Deadline: 15 February 2015 Have you completed or are you close to completing a Master’s degree in History of Medicine,… Read more ESRC-funded PhD studentship Donald W. Winnicott and the history of child and adolescent mental health services
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Call for Papers – “Psychiatry and other cultures: a historical perspective”
Historically, psychiatry had to measure itself with various kinds of diversity (ethnic, cultural, religious, linguistic, gender), often labelling them as… Read more Call for Papers – “Psychiatry and other cultures: a historical perspective”
New Issue of Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
The latest issue of Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences contains at least one article that interests the… Read more New Issue of Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Book announcement – Schreiben am Rand. Die ‚kantonale Irrenanstalt Waldau‘ und ihre Narrative (1895-1936)
Martina Wernli, a Research Fellow at the University of Würzbuerg, just publishes a book on the narratives produced inside… Read more Book announcement – Schreiben am Rand. Die ‚kantonale Irrenanstalt Waldau‘ und ihre Narrative (1895-1936)
Book announcement: Insanity and the Lunatic Asylum in the Nineteenth Century
The idea of the asylum as a threat became fixed in the Victorian age. However, while patients endured terrible abuses… Read more Book announcement: Insanity and the Lunatic Asylum in the Nineteenth Century
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