Advances in the History of Psychology

Call for Proposals – History, Theory, and Qualitative Inquiry (HTQ) Section of the Canadian Psychological Association

Call for Proposals – History, Theory, and Qualitative Inquiry (HTQ) Section of the Canadian Psychological Association CPA Convention, 2023 June 23-25, Sheraton Centre, Toronto, ON The History, Theory, and Qualitative Inquiry (HTQ) Section (formerly History...

Published Tue, Nov 15 2022 4:44 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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BPS History of Psychology Centre Calls for Donations Related to Black Psychology and Black Psychologists

The British Psychological Society’s History of Psychology Centre has issued a call for donations of records relating to Black Psychology and Black Psychologists in the UK: Donations for the Society’s archive can relate to the work of individuals...

Published Sun, Nov 13 2022 8:26 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Psychology of the Lvov-Warsaw School and the shape of postcommunist Polish psychology (unfinished dialog with Brentanian tradition)

A new piece in the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences will interest AHP readers: “Psychology of the Lvov-Warsaw School and the shape of postcommunist Polish psychology (unfinished dialog with Brentanian tradition),” Amadeusz...

Published Sun, Nov 13 2022 7:32 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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The Power Within: Mass Media, Scientific Entertainment, and the Introduction of Psychical Research into China, 1900–1920

AHP readers will be interested in a new open access piece in the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences: “The Power Within: Mass Media, Scientific Entertainment, and the Introduction of Psychical Research into China, 1900–1920,”...

Published Sun, Nov 13 2022 7:25 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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HHS: Special Section on the Hoffman Report, Boas, Work Stress, and More

The December 2022 issue of History of the Human Sciences is now online. This issue includes a special section on “The Hoffman Report in historical context,” as well as a number of other articles. Full details below. “Introduction: The...

Published Sun, Nov 13 2022 7:23 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Communist Psychology in Argentina: Transnational Politics, Scientific Culture and Psychotherapy (1935-1991)

A new book by Luciano Nicolás García will interest AHP readers: Communist Psychology in Argentina: Transnational Politics, Scientific Culture and Psychotherapy (1935-1991). This book presents an intellectual history of the reception of Soviet psychology...

Published Thu, Nov 03 2022 5:46 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Introducing Parapraxis, a magazine of psychoanalysis

AHP readers may be interested in a new magazine, Parapraxis, dedicated to psychoanalysis. Full details below from Founding Editor Hannah Zeavin. As if we don’t have enough issues already, today we launched Parapraxis, a magazine devoted to psychoanalysis...

Published Tue, Nov 01 2022 6:58 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Race and statistics in facial recognition: Producing types, physical attributes, and genealogies

AHP readers may be interested in a new piece in Social Studies of Science: “Race and statistics in facial recognition: Producing types, physical attributes, and genealogies,” Abigail Nieves Delgado. Abstract: Principal component analysis Read...

Published Sat, Oct 29 2022 9:29 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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The “Girl Suicide Epidemic” of the 1910s: Pain and Prejudice in US Newspapers

A new piece in the Journal of Women’s History will interest AHP readers: “The “Girl Suicide Epidemic” of the 1910s: Pain and Prejudice in US Newspapers” by Diana W. Anselmo. Abstract: Reading the medicalization of US immigration...

Published Tue, Oct 25 2022 5:15 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Nov 3-4, 2022: History of Psychology and the Sciences of the Human Mind

On November 3 and 4, 2022 the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science is hosting an international workshop (in person and online) that will be of interest to AHP readers: History of Psychology and the Sciences of the Human Mind. Details below...

Published Tue, Oct 25 2022 4:53 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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The miracle of Maglavit (1935) and the Romanian psychology of religion

A new piece in the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences will interest AHP readers: “The miracle of Maglavit (1935) and the Romanian psychology of religion,” by Matei Iagher. Abstract: This paper examines the debates around the...

Published Tue, Oct 25 2022 4:47 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Out of his mind: Masculinity and mental illness in Victorian Britain

AHP readers may be interested in the recently published book Out of his mind: Masculinity and mental illness in Victorian Britain by Amy Milne-Smith. As described by the publisher, Out of His Mind interrogates how Victorians made sense of the madman as...

Published Tue, Oct 25 2022 4:42 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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New Journal: History of Social Science

AHP readers may be interested in the launch of a new journal, History of Social Science. The journal will be published by the University of Pennsylvania Press on behalf of the Society for the History of Recent Social Science (HISRESS), with the first...

Published Tue, Oct 25 2022 4:36 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Oct. 27 Talk: ‘Kingdoms of Babes’: Home Nurseries in Turn-of-the-Century America

As an accompaniment to the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology’s current exhibit, Scientific Nursery, the Center will be hosting a talk by Dr. Elisabeth Yang on the history of home nurseries. The talk will be livestreamed as well. “Kingdoms...

Published Tue, Oct 25 2022 4:32 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Psychiatry wars: The lawsuit that put psychoanalysis on trial

A new piece in the Guardian may interest AHP readers: “Psychiatry wars: the lawsuit that put psychoanalysis on trial.” The piece’s tagline notes “Forty years ago, Dr Ray Osheroff sued a US hospital for failing to give him antidepressants...

Published Sat, Oct 15 2022 7:20 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Call for Proposals – History, Theory, and Qualitative Inquiry (HTQ) Section of the Canadian Psychological Association

BPS History of Psychology Centre Calls for Donations Related to Black Psychology and Black Psychologists

Psychology of the Lvov-Warsaw School and the shape of postcommunist Polish psychology (unfinished dialog with Brentanian tradition)

The Power Within: Mass Media, Scientific Entertainment, and the Introduction of Psychical Research into China, 1900–1920

HHS: Special Section on the Hoffman Report, Boas, Work Stress, and More

Communist Psychology in Argentina: Transnational Politics, Scientific Culture and Psychotherapy (1935-1991)

Introducing Parapraxis, a magazine of psychoanalysis

Race and statistics in facial recognition: Producing types, physical attributes, and genealogies

The “Girl Suicide Epidemic” of the 1910s: Pain and Prejudice in US Newspapers

Nov 3-4, 2022: History of Psychology and the Sciences of the Human Mind

The miracle of Maglavit (1935) and the Romanian psychology of religion

Out of his mind: Masculinity and mental illness in Victorian Britain

New Journal: History of Social Science

Oct. 27 Talk: ‘Kingdoms of Babes’: Home Nurseries in Turn-of-the-Century America

Psychiatry wars: The lawsuit that put psychoanalysis on trial