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)

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