Advances in the History of Psychology

Insomnia, Medicalization, and Expert Knowledge

AHP readers may be interested in a new piece in the April issue of the Canadian Journal of Health History: “Insomnia, Medicalization, and Expert Knowledge,” by Kenton Kroker. Abstract: Historians have clearly articulated the ways in which...

Published Sat, May 21 2022 4:56 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Composing Well-being: Mental Health and the Mass Observation Project in Twentieth-Century Britain

A new piece in Social History of Medicine may interest AHP readers: “Composing Well-being: Mental Health and the Mass Observation Project in Twentieth-Century Britain” by Andrew Burchell and Mathew Thomson. Abstract: This article argues that...

Published Sat, May 14 2022 7:39 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Reflections from Pioneering Women in Psychology

A new book will interest AHP readers: Reflections from Pioneering Women in Psychology edited by Jamila Bookwala and Nicky J. Newton. The book is described as follows: This volume traces the life journeys of a cohort of influential and transformative women...

Published Sat, May 14 2022 7:24 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Young Foucault: The Lille Manuscripts on Psychopathology, Phenomenology, and Anthropology, 1952–1955

AHP readers may be interested in a forthcoming book Young Foucault: The Lille Manuscripts on Psychopathology, Phenomenology, and Anthropology, 1952–1955 by Elisabetta Basso. Translated by Marie Satya McDonough. Foreword by Bernard E. Harcourt. The book...

Published Sat, May 14 2022 7:09 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Writing good economics: How texts ‘on the move’ perform the lab and discipline of experimental economics

AHP readers may be interested in a new piece in Social Studies of Science: “Writing good economics: How texts ‘on the move’ perform the lab and discipline of experimental economics,” by Kristin Asdal and Béatrice Cointe. Abstract: How is objectivity...

Published Sat, May 14 2022 6:59 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Hacking the Brain? Histories of Technology and Mind Control Conference, 16-17 June 2022

AHP readers may be interested in a conference taking place June 16 and 17, 2022 at the Centre for Health and Humanities, the University of Groningen. It will be in a hybrid format. Participation can be in person (for a small fee) or online. The “Hacking...

Published Sat, May 14 2022 6:55 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Mind and knowledge in the early thought of Franz Boas, 1887–1904

A new piece in History of the Human Sciences will interest AHP readers: “Mind and knowledge in the early thought of Franz Boas, 1887–1904,” Valentina Mann. Abstract: Franz Boas’ articulation of a new historicist and relativistic framework...

Published Sun, May 01 2022 7:04 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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The Premonitions Bureau: A True Account of Death Foretold

AHP readers may be interested in the new book The Premonitions Bureau: A True Account of Death Foretold by Sam Knight. The book is described as follows: On the morning of October 21, 1966, Kathleen Middleton, a music teacher in suburban London, awoke...

Published Tue, Apr 26 2022 4:09 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Psychoanalysizing science itself: Psychoanalysis, philosophy of science and scientific research in the institutionalization of Argentinian psychology (1962–1983)

A new piece in the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences will interest AHP readers: “Psychoanalysizing science itself: Psychoanalysis, philosophy of science and scientific research in the institutionalization of Argentinian psychology...

Published Tue, Apr 26 2022 3:54 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Managing Chineseness: neurasthenia and psychiatry in Taiwan in the second half of the twentieth century

A new article now available online from History of Psychiatry may interest AHP readers: “Managing Chineseness: neurasthenia and psychiatry in Taiwan in the second half of the twentieth century,” by Wen-Ji Wang. Abstract: The present study...

Published Tue, Apr 26 2022 3:34 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Miracles of Healing: Psychotherapy and Religion in Twentieth-Century Scotland

AHP readers will be interested in a new book: Miracles of Healing: Psychotherapy and Religion in Twentieth-Century Scotland by Gavin Miller. The book is described as follows: Although a tide of secularization swept over the post-war United Kingdom, Christianity...

Published Sun, Apr 24 2022 10:52 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Changing Psychiatry or Changing Society? The Motion for the Rights of the “Mentally Ill” in Greece, 1980-1990

AHP readers may be interested in a new piece in the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences: “Changing Psychiatry or Changing Society? The Motion for the Rights of the “Mentally Ill” in Greece, 1980-1990,” Despo Kritsotaki....

Published Sun, Apr 24 2022 10:48 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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The Medicalization of the Transsexual: Patient-Physician Narratives in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

AHP readers may be interested in a piece in the new issues of the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences: “The Medicalization of the Transsexual: Patient-Physician Narratives in the First Half of the Twentieth Century,” by...

Published Sun, Apr 24 2022 10:47 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Spring Issue of JHBS – Including a New Perspectives Section

The Spring 2022 issue of the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences is now online. Notably, the new spring issue of JHBS debuts a new feature – Perspectives. In this inaugural Perspectives section, authors draw back the curtain on historical...

Published Sun, Apr 24 2022 10:39 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Quantifying Sexual Constitution: Abraham Myerson’s Endocrine Study of Male Homosexuality, 1938–1942

A new piece in the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences may interest AHP readers: “Quantifying Sexual Constitution: Abraham Myerson’s Endocrine Study of Male Homosexuality, 1938–1942,” by Matthew J. McLaughlin. Abstract:...

Published Sun, Apr 24 2022 10:21 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Insomnia, Medicalization, and Expert Knowledge

Composing Well-being: Mental Health and the Mass Observation Project in Twentieth-Century Britain

Reflections from Pioneering Women in Psychology

Young Foucault: The Lille Manuscripts on Psychopathology, Phenomenology, and Anthropology, 1952–1955

Writing good economics: How texts ‘on the move’ perform the lab and discipline of experimental economics

Hacking the Brain? Histories of Technology and Mind Control Conference, 16-17 June 2022

Mind and knowledge in the early thought of Franz Boas, 1887–1904

The Premonitions Bureau: A True Account of Death Foretold

Psychoanalysizing science itself: Psychoanalysis, philosophy of science and scientific research in the institutionalization of Argentinian psychology (1962–1983)

Managing Chineseness: neurasthenia and psychiatry in Taiwan in the second half of the twentieth century

Miracles of Healing: Psychotherapy and Religion in Twentieth-Century Scotland

Changing Psychiatry or Changing Society? The Motion for the Rights of the “Mentally Ill” in Greece, 1980-1990

The Medicalization of the Transsexual: Patient-Physician Narratives in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

Spring Issue of JHBS – Including a New Perspectives Section

Quantifying Sexual Constitution: Abraham Myerson’s Endocrine Study of Male Homosexuality, 1938–1942