Advances in the History of Psychology

History of Psychology & Psychiatry Conference

The following conference may be of interest to AHP readers. Call for Papers: History of Psychology and Psychiatry Postgraduate Conference, 19th March 2011. The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL will host a one day conference for...

Published Wed, Jan 19 2011 11:13 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Conferences, Wellcome Trust

e-Workshop: Teaching History of Psychology

The Society for the Teaching of Psychology is hosting an e-workshop on teaching the history of psychology at the end of January. The workshop’s sessions will be taught by a number of eminent historians of psychology, including Wade Pickren (Editor...

Published Wed, Jan 12 2011 7:31 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Events, Society for the Teaching of Psychology, e-Workshop

New Issue: JHBS

The winter 2011 issue of the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences has been released online. Included in this issue are four all new research articles, an essay review, and eight book reviews. Among topics addressed in the research articles...

Published Thu, Jan 06 2011 6:32 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, Fechner, JHBS, Little Albert, ADHD, neo-Freudianism

Inside the Center for the History of Psychology

As we come to the end of 2010, AHP would like to take a moment to mark a milestone in efforts to preserve psychology’s past. On September 1, 2010 the new Center for the History of Psychology in Akron, Ohio opened its doors. This Center houses both...

Published Tue, Dec 28 2010 12:26 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Other, Links, AHAP, Center for the History of Psychology

New Issue: History of Psychiatry

The December 2010 issue of History of Psychiatry has been published online. The issue contains nine all new articles on topics including, pyromania, war neurosis in the Spanish Civil War, Kanner’s syndrome, as well as an article by Leon Hoffman...

Published Sun, Dec 26 2010 10:27 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, History of Psychiatry, pyromania, war neurosis

A Timeline of Psychoanalysis

Elisabeth Young-Bruehl demonstrates ‘One Hundred Years of Psychoanalysis a Timeline: 1900-2000 from Caversham Productions on Vimeo. A timeline of the history of psychoanalysis, One Hundred Years of Psychoanalysis, A Timeline: 1900-2000, has recently...

Published Sun, Dec 26 2010 10:01 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Video, Books, Links, Freud, timeline

Freud and Psychoanalysis Videos

A couple of Freud and psychoanalysis videos have been posted online. The first features footage of Sigmund Freud, narrated by his daughter Anna Freud. The second video is a segment of a documentary on psychoanalysis from the 1940s. Enjoy! Freud - Old...

Published Tue, Dec 14 2010 12:44 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Video, Freud, Anna Freud

November issue of HoP

The November issue of History of Psychology has just been released. Included in this issue are pieces marking the centenary of William James’ death and the 150th anniversary of Gustav Fechner’s Psychophysics (previous discussed on AHP here...

Published Thu, Dec 09 2010 9:50 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, HoP, William James, David Robinson, Knight Dunlap, Paul Crose, Gustav Fechner

History of Female Madness in the APA Monitor

The Time Capsule section of December issue of the APA Monitor on Psychology features a piece on the history of female madness, which highlights patient voices in nineteenth century debates over sexual surgeries. The article, authored by Laura Ball and...

Published Wed, Dec 01 2010 11:17 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, madness, Jennifer Bazar, Laura Ball, patient perspective, APA Monitoy, sexual surgery

History of Psychology in The Psychologist

The just released December 2010 special issue of the British Psychological Society’s general interest publication, The Psychologist, is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Gustav Fechner’s Psychophysics (see AHP’s previous post on...

Published Wed, Nov 24 2010 10:02 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, Fechner, BPS, David Robinson, Frederic Bartlett, The Psychologist, Elizabeth Valentine, Daniel Robinson, Geoff Bunn, Christopher Green, Graham Richards, Philip Barnard, Peter Lamont

Mahler and Freud on BBC Radio 3

For the next seven days, BBC Radio 3 has made freely available this week’s Sunday Feature, Walking with Freud. The program documents a famous walk around Leiden taken by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler and Sigmund Freud in 1910. As described on...

Published Sun, Nov 21 2010 8:09 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Resources, Links, Freud, BBC, Mahler

History of Feminist Psychology in PWQ

The most recent issue of the Psychology of Women Quarterly (PWQ), includes two articles on the history of feminist psychology. In “Responsible Opposition, Disruptive Voices: Science, Social Change, and the History of Feminist Psychology” Alexandra...

Published Tue, Nov 16 2010 5:02 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, Laura Ball, Rhoda Unger, Psychology of Women Quarterly, Alexandra Rutherford, Kelli Vaughn-Blount, SPSSI, feminism

Psychiatry, Photography & Lobotomy Bibliography

As a followup to our recent post about Miriam Posner’s work on the lobotomy photographs of Walter Freeman, I would like to draw AHP’s readers attention to a recent posting on Posner’s blog, Academitron. For anyone interested in learning...

Published Mon, Nov 15 2010 7:53 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Resources, photography, Links, lobotomy, Walter Freeman

Lobotomy Photography as Medical Evidence

Science and the Arts a project of NPR’s Science Friday has posted a slideshow of Dr. Walter Freedman’s before and after photographs of lobotomy patients. The slideshow is based on the work of Miriam Posner, Mellon Postdoctoral Research Associate...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2010 11:05 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Video, Links, NPR, Walter Freedman, lobotomy

Medical Hypnosis in Imperial Germany

The Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences has just made available, through advanced access, a forthcoming article on the history of medical hypnosis in Germany. The article, “An Object of Vulgar Curiosity”: Legitimizing Medical Hypnosis...

Published Wed, Nov 10 2010 10:42 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Journals, German, hypnotism