Advances in the History of Psychology

NYT Review: ‘Labyrinths,’ Emma and Carl Jung’s Complex Marriage

The New York Times has reviewed a recent book exploring the marriage of Emma and Carl Jung: Labyrinths by Catrine Clay. In her review Jennifer Senior notes, “Labyrinths” was well received when published in England this summer. Yet throughout the first...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2016 6:43 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Book Reviews, psychoanalysis, Carl Jung, New York Times, marriage, Emma Jung

Nov 19th Wellcome Library History of Psychiatry Beyond the Asylum Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

On November 19th Alice White, Wikimedian in Residence at the Wellcome Library, is running a Wikepedia edit-a-thon to coincide with the Wellcome Collection‘s ongoing exhibit Bedlam: The Asylum and Beyond. The event is free and open to the public...

Published Thu, Nov 10 2016 6:37 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Events, asylum, Bedlam, Wellcome Collection, wikipedia, Wellcome Library, Alice White, edit-a-thon

UCL/BPS Talk Nov 21: Elizabeth Lunbeck on “Narcissism in the Age of Trump”

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 autumn term. On Monday November 21st Elizabeth Lunbeck (left) will...

Published Wed, Nov 09 2016 6:25 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Events, BPS, History of Psychology Centre, Centre for the History of Psychological Disciplines, Trump, Elizabeth Lunbeck, narcissism

Call for Papers: Techniques of the Corporation, Toronto May 4-6, 2017

Call for Papers: Techniques of the Corporation 4-6 May 2017, University of Toronto How do corporations know themselves and their world? Over the last 150 years, corporations, like universities and laboratories, have generated an abundance of knowledge...

Published Tue, Nov 08 2016 6:49 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Conferences, call for papers, techniques, Toronto, corporation

New HoP: Split-Brain Research, Vygotsky in Argentina, & More

The November 2016 issue of History of Psychology is now online. Articles in this issue explore split brain research, Vygotsky’s influence in Argentina, recent changes in Swedish psychology, and more. Full titles, authors, and abstracts follow below...

Published Mon, Nov 07 2016 12:44 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, Italy, Sweden, empathy, Psychotechnics, Vygotsky, Rome, Argentine, split-brain

New JHBS: William McDougall, the Chicago Committee on the Behavioral Sciences, & More

The Fall 2016 issue of the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences is now online. Articles in this issue explore the work done by psychologist William McDougall (right) during his time in the United States, the Chicago Committee on the Behavioral...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2016 6:30 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Journals, anthropology, sociology, film, William McDougall, Chicago

Osiris: History of Science and the Emotions

The 2016 edition of Osiris, the annual thematic journal of the History of Science Society, is now available. This year’s volume explores the “History of Science and the Emotions.” A number of articles may be of interest to AHP readers...

Published Sun, Oct 09 2016 8:08 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, brain, mental illness, mother love, psychopharmacology, Osiris, Emil Kraepelin, panic disorder, history of the emotions, pleasure, affective disorders

CFP: 4th Annual Conference on the History of Recent Social Science, June 9-10, 2017

FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORY OF RECENT SOCIAL SCIENCE (HISRESS) Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands June 9-10, 2017 This two-day conference of the Society for the History of Recent Social Science (HISRESS) will bring together researchers...

Published Fri, Oct 07 2016 6:46 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Conferences, cfp, Society for the History of Recent Social Science

“Bedlam: The Asylum & Beyond” at the Wellcome Collection

Now on at the Wellcome Collection in London is an exhibit on “Bedlam: The Asylum & Beyond.” The exhibit, which runs until January 15th 2017, is described on their website as follows: Follow the rise and fall of the mental asylum and explore...

Published Tue, Sep 27 2016 6:45 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, asylum, Bedlam, Wellcome Collection, mental illness, mental health, exhibit

One Day UCL Conference: “Towards Transcultural Histories of Psychotherapies”

A one day conference, “Towards Transcultural Histories of Psychotherapies,” will be held October 15th, 2016 at University College London. The conference is described as follows: Suspended between science, medicine, religion, art and philosophy...

Published Mon, Sep 26 2016 6:21 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Events, UCL, psychotherapy, transcultural

Michael Pettit on “Deflating Cold War Rationality”

In a recently published essay review in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A Michael Pettit (above) explores some of the recent work on Cold War rationality. The essay centres on a review of the volume How Reason Almost Lost Its Mind: The...

Published Sun, Sep 25 2016 10:00 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Journals, Cold War, Michael Pettit, rationality, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Full Talks from “The Future of the History of the Human Sciences”

A number of audio recordings from the two day event “The Future of the History of the Human Sciences” held in April 2016 are now available online. The event was held to mark the passing of the editorship of History of the Human Sciences from James Good...

Published Fri, Sep 23 2016 6:22 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, Events, history of the human sciences, Roger Smith, Felicity Callard, Steve Fuller, Peter Mandler

Call for Submissions Cheiron 2017, Deadline January 15, 2017

Cheiron, the International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences, has issued a call for submissions for their 49th Annual Meeting to be held June 22, 25. Full details follow below. Call for Papers: 49th Annual Meeting of Cheiron...

Published Mon, Sep 19 2016 6:05 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Conferences, Cheiron

PAID Centennial Special Issue on Hans Eysenck

A special issue of the journal Personality and Individual Differences marking the centenary of Hans Eysenck’s birth is now available online. Among the many varied contributions to the forthcoming issue are a number of personal reminiscences of Eysenck...

Published Sun, Sep 18 2016 10:24 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Journals, race, intelligence, personality, Hans Eysenck, individual differences, Jewish ancestry

CBHM/BCHM Special Issue: “Probing the Limits of Method in the Neurosciences”

A special issue of the Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin canadien d’histoire de la médecine dedicated to “Probing the Limits of Method in the Neurosciences” is now online. The issue includes articles that explore the work...

Published Fri, Sep 16 2016 12:25 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, neuroscience, Wilder Penfield, neuro, Nazi, mirror neurons, imaging, Parkinsons