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Feminist Psychology Resources

Happy first Friday of the (academic) year! A quick crosspost from our York ally Psychology’s Feminist Voices facebook account, highlighting their website’s Resources page. Helpful for teaching and research alike, these offerings include bibliographies...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2016 10:30 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Resources, Psychology's Feminist Voices, teaching resources

Neuro History Grants @ Osler Library

Anna Dysert, Assistant Head Librarian at MCGill University’s Osler Library of the History of Medicine in Montreal made an announcement on HNet for two research travel grants to be allocated during May 2016-April 2017. The Mary Louise Nickerson Fellowship...

Published Thu, Jan 07 2016 7:15 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Funding & Awards, award, neurohistory, grants, Osler Library, pychiatry, McGill, fellowship

Bandura Wins National Medal of Science

Longtime Stanford psychologist Albert Bandura has won the prestigious National Medal of Science in the US. Bandura is best known for his studies of the effects television violence on children, published in the 1960s, in which children were shown a film...

Published Tue, Jan 05 2016 6:16 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General

APA out of Guantánamo

Well it’s been a long haul, but it’s official. The Pentagon has ended their use of psychologists in the Guantánamo Bay prison. The post-Hoffman Report AGM in Toronto this past summer saw the association executive taken to task by the membership...

Published Tue, Jan 05 2016 7:00 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: News, Events, torture, APA, CIA, military, Associations, Hoffman Report, Guantanamo, FBI

New Books in STS Podcast: Erik Linstrum on Ruling Minds

The New Books in STS podcast series, part of the New Books Network, has released an episode with historian Erik Linstrum on his new book Ruling Minds: Psychology in the British Empire. As New Books in STS describes, Despite its critics, Linstrum shows...

Published Mon, Jan 04 2016 7:02 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Books, Podcasts, Interview, britain, New Books Network, New Books in STS, Erik Linstrum

New MA programme in Theory/History of Psychology at Groningen!

The University of Groningen is now offering a master’s degree, Reflecting on Psychology. As the number of degrees offered in the meta-psychological sub-fields has been notably reduced over the past few decades, this is exciting news indeed! The...

Published Sun, Jan 03 2016 8:30 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Other, Resources, history, masters degree, Groningen, theory

Historical Psychologist Rating Game!

Happy New Year 2016 to our readership! Looking for a little bit of nerdy entertainment before diving into the winter work season? Well you’ve come to the right place! Amuse yourself and assist the research of Dr. Christopher Green out of York’s...

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

Filed under: digital history, Research, impact rating, digitial history, biographic profiles

New Article: The Pasteur Institute and the Study of the Animal Mind

The February 22016 issue of Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences includes an article that may be of interest to AHP readers. “Between biomedical and psychological...

Published Wed, Dec 30 2015 6:45 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, France, animal, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C, Pasteur, Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Special Issue on Cinema and Neuroscience

The first issue of 2016 of the Journal of the History of the Neurosciences is a special issue devoted to “Cinema and Neuroscience: Development and Application of Cinematography in the Field of the Neurosciences.” Full article titles, authors...

Published Tue, Dec 29 2015 7:04 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Journals, film, neuroscience, shell shock, Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, cinema, Muybridge, cinematography

Recent Reviews of Clinical Psychology in Britain: Historical Perspectives

AHP is happy to reprint two recent reviews of the new book Clinical Psychology in Britain: Historical Perspectives (announced on AHP here). These reviews were first published in the December 2015 issue of Clinical Psychology Forum, the house publication...

Published Mon, Dec 28 2015 5:58 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Books, Book Reviews, BPS, History of Psychology Centre, britain, Clinical Psychology

“Screwed up, little despots?” in The Psychologist

The January 2016 issue of The Psychologist, the flagship magazine of the British Psychological Society, includes a piece on the history of stereotypes surrounding only children. In “Screwed up, little despots?” Alice Violett notes Negative...

Published Fri, Dec 18 2015 7:34 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Journals, children, BPS, The Psychologist, stereotypes

Special Issue: “Tales from the Asylum. Patient Narratives and the (De)construction of Psychiatry”

The January 2016 issue of Medical History is a special issue dedicated to “Tales from the Asylum. Patient Narratives and the (De)construction of Psychiatry.” The issue marks the 30th anniversary of Roy Porter’s seminal article, “The...

Published Thu, Dec 17 2015 6:46 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Journals, asylum, psychiatry, patient perspective, Medical History, Roy Porter

History of Workplace Motivation on the “Hidden Persuaders” Blog

The “Hidden Persuaders” blog recently posted a piece by Kira Lussier on the history of motivation in the workplace. In “Motivated or Manipulated? Ernest Dichter and David McClelland at Work” Lussier notes, there is …a long...

Published Wed, Dec 16 2015 10:27 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Blogs, Cold War, work, economy, Hidden Persuaders, Kira Lussier, motivation

New Book: Clinical Psychology in Britain: Historical Perspectives

The British Psychological Society‘s History of Psychology Centre has just published a new volume on the history of clinical psychology in Britain. The book, Clinical Psychology in Britain: Historical Perspectives, is described as follows: This book...

Published Mon, Dec 07 2015 12:08 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Books, BPS, History of Psychology Centre, britain, Clinical Psychology

2nd CfP: Joint Meeting ESHHS & Cheiron, Barcelona 2016

SECOND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS JOINT MEETING ESHHS (European Society for the History of Human Sciences) & CHEIRON (International Society for the History of Behavioural and Social Sciences) Barcelona, Spain, June 27-July 1, 2016 ESHHS and CHEIRON invite...

Published Wed, Dec 02 2015 10:49 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Conferences, ESHHS, Cheiron, 2016