the search. The nomination deadline is January 11, 2014 and the candidates...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2013 9:41 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Other, News, History of Psychology, Jobs, editorship, call for nominations

Four Floors + a Gift Shop: A History of Psychiatry Roadtrip

This is a special post co-authored by Jennifer Bazar and Jacy Young and published simultaneously at both the Advances in the History of Psychology (AHP) and FieldNotes blogs. The 45th annual meeting of Cheiron was held at the end of June in Irving, Texas...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2013 3:00 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Other, Resources, museum, psychiatry, Glore Psychiatric Museum, St. Joseph Missouri, roadtrip

The Expert: A Novel Based on the Life of Rosalie Rayner

Author Andromeda Romano-Lax has crowd funded, through USA Projects, a book in progress on the life of Rosalie Rayner (left). Tentatively titled The Expert, Romano-Lax’s the novel will be a fictionalized account of Rayner’s short life (1899...

Published Sat, Apr 04 2013 6:08 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Other, News, Behaviorism, novel, crowd funding, John Watson, Rosalie Rayner

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