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h-madness

This blog follows the history of psychiatry

Author: gae16802

Greg Eghigian is Professor of History at Penn State University (USA), where he conducts research and teaches about the history of the human sciences and medicine. He is presently writing a history of UFOs and alien contact as a global cultural phenomenon in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Online Workshops in the History of the Human Sciences and the History of Medicine and Health

Posted on January 10, 2018 by gae16802

Are you looking for an opportunity network with and learn from other scholars in the history of science, technology and… Read more Online Workshops in the History of the Human Sciences and the History of Medicine and Health

New Book: C. Thumiger, A History of the Mind and Mental Health in Classical Greek Medical Thought

Posted on July 5, 2017 by gae16802

  Historian Chiara Thumiger – Wellcome Trust Medical Humanities Fellow in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University… Read more New Book: C. Thumiger, A History of the Mind and Mental Health in Classical Greek Medical Thought

John Burnham (1929-2017)

Posted on May 19, 2017May 19, 2017 by gae16802

We at h-madness are saddened to hear the news of the passing last week of historian of medicine and psychiatry… Read more John Burnham (1929-2017)

New Facebook Site for Hidden Persuaders Project

Posted on April 12, 2017 by gae16802

The Hidden Persuaders is a research project based at Birkbeck, University of London that examines the history of brainwashing and… Read more New Facebook Site for Hidden Persuaders Project

Call for Collaborators for h-madness

Posted on February 10, 2017February 10, 2017 by gae16802

As announced in January, h-madness is embarking on a set of major changes to the website and its management. It… Read more Call for Collaborators for h-madness

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