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)
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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
Book announcement – A new biography on Freud by Elisabeth Roudinesco
Elisabeth Roudinesco publishes a new biography on Sigmund Freud. Due to her central position in the French intellectual life… Read more Book announcement – A new biography on Freud by Elisabeth Roudinesco
Book announcement – Gender and Class in English Asylums, 1890-1914
Louise Hide, a Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck, just publishes a book on gender and class in British asylums. The blurb… Read more Book announcement – Gender and Class in English Asylums, 1890-1914
Book announcement – Le silence mutilé
The blurb reads: In the book *Le silence mutilé* (“Mutilated silence”), Pieter Verstraete and Christine Van Everbroeck explore the impact… Read more Book announcement – Le silence mutilé
