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CfP: Cheiron 2013 in Irving, Texas

Cheiron, the International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences, has issued a call for papers for its 2013 conference. The 45th annual meeting of Cheiron will take place June 20th to 23rd, 2013 at the University of Dallas in Irving...

Published Mon, Dec 10 2012 9:26 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Conferences, Cheiron, call for papers, Texas

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from all of us at AHP! (And, of course, from Santa Claus – AKA psychologist E. G. Boring – at Harvard’s 1940 Christmas party.) *Images via the Center for the History of Psychology blog. Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 05 2012 10:26 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Other, Center for the History of Psychology, E. G. Boring, Santa Claus

CfP: ESHHS 2013 in Würzburg, Germany

The European Society for the History of the Human Sciences (ESHHS) has issued a call for papers for its summer 2013 conference. The conference will be held at Adolf-Würth-Center for the History of Psychology at the University of Würzburg from July 30th...

Published Thu, Nov 29 2012 10:50 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Conferences, ESHHS, Wurzberg, call for papers

Phineas Gage Website!

A webpage providing information on Phineas Gage has recently relaunched. The Phineas Gage Information Page was created by Malcolm Macmillan at the University of Melbourne but is now maintained by The Center for the History of Psychology at the University...

Published Tue, Nov 20 2012 8:28 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Resources, Links, lobotomy, Phineas Gage, CHP

New Issue of History of Psychiatry

A new issue of History of Psychiatry is now online. Included in this issues are articles on racial issues in psychiatry in China and the United States, the admission of medical doctors as patients in English asylums, the history of the insanity defence...

Published Mon, Nov 19 2012 3:27 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, insanity, race, sterilization, China, mortality rates, hebephrenia, asylums, doctors

Devon County Mental Hospital Digital Archive

A website chronicling the history of the Devon County Mental Hospital (formerly the Devon County Lunatic Asylum) at Exminster has recently launched. The site is an outgrowth of a series of projects undertaken by Nicole Baur and Jo Melling at the Exeter...

Published Thu, Nov 15 2012 12:12 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Resources, asylum, Links, mental health, mental hospital, Devon, website

More BPS Hist. of Psychological Disciplines Talks!

The British Psychological Society‘s (BPS) History of the Psychological Disciplines Seminar Series (discussed previously on AHP here) has two events scheduled for later this month. Organized by the BPS’s History of Psychology Centre and University...

Published Mon, Nov 12 2012 2:07 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Events, madness, UCL, BPS, History of Psychology Centre, France, Centre for the History of Psychological Disciplines, Italy, Wittgenstein, History of Psychological Disciplines, diagnostic categories, war trauma

CfP: APA Division 26 Society for History of Psych

The Society for the History of Psychology, Division 26 of the American Psychological Association, has issued a call for papers for the 2013 annual convention. The convention will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii from July 31 to August 4. The deadline for submissions...

Published Wed, Nov 07 2012 11:36 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Conferences, APA, Hawaii, Division 26, History of Psych

New HoP: Columbian Psych, Little Albert, & Binet

The November 2012 issue of History of Psychology is now online. Included in this issue are articles on the history of psychology in Columbia, the neurological status of Little Albert, and the work of Alfred Binet in his Sorbonne laboratory (above). Also...

Published Mon, Nov 05 2012 9:03 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Journals, DSM, HoP, Little Albert, Spain, mental health, Columbian psychology, William Stern, Alfred Binet

CfP: CPA History and Phil. of Psych Section

The Canadian Psychological Association‘s section on the History and Philosophy of Psychology has issued a call for papers for its 2013 annual conference. The conference will be held at the Quebec City Convention Centre in Quebec from June 13 to...

Published Mon, Nov 05 2012 7:23 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Conferences, history, Quebec, CPA, Canada

CfP: BPS History & Phil. of Psych Section

The British Psychological Society‘s section on the History and Philosophy of Psychology has issued a call for papers for its 2013 annual conference. The conference will be held at the University of Surrey, in Guildford from March 25th to 27th, 2013...

Published Sun, Nov 04 2012 8:18 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Conferences, BPS, History of Psychology, British, University of Surrey

APA Monitor: Civil Rights Activist Olivia Hooker

The November issue of the American Psychological Association‘s Monitor on Psychology is now online. This month’s Time Capsule section features a piece on psychologist and civil rights activist Olivia Hooker (right). At the APA’s 2011...

Published Sat, Nov 03 2012 5:19 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Video, Journals, race, Tulsa riots, Olivia Hooker, civil rights, living history

Arthur Jensen (1923-2012)

Arthur Jensen, who suggested in a now infamous 1969 article in the Harvard Educational Review that genetic differences between races were the root cause of differences in intelligence test scores between black and white students, has died. As reported...

Published Fri, Nov 02 2012 9:07 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: News, race, intelligence, Rushton, genetics, Arthur Jensen

Revisiting Francis Galton’s Anthropometry

AHP readers may be interested in a recent post by Efram Sera-Shriar on Dissertation Reviews that details his efforts to recreate the kind of anthropological – and more particularly anthropometric – data collection practices at use in the late...

Published Tue, Oct 30 2012 11:06 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Other, News, Francis Galton, anthropometry, photographs, Efram Sera-Shriar, STS

New AHP Blogger!

We at AHP are pleased to announce the addition of a new member to our blogging team: Daniel Lahham. Daniel is a master’s student in the history and theory psychology program at York University. He completed his honours degree in psychology at York University...

Published Sat, Oct 20 2012 11:06 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: News, Opinion, Daniel Lahham