Advances in the History of Psychology

History of the Human Sciences, Early Career Prize, 2022-23

History of the Human Sciences – the international journal of peer-reviewed research, which provides the leading forum for work in the social sciences, humanities, human psychology and biology that reflexively examines its own historical origins and interdisciplinary...

Published Sat, Oct 15 2022 6:30 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Psychology from the Margina: Applied Psychology and Minoritized Groups: Using History to Inform Present Practices

The fourth issue of Psychology from the Margins on the theme of “Applied Psychology and Minoritized Groups: Using History to Inform Present Practices” is now available online. This issue is edited by University of Akron graduate students Devynn...

Published Sat, Oct 15 2022 6:25 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Special section: The Hoffman Report in Historical Context

A new special section in History of the Human Sciences dedicated to “the Hoffman Report in Historical Context” will interest AHP readers. Title, authors, and abstracts follow below. “Introduction: The Hoffman Report in historical context...

Published Sun, Oct 09 2022 8:34 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Performance, Spectacle, Affect: The Polygraph’s Sexual Politics

AHP readers may be interested in a new piece in Science, Technology, & Human Values: “Performance, Spectacle, Affect: The Polygraph’s Sexual Politics,” by Jessica Lingel and Heather Jaber. Abstract: Although the technical and psychological...

Published Sun, Oct 09 2022 8:27 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Changes in Hungarian academic psychology after the end of “people’s democracy”

A new piece in the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences will interest AHP readers: “Changes in Hungarian academic psychology after the end of “people’s democracy”,” Csaba Pléh. Abstract: The paper surveys the last 30 years...

Published Sun, Oct 09 2022 8:24 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Psychological research and practice in former Yugoslavia and its successors

AHP readers will be interested in a new piece in the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences: “Psychological research and practice in former Yugoslavia and its successors,” byDejan Paji? and Mikloš Biro. Abstract: This paper presents...

Published Sun, Oct 02 2022 7:02 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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A genealogy of the scalable subject: Measuring health in the Cornell Study of Occupational Retirement (1950–60)

A new open-access piece in History of the Human Sciences will interest AHP readers: “A genealogy of the scalable subject: Measuring health in the Cornell Study of Occupational Retirement (1950–60),” Tiago Moreira. Abstract: Increased use of...

Published Sun, Oct 02 2022 6:59 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Kinship acknowledged and denied: Collecting and publishing kinship materials in 19th-century settler-colonial states

AHP readers may be interested in a new piece in History of the Human Sciences: “Kinship acknowledged and denied: Collecting and publishing kinship materials in 19th-century settler-colonial states,” by Helen Gardner. Abstract: In the second...

Published Fri, Sep 30 2022 6:52 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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CFP: Eighth Annual Conference on the History of Recent Social Science (HISRESS)

CFP: Eighth Annual Conference on the History of Recent Social Science (HISRESS) Department of History of Science and Ideas, Uppsala University 9–10 June 2023 This two-day conference of the Society for the History of Recent Social Science (HISRESS...

Published Fri, Sep 30 2022 6:49 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Boston Review: Just Wear Your Smile – The Gender Politics of Positive Psychology

AHP readers may be interested in a new piece in Boston Review. “Just Wear Your Smile” by Micki McElya explores the gender politics of Positive Psychology. As McElya writes, Critics of Positive Psychology note how it embraces a neoliberal logic...

Published Wed, Sep 28 2022 6:04 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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NYT: The Forgotten Lessons of the Recovered Memory Movement

AHP readers may be interested in a new piece in the New York Times by Ethan Watters: “The Forgotten Lessons of the Recovered Memory Movement.” As Watters writes, What happened during recovered memory therapy sessions is no mystery. Therapists...

Published Tue, Sep 27 2022 4:51 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Formal and Informal Infrastructures of Collaboration in the Human Brain Project

AHP readers may be interested in a new open-access piece in Science, Technology, & Human Values: “Formal and Informal Infrastructures of Collaboration in the Human Brain Project,” by Christine Aicardi and Tara Mahfoud. Abstract: This article...

Published Tue, Sep 27 2022 4:43 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Anatol Rapoport’s social responsibility: Science and antiwar activism; 1960–1970

A new piece in History of Psychology will interest AHP readers: “Anatol Rapoport’s social responsibility: Science and antiwar activism; 1960–1970,” by Shayne Sanscartier. Abstract: Anatol Rapoport’s decision to leave the University of...

Published Sat, Sep 24 2022 11:58 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Arthur Jensen, evolutionary biology, and racism

A new piece in History of Psychology will interest AHP readers: “Arthur Jensen, evolutionary biology, and racism,” by John P. Jackson Jr. Abstract: Arthur R. Jensen (1923–2012) defended the idea that racial differences in intelligence were...

Published Sat, Sep 24 2022 11:56 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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Rewriting Wundtian psychology: Luigi Credaro and the psychology in Rome

A new piece in History of Psychology will interest AHP readers: “Rewriting Wundtian psychology: Luigi Credaro and the psychology in Rome,” by Renato Foschi and Andrea Romano. Abstract: After Rome became the capital of Italy in 1871, prestigious...

Published Sat, Sep 24 2022 11:54 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

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History of the Human Sciences, Early Career Prize, 2022-23

Psychology from the Margina: Applied Psychology and Minoritized Groups: Using History to Inform Present Practices

Special section: The Hoffman Report in Historical Context

Performance, Spectacle, Affect: The Polygraph’s Sexual Politics

Changes in Hungarian academic psychology after the end of “people’s democracy”

Psychological research and practice in former Yugoslavia and its successors

A genealogy of the scalable subject: Measuring health in the Cornell Study of Occupational Retirement (1950–60)

Kinship acknowledged and denied: Collecting and publishing kinship materials in 19th-century settler-colonial states

CFP: Eighth Annual Conference on the History of Recent Social Science (HISRESS)

Boston Review: Just Wear Your Smile – The Gender Politics of Positive Psychology

NYT: The Forgotten Lessons of the Recovered Memory Movement

Formal and Informal Infrastructures of Collaboration in the Human Brain Project

Anatol Rapoport’s social responsibility: Science and antiwar activism; 1960–1970

Arthur Jensen, evolutionary biology, and racism

Rewriting Wundtian psychology: Luigi Credaro and the psychology in Rome