What madness meant was a fiercely contested question in Soviet society. State of Madness examines the politically fraught collision between… Read more New Book: Psychiatry, Literature, and Dissent after Stalin, by Rebecca Reich
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Call for roundtable: TC Medical Humanities and Health Studies
The following call for a roundtable could be of interest to H-Madness readers: Health Humanities and Digital Life Forum: TC… Read more Call for roundtable: TC Medical Humanities and Health Studies
New book (open access): Improving Psychiatric Care for Older People: Barbara Robb’s Campaign 1965-1975, by Claire Hilton
This book tells the story of Barbara Robb and her pressure group, Aid for the Elderly in Government Institutions (AEGIS).… Read more New book (open access): Improving Psychiatric Care for Older People: Barbara Robb’s Campaign 1965-1975, by Claire Hilton
New book: Investigating the Body in the Victorian Asylum, by Jennifer Wallis (open access)
Wallis, Jennifer. Investigating the Body in the Victorian Asylum: Doctors, Patients, and Practices (Palgrave Macmillan) This book explores how the body… Read more New book: Investigating the Body in the Victorian Asylum, by Jennifer Wallis (open access)
PhD positions at Birkbeck on the project ‘Sexual Violence, Medicine, and Psychiatry’
The Department of History, Classics and Archaeology is pleased to announce the availability of up to two fully-funded three year… Read more PhD positions at Birkbeck on the project ‘Sexual Violence, Medicine, and Psychiatry’
