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New HoP: Sandor Rado on Bisexuality, Psych and Social Engineering in 20th c. America, & Behavior Therapy in France

The August 2017 issue of History of Psychology is now available. Articles in this issue discuss psychoanalyst Sandor Rado’s influential views on bisexuality, American attitudes toward psychology, technology, and social engineering in the 20th century...

Published Fri, Aug 11 2017 6:03 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, evolution, Wundt, Journals, William James, Cold War, psychoanalysis, France, biology, technology, digitization, CBT, publishing, social engineering, America, Sandor Rado, behavior therapy, Technocracy Movement, bisexuality, Henry Holt, Leipzig
New History of Psychiatry: Moral Insanity Diagnosis, Laboratory in the Asylum, Post-Mortem, & More!

The September 2017 issue of History of Psychiatry is now online. Articles in this issue explore the diagnosis of moral insanity and the French ethical tradition in psychiatry. Also explored are the laboratory in the asylum, the post-mortem in the asylum...

Published Thu, Aug 10 2017 6:36 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals
Chris Millard in The Atlantic: “The Dangers of Over-Policing Motherhood”

Historian Chris Millard writes in The Atlantic about “The Dangers of Over-Policing Motherhood.” Using the case of Munchausen syndrome by proxy as an example, Millard explores the impact of shifting understandings of the emotional support offered...

Published Wed, Aug 09 2017 2:25 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, News, the Atlantic, Bowlby, Munchausen Syndrome, motherhood, Chris Millard
New Book: Homo Cinematicus: Science, Motion Pictures, and the Making of Modern Germany

Now available from University of Pennsylvania Press is Andreas Killen’s Homo Cinematicus: Science, Motion Pictures, and the Making of Modern Germany: In the early decades of the twentieth century, two intertwined changes began to shape the direction...

Published Wed, Aug 09 2017 6:21 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Books, film, Germany, cinema, motion pictures
“The Long and Winding Road: 125 years of the American Psychological Association”

Having just wrapped up the convention celebrating the 125th anniversary of the American Psychological Association, this is a good time to reflect back on the the association’s history. John Greenwood does just that in a new piece in Behavioral Scientist...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2017 1:05 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, APA, G. Stanley Hall, anniversary
New Social History of Medicine: Historicizing Hacking’s Concepts, Psychopathy, & More

The most recent issue of Social History of Medicine includes several articles of interest to AHP readers. Articles in this issue historicize Ian Hacking’s concepts via the example of Munchausen syndrome, describe the development of public health...

Published Wed, Aug 02 2017 7:56 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, psychiatry, diagnostic categories, psychopathy, Finland, alcohol, Ian Hacking, health education, the public, Munchausen Syndrome
NBN Interview w/ Claire D. Clark on The Recovery Revolution: The Battle Over Addiction Treatment in the United States

New from the New Books Network (NBN) of podcasts is an interview with Claire D. Clark on her newly released book The Recovery Revolution: The Battle Over Addiction Treatment in the United States. As NBN describes, Before the 1960s, doctors were generally...

Published Mon, Jul 31 2017 6:15 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Books, Podcasts, Interview, addiction, New Books Network, AA, therapeutic community, Synanon
Special Issue: “Pragmatism and Psychologism” Feat. Charles Sanders Peirce on Experimental Psychology

The most recent issue of the European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy is devoted to “Pragmatism and Psychologism.” Edited by Rosa M. Calcaterra and Roberta Dreon the issue includes a number of articles that may be of interest...

Published Sun, Jul 30 2017 6:32 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, William James, Jung, experimental psychology, pragmatism, the self, habit, radical empiricism, Husserl, logic, psychologism, Peirce
July 31st BPS/UCL Talk: “Kingsley Hall: An Island? Exploring Archival Accounts of Life at the Hall”

The British Psychological Society‘s History of Psychology Centre, in conjunction with UCL’s Centre for the History of the Psychological Disciplines, has announced the next talk in its summer seminar series. On Monday July 31st Adrian Chapman, of Florida...

Published Wed, Jul 26 2017 6:00 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Events, UCL, BPS, archives, History of Psychology Centre, Centre for the History of Psychological Disciplines, R.D. Laing, Kingsley Hall
Special Issue: Histories of Women, Gender, and Feminism in Psychology

The Summer 2017 issue of the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences is a special issue devoted to “Histories of Women, Gender, and Feminism in Psychology.” Guest edited by Alexandra Rutherford, the issue both celebrates the intellectual...

Published Fri, Jul 21 2017 6:15 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, gender, Alexandra Rutherford, feminism, women in psychology, britain, religion, Elizabeth Scarborough, work, projective testing, Untold Lives
The History of Psychology, Dramatized

Lauren Slater‘s popular volume Opening Skinner’s Box is being interpreted for the stage by the British theatre troupe Improbable as part of this year’s Lincoln Center Festival. Directed by Phelim McDermott and Lee Simpson, the...

Published Thu, Jul 20 2017 6:30 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Events, theatre, Lauren Slater, Opening Skinner's Box
New HHS: Brainwashing, Scientific Expertise and the Politics of Emotion, & More!

The July 2017 issue of History of the Human Sciences is now online. Articles in this issue explore cinematic representations of brainwashing, scientific expertise and the politics of emotion, and more. Full details below. “Brainwashing the cybernetic...

Published Wed, Jul 19 2017 12:53 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, anthropology, crime, psychiatry, psychedelics, film, economics, popular psychology, Germany, emotions, brainwashing, Italy, diagnostic categories, expertise, cybernetics, cinema, criminal responsibility, mind control, pathology, Adam Smith, media, Gregory Bateson
Reimaging Human Relations in Our Time: 4-Day Festival Celebrating 70 Years of the Tavistock Institute

The Tavistock Institute is hosting a 4 day festival, Reimagining Human Relations in Our Time, October 17th-20th to mark its 70th anniversary. For those interested in the history of the Tavistock Institute events on Thursday October 19th are on the theme...

Published Fri, Jul 14 2017 6:05 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Events, archive, human relations, Wellcome Library, Tavistock Institute, Anniversaries, anniversary
The Hirschfeld Archives: Violence, Death, and Modern *** Culture

The Hirschfeld Archives: Violence, Death, and Modern *** Culture by Heike Bauer was recently been published by Temple University Press. As described on the publisher’s website, Influential sexologist and activist Magnus Hirschfeld founded Berlin’s...

Published Thu, Jul 13 2017 6:50 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Books, archive, Germany, colonialism, LGBTQA, sexology, Nazis, violence, LGBT rights, Magnus Hirschfeld, queer
Special Issue on Historical Cognition’s Dilemmas and Advances

A recently released special issue of Memory Studies is dedicated to the issue of historical cognition. Guest edited by Peter Hegarty and Olivier Klein the issue explores historical cognition’s dilemmas as well as recent advances in historical cognition...

Published Wed, Jul 12 2017 6:35 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, memory, social psychology, Peter Hegarty, historical cognition

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New HoP: Sandor Rado on Bisexuality, Psych and Social Engineering in 20th c. America, & Behavior Therapy in France

New History of Psychiatry: Moral Insanity Diagnosis, Laboratory in the Asylum, Post-Mortem, & More!

Chris Millard in The Atlantic: “The Dangers of Over-Policing Motherhood”

New Book: Homo Cinematicus: Science, Motion Pictures, and the Making of Modern Germany

“The Long and Winding Road: 125 years of the American Psychological Association”

New Social History of Medicine: Historicizing Hacking’s Concepts, Psychopathy, & More

NBN Interview w/ Claire D. Clark on The Recovery Revolution: The Battle Over Addiction Treatment in the United States

Special Issue: “Pragmatism and Psychologism” Feat. Charles Sanders Peirce on Experimental Psychology

July 31st BPS/UCL Talk: “Kingsley Hall: An Island? Exploring Archival Accounts of Life at the Hall”

Special Issue: Histories of Women, Gender, and Feminism in Psychology

The History of Psychology, Dramatized

New HHS: Brainwashing, Scientific Expertise and the Politics of Emotion, & More!

Reimaging Human Relations in Our Time: 4-Day Festival Celebrating 70 Years of the Tavistock Institute

The Hirschfeld Archives: Violence, Death, and Modern *** Culture

Special Issue on Historical Cognition’s Dilemmas and Advances