McFarland & Company has just published a new book by George Paulson, Closing the Asylums: Causes and Consequences of the Deinstitutionalization… Read more New Book Announcement: Closing the Asylums (George Paulson)
Tag: asylums
New article in Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
The April issue of the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences is now out and includes an article… Read more New article in Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
The mental asylum of San Servolo,Venice (1860–1978): plots, classifications, subjects. Epistemology and history.
In autumn 2006, Professor Mario Galzigna (Department of Historical Studies, Ca’Foscari University, Venice) started a historical epistemological research project at… Read more The mental asylum of San Servolo,Venice (1860–1978): plots, classifications, subjects. Epistemology and history.
Photographer Matt McDonough: Abandoned Psychiatric Hospitals
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
Review on Lisa Mandel’s “HP”
Cet album est une contribution originale à la bande dessinée documentaire et historique. Originale d’abord par son objet, la psychiatrie,… Read more Review on Lisa Mandel’s “HP”
