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New at the Wellcome Library: Tavistock Institute of Human Relations Archive Now Open to Researchers!

The papers of the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (TIHR) have now been catalogued – 130 boxes of them! – and are now open to researchers at the Wellcome Library. As the TIHR Archive Project reports, These papers – the registered document...

Published Thu, Sep 01 2016 1:55 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: News, Resources, archives, Research, Wellcome Library, Tavistock Institute, Tavistock Institute of Human Relatiosn
Laura Stark’s Review of Patient H.M. in Science

As part of our continuing coverage of the controversy that has erupted over Luke Dittrich’s recently released Patient H.M., we bring to your attention a just released review of the book in Science. In her review, Laura Stark provides a welcome perspective...

Published Mon, Aug 22 2016 6:53 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Book Reviews, Laura Stark, H.M., Suzanne Corkin, Henry Molaison
Psychobook is Perfect for Your Coffee Table

A soon to be published book from Princeton Architectural Press may be just what every psychologist and historian of psychology has been waiting for to adorn their coffee table. Psychobook is a lavishly illustrated volume documenting the history of psychological...

Published Sun, Aug 21 2016 6:16 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Books, Book Reviews, tests and measures, testing, coffee table book
History of Human Science Talks at HHS, Atlanta, Nov. 3-6, 2016

As a followup to yesterday’s post on the Forum for History of Human Science (FHHS) sponsored session at the History of Science Society (HSS) meeting, November 3rd through 6th in Atlanta, we’ve rounded up all the history of human science content...

Published Wed, Aug 17 2016 6:40 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Conferences, history of science society, forum for history of human science
FHHS Sponsored Session: “Human Science Fictionalized: A Novel, a Visual Narrative and an Indie Film”

This November’s History of Science Society (HSS) meeting features a session sponsored by HSS’s special interest group the Forum for History of Human Science (FHHS). The HSS meeting runs November 3rd through 6th in Atlanta, Georgia. The session...

Published Tue, Aug 16 2016 6:23 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Conferences, film, popular psychology, Ben Harris, Milgram, John Carson, Behaviorism, Gina Perry, John Watson, fiction, HSS, Rosalie Raynor, FHHS, history of science society, Andromeda Romano-Lax, Matteo Farinella, Neurocomic, Nadine Weidman, forum for history of human science, neuro-science, human science
Reflecting on “Functionalism, Darwinism, and the Psychology of Women” 40 Years Later

The August 2016 issue of Feminism & Psychology features a special focus section looking back at Stephanie Shield’s seminal “Functionalism, Darwinism, and the Psychology of Women” some 40 years on. Full details on the pieces that...

Published Mon, Aug 15 2016 11:27 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Darwin, Journals, gender, functionalism, psychology of women, Feminism & Psychology, Stephanie Shields, variability
Controversy Brewing over Suzanne Corkin and Patient H.M.

As we recently reported on AHP a new book on the infamous case study of H.M. has subjected this work to increasing scrutiny, especially with respect to the actions of psychologist Suzanne Corkin, chief H.M. researcher who also served as gatekeeper of...

Published Thu, Aug 11 2016 12:46 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, News, Opinion, Books, ethics, H.M., Suzanne Corkin, Henry Molaison
August Roundup: journal issues on related subjects

You’ll find a range of relevant works this month in periodical publications near and dear to our subject. Among the usual suspects are History of the Human Sciences, History of Psychiatry, and Social History of Medicine. HHS includes interesting...

Published Fri, Aug 05 2016 8:00 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, psychiatry, medicine, eugenics, human sciences, Brazilian colonial medicine, history of the self, DSM sexual appetite, theory of mind, German graphology, Argentinian social science, Ottoman Empire mental health, social history, LSD therapy
History of Psychiatry Podcast Series

Robert Allan Houston, historian of English social history at St. Andrews in Scotland is producing a podcast series with the straightforward title ‘History of Psychiatry.’ Houston’s approach is simultaneously accessible and nuanced; the...

Published Wed, Aug 03 2016 7:30 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Blogs, Resources, psychiatry, Podcasts, History of Psychiatry, historiography, Radio, podcast, British history
New HoP: The Future of the History of Psychology Revisited

The August 2016 issue of History of Psychology is now available. Articles in this special issue, guest edited by Adrian Brock, revisit the issues raised by Kurt Danziger in his 1994 article “Does the History of Psychology Have a Future?” Full...

Published Thu, Jul 21 2016 12:08 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, Brazil, History of Psychology, pedagogy, digital history, South Africa, psyborgs, Argentina, Kurt Danziger, future of history of psychology
New Article: Breathing Exercises as Treatment for Neurasthenia in Japan

The July 2016 issue of the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences includes an article of interest to AHP readers. The piece describes the use of breathing exercises as a treatment for neurasthenia in Japan in the first half of the twentieth...

Published Wed, Jul 20 2016 6:04 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, JHMAS, Japan, treatment, neurasthenia, breathing exercises, qi
The Guardian: “Starved, tortured, forgotten: Genie, the feral child who left a mark on researchers”

The Guardian recently published a piece looking back on the history of Genie, the so-called feral child whose horrendous treatment at the hands of her father made headline news in the 1970s. The fact that Genie had been raised without language or basic...

Published Tue, Jul 19 2016 10:51 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, News, Language, linguistics, The Guardian, feral child, Genie
5 Minute History Lesson, Episode 5: A Love Story of Academic Proportions

New from the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology is the fifth episode of 5 Minute History Lesson: A Love Story of Academic Proportions. Written and narrated by Ludy Benjamin, Jr. the video describes the lives and work of psychologists Harry...

Published Fri, Jul 15 2016 10:21 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Video, Leta Stetter Hollingworth, Harry Hollingworth, Ludy Benjamin Jr., Cummings Center
New JHBS: Palladino, Binet’s Instruments, Textbooks, & More

The summer 2016 issue of Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences is now online. Articles in this issue explore investigations of Palladino’s mediumship, Alfred Binet’s collaboration with instrument makers, the historiography of psychology...

Published Thu, Jul 14 2016 6:39 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Journals, Lombroso, textbooks, Eusapia Palladino, Alfred Binet, digital history, mediums, instruments, boundary-work
New Books Network Podcast Interview: Sabine Arnaud’s On Hysteria

Now available on the New Books Network is an interview with Sabine Arnaud on her recent book On Hysteria: The Invention of a Medical Category between 1670 and 1820. As the New Books Network describes, Sabine Arnaud‘s new book explores a history of discursive...

Published Wed, Jul 13 2016 6:12 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Books, Podcasts, Interview, hysteria, New Books Network, Sabine Arnaud

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New at the Wellcome Library: Tavistock Institute of Human Relations Archive Now Open to Researchers!

Laura Stark’s Review of Patient H.M. in Science

Psychobook is Perfect for Your Coffee Table

History of Human Science Talks at HHS, Atlanta, Nov. 3-6, 2016

FHHS Sponsored Session: “Human Science Fictionalized: A Novel, a Visual Narrative and an Indie Film”

Reflecting on “Functionalism, Darwinism, and the Psychology of Women” 40 Years Later

Controversy Brewing over Suzanne Corkin and Patient H.M.

August Roundup: journal issues on related subjects

History of Psychiatry Podcast Series

New HoP: The Future of the History of Psychology Revisited

New Article: Breathing Exercises as Treatment for Neurasthenia in Japan

The Guardian: “Starved, tortured, forgotten: Genie, the feral child who left a mark on researchers”

5 Minute History Lesson, Episode 5: A Love Story of Academic Proportions

New JHBS: Palladino, Binet’s Instruments, Textbooks, & More

New Books Network Podcast Interview: Sabine Arnaud’s On Hysteria