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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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Special Issue of HHS: Normality: A collection of essays

A just-released special issue of History of the Human Sciences, “Normality: A collection of essays,” will interest AHP readers. Full details below. Introduction“Normality: A collection of essays,” by Peter Cryle, Elizabeth Stephens...

Published Sat, Mar 27 2021 5:24 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Gustav Fechner and the soul of the world

A new article in Revista Helius will interest AHP readers: “Gustav Fechner and the soul of the world,” by Marcio Luiz Miotto. Abstract: The present work intends to outline the notion of Panpsychism in Gustav Theodor Fechner’s philosophical...

Published Sat, Mar 27 2021 5:15 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Public Books: Eugenics Powers IQ and AI

A recent piece in Public Books will interest AHP readers. In “Eugenics Powers IQ and AI” Natasha Stovall writes, It is eugenics that secretly sits at the heart of not only IQ but AI. Unless there are radical changes, the next century will...

Published Sat, Mar 27 2021 5:11 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Psychological theory as administrative politics: Boris Lomov’s systems approach in the context of the Soviet science establishment

AHP readers will be interested in a new piece in History of the Human Sciences, “Psychological theory as administrative politics: Boris Lomov’s systems approach in the context of the Soviet science establishment” by Vladimir Konnov. Abstract...

Published Sat, Mar 27 2021 5:05 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Call for Papers: British Society for the History of Science Virtual Conference 13-15 July, 2021

The British Society for the History of Science has issued a call for papers for a Virtual Conference 13-15 July, 2021. Plans are for the virtual event to feature a formal conference for members of the BSHS each morning followed by a public program in...

Published Tue, Mar 23 2021 8:42 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Call for Papers: History of Science Society Joint Meeting with the Society for the History of Technology, Nov 18-21, 2021

The History of Science Society has issued a call for papers for its 2021 joint meeting with the Society for the History of Technology. The meeting will be held on November 18-21, 2021 at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana...

Published Mon, Mar 22 2021 1:26 PM 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

“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

Special Issue of HHS: Normality: A collection of essays

Gustav Fechner and the soul of the world

Public Books: Eugenics Powers IQ and AI

Psychological theory as administrative politics: Boris Lomov’s systems approach in the context of the Soviet science establishment

Call for Papers: British Society for the History of Science Virtual Conference 13-15 July, 2021

Call for Papers: History of Science Society Joint Meeting with the Society for the History of Technology, Nov 18-21, 2021