Dear Hmadness readers, Three articles from the latest issue of Social History of Medicine might be of particular interest to… Read more New issue: Social History of Medicine, Volume 39, Issue 1, February 2026
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Lecture series: A Psychiatric Hospital in Tokyo in the Early Half of the XXth Century (Paris Inalco/Université Paris Cité, April 13-15, 2026)
Dear H-Madness readers, We are pleased to announce a lecture series by professor Akihito Suzuki (University of Tokyo), entitled « A Psychiatric Hospital… Read more Lecture series: A Psychiatric Hospital in Tokyo in the Early Half of the XXth Century (Paris Inalco/Université Paris Cité, April 13-15, 2026)
Articles: Reform of care for people with mental illness in two German states before reunification: An oral history approach, by Georg Bornemann et al. & The clinical, philosophical, and political insights of James Frame (1803–1876), or the exemplary singularity of the common, by Nicolas J. Schwalbe
Dear Hadmess readers, two new articles recently published in the journal History of Psychiatry may be of interest to you. The first,… Read more Articles: Reform of care for people with mental illness in two German states before reunification: An oral history approach, by Georg Bornemann et al. & The clinical, philosophical, and political insights of James Frame (1803–1876), or the exemplary singularity of the common, by Nicolas J. Schwalbe
International Symposium: Frantz Fanon’s Social Therapy. ‘To Give Body to an Institution’ (Berlin, January 29–30, 2026)
Dear readers, You may be interested in the international symposium “Frantz Fanon’s Social Therapy. ‘To Give Body to an Institution’”,… Read more International Symposium: Frantz Fanon’s Social Therapy. ‘To Give Body to an Institution’ (Berlin, January 29–30, 2026)
Articles: Bridging the gap by microscoping the mind: Mental anthropometry, experimental psychopathology, and the scientific ideal of psychiatry at the Eastern Illinois Hospital for the Insane, 1870s–1910s, by Catriel Fierro & Malaria therapy for neurosyphilis at Mont Park Hospital for the insane in Australia, 1927–1928, by Alison Clayton
Dear Hadmess readers, two new articles recently published in the journal History of Psychiatry may be of interest to you.… Read more Articles: Bridging the gap by microscoping the mind: Mental anthropometry, experimental psychopathology, and the scientific ideal of psychiatry at the Eastern Illinois Hospital for the Insane, 1870s–1910s, by Catriel Fierro & Malaria therapy for neurosyphilis at Mont Park Hospital for the insane in Australia, 1927–1928, by Alison Clayton
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