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h-madness

This blog follows the history of psychiatry

Book: Insanity and Immigration Control in New Zealand and Australia, 1860–1930, by Jennifer Kain

Posted on November 27, 2019November 13, 2019 by Maia Woolner

Readers of H-Madness may find Insanity and Immigration Control in New Zealand and Australia, 1860–1930 by Jennifer Kain relevant to their research… Read more Book: Insanity and Immigration Control in New Zealand and Australia, 1860–1930, by Jennifer Kain

Book: Colonizing Madness, Asylum and Community in Fiji by Jacqueline Leckie

Posted on November 26, 2019November 19, 2019 by Filippo M. Sposini

In Colonizing Madness Jacqueline Leckie tells a forgotten story of silence, suffering, and transgressions in the colonial Pacific. It offers… Read more Book: Colonizing Madness, Asylum and Community in Fiji by Jacqueline Leckie

Book: Psycho-Politics between the World Wars, by David Freis

Posted on November 25, 2019November 13, 2019 by Maia Woolner

H-Madness readers may find Psycho-Politics between the World Wars: Psychiatry and Society in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland by David Freis of interest.… Read more Book: Psycho-Politics between the World Wars, by David Freis

Book: Idiocy, Imbecility and Insanity in Victorian Society, by Stef Eastoe

Posted on November 22, 2019November 13, 2019 by Maia Woolner

Idiocy, Imbecility and Insanity in Victorian Society: Caterham Asylum, 1867–1911 by Stef Eastoe may interest H-Madness readers. An excerpt from the publisher’s… Read more Book: Idiocy, Imbecility and Insanity in Victorian Society, by Stef Eastoe

CfP: The ‘Madwoman’ and the Institution (Leicester, April 2020)

Posted on November 21, 2019November 18, 2019 by Filippo M. Sposini

This conference aims to reconfigure our understanding of the ‘madwoman’ in England’s long nineteenth century, asking key questions about the diagnosis,… Read more CfP: The ‘Madwoman’ and the Institution (Leicester, April 2020)

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