The book “The Peculiar Institution and the Making of Modern Psychiatry, 1840–1880” written by Wendy Gonaver and published by UNC… Read more Book: The Peculiar Institution and the Making of Modern Psychiatry, 1840–1880, by Wendy Gonaver
Tag: asylum
Book: Le bagne des fous, by Véronique Fau-Vincenti
This new book by Véronique Fau-Vincenti examines the history of the forensic institution at the asylum of Villejuif, where 2.500… Read more Book: Le bagne des fous, by Véronique Fau-Vincenti
Article: Psychiatry, Space, and Time: Case of an Ottoman Asylum, by Burçak Özlüdil
“Psychiatry, Space, and Time: Case of an Ottoman Asylum.” Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association, 5:1 (Spring 2018):… Read more Article: Psychiatry, Space, and Time: Case of an Ottoman Asylum, by Burçak Özlüdil
Book launch: La fin de l’asile?, edited by Alexandre Klein, Hervé Guillemain & Marie-Claude Thifault
The book launch of La fin de l’asile? Histoire de la déshospitalisation psychiatrique dans l’espace francophone au XXe siècle could be of… Read more Book launch: La fin de l’asile?, edited by Alexandre Klein, Hervé Guillemain & Marie-Claude Thifault
Book: Un enfant à l’asile, by Anatole Le Bras
In March 1896, Paul Taesch, 22 years old, wrote his autobiography during his stay at the Quimper lunatic asylum (Brittany).… Read more Book: Un enfant à l’asile, by Anatole Le Bras
