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Neuroskeptic Review: Patient H.M.

Neuroskeptic, part of Discover Magazine’s series of blogs, recently posted a review of a new book, Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets. The book, written by Luke Dittrich who is himself the grandson of H.M.’s neurosurgeon...

Published Mon, Jul 11 2016 6:04 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Blogs, Book Reviews, Neuroskeptic, H.M., Suzanne Corkin

UCL/BPS Talk July 18th: Fabio de Sio on J. C. Eccles and the Dawn of Neuroscience in Britain

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 the Summer term. On Monday July 18th Fabio de Sio will be speaking on “The...

Published Sun, Jul 10 2016 6:30 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Events, neuroscience, UCL, BPS, History of Psychology Centre, Centre for the History of Psychological Disciplines

Social History of Medicine “Focus on Managing Mental Disorder”

The may 2016 issue of Social History of Medicine includes a section of book reviews focusing on the historiography of mental disorders. The books reviewed in this section are as follows: Leonard Smith, Insanity, Race and Colonialism: Managing Mental Disorder...

Published Fri, Jul 08 2016 7:30 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Journals, Book Reviews, Social History of Medicine, mental disorders

Oct. 6th: BPS’s 6th Annual Stories of Psychology Symposium “With Childhood in Mind”

On Thursday October 6th, 2016 the British Psychological Society‘s History of Psychology Centre, in conjunction with the BPS History & Philosophy of Psychology Section, will be holding their sixth annual Stories of Psychology Symposium. The theme...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2016 6:18 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Events, BPS, History of Psychology Centre, childhood, history and philosophy of psychology section, stories of psychology

The ‘gay cure’ experiments that were written out of scientific history

This article first appeared on Mosaic and is republished here under a Creative Commons licence. Robert Heath claimed to have cured homosexuality by implanting electrodes into the pleasure centre of the brain. Robert Colvile reports on one of the great...

Published Wed, Jul 06 2016 5:43 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Blogs, homosexuality, Research, Mosaic, 'gay cure', Robert Heath

UCL/BPS Talk July 11th: Martyn Pickersgill “On Infrastructure and Ontology”

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 the Summer term. On Monday July 11th Martyn Pickersgill (right) will be...

Published Wed, Jul 06 2016 10:55 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Events, UCL, BPS, History of Psychology Centre, Centre for the History of Psychological Disciplines, mental health, Martyn Pickersgill, ontology

Allan Branstiter: Madness & A Thousand Reconstructions

Another highlight from the AHA Today blog–an announcement of a three parted post series by University of Southern Mississippi PhD Student Branstiter. Titled “Madness and a Thousand Reconstructions: Learning to Embrace the Messiness of the...

Published Tue, Jul 05 2016 9:30 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Blogs, Resources, historiography, Associations, Research, US History, Mississippi State Asylum, archival research

In History of the Human Sciences: The second synthesis of Ronald Fisher

Maurizio Esposito (University of Santiago) has a piece out in the History of the Human Sciences titled “From human science to biology: The second synthesis of Ronald Fisher.” The abstract reads as follows: Scholars have paid great attention...

Published Fri, Jul 01 2016 7:30 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Journals, eugenics, history of the human sciences, evolution theory, Ronald Fisher

AHA Today on Archiving the Internet

Stephanie Kingsley (over on the American Historical Association‘s blog) put up a post on the ethical and technical challenges of retaining records of the web. Summarizing the proceedings of a day symposium on the topic, Kingsley also consults with...

Published Tue, Jun 28 2016 7:30 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Blogs, digital history, Associations, AHA, Ian Milligan, internet

IAS School of Historical Studies 2017-2018 Membership Scholarships

Applications for the Institute of Advanced Studies in Princeton, New Jersey opened this month. Appropriate for a private institute for scholarship without the competing obligations of the university, their Historical Studies “bears no resemblance...

Published Fri, Jun 24 2016 9:30 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General

T&P: Saulo de Freitas Araujo’s “Toward a philosophical history of psychology”

Forthcoming in Theory & Psychology, and now available online, is a piece by Saulo de Freitas Araujo on the future historiography of the history of psychology. Full details follow below. “Toward a philosophical history of psychology: An alternative...

Published Thu, Jun 23 2016 6:34 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, historiography, Saulo de Freitas Araujo, History of Science, philosophy of psychology, philosophy of science, social turn, philosophical history of psychology

Devereux, Ellenberger, and the Early History of Transcultural Psychiatry

The most recent issue of Transcultural Psychiatry includes a piece on Henri Ellenberger and transcultural psychiatry that may interest AHP readers. Full details follow below. “On the history of cultural psychiatry: Georges Devereux, Henri Ellenberger...

Published Wed, Jun 22 2016 6:47 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, colonialism, transcultural psychiatry, Menninger Foundation, Native Americans, Henri Ellenberger, Georges Devereux

Spontaneous Generations: Phantom Limb Pain in Late 19th c. America

The most recent issue of Spontaneous Generations includes several items that may be of interest to AHP readers. In addition to two reviews of recent volumes on the history of the human sciences, the issue includes a piece by Daniel Goldberg on ideas about...

Published Tue, Jun 21 2016 6:10 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Journals, phantom limbs, pain, Silas Weir Mitchell, John Kearsley Mitchell, Spontaneous Generations

NBN Interview w/ Gabriel Mendes on Under the Strain of Color

The New Books Network as released a podcast interview with Gabriel Mendes (right) on his recent book Under the Strain of Color: Harlem’s LaFargue Clinic and the Promise of an Antiracist Psychiatry. As the Network describes, While providing the first...

Published Mon, Jun 20 2016 6:24 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: psychiatry, race, Podcasts, Interview, Harlem, Lafargue Clinic, Gabriel Mendes

Medical History Special Issue on Material History of the Mind Sciences

A special issue of Medical History devoted to “Soul Catchers – A Material History of the Mind Sciences” is now available. The issue includes a number of articles – on drawing as an instrument, soul photography, and more – that...

Published Fri, Jun 17 2016 1:07 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, photography, brain, material culture, instruments, phantom limbs, Theodor Meynert, Gaston Bachelard, mirrors, Hippolyte Baraduc, drawing, Ramachandran, social neuroscience, psychicones