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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.

Willard Suitcase Exhibition, Film, and Lecture Series (Pittsburgh, USA)

Posted on August 27, 2010August 28, 2017 by gae16802

The online exhibit is available here.

The Cushing Collection at Yale University

Posted on August 24, 2010August 28, 2017 by gae16802

The New York Times has a piece and a slide show presentation about the collection of brain samples stored at… Read more The Cushing Collection at Yale University

Photographer Matt McDonough: Abandoned Psychiatric Hospitals

Posted on August 21, 2010August 28, 2017 by gae16802

There seems to be quite a bit of interest among photographers in visiting closed asylums.  The New York Times has… Read more Photographer Matt McDonough: Abandoned Psychiatric Hospitals

Announcement: Course Syllabi for the History of Madness and Psychiatry

Posted on August 16, 2010 by gae16802

With the start of the fall/winter university semester on the horizon in the United States and Europe, H-Madness will be… Read more Announcement: Course Syllabi for the History of Madness and Psychiatry

Review – Forbidden Places: Online Photography Exhibit of the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane

Posted on August 9, 2010November 10, 2017 by gae16802

Forbidden Places is an on-line collection of photographs by an artist named Slyv, who describes his passion for urban exploration… Read more Review – Forbidden Places: Online Photography Exhibit of the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane

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