Posts Tagged ‘history of psychiatry’
Save the date: PhD defence Irene Geerts – 25 October 2024
On October 25th, Irene Geerts is set to defend her PhD dissertation on the history of the Dutch caregivers’ movement in mental health care at the Open University! Further details…
Read MoreInaugural lecture by Gemma Blok
Since August 2023, Gemma Blok has been working at Utrecht University for two days a week as a professor of the History of Psychiatry. She succeeds Joost Vijselaar, who held…
Read MoreSave the date! Inaugural lecture by Gemma Blok September 5th 2024
Since August 2023, Gemma Blok has been working at Utrecht University for two days a week as a professor of the History of Psychiatry. She succeeds Joost Vijselaar, who held…
Read MoreGlobalizing Schizophrenia: The History and Legacy of the WHO Studies of Schizophrenia
Convener: Alfred Freeborn, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science The World Health Organization studies of schizophrenia were unique in their international, temporal and technical scale. Beginning with the…
Read MoreHHH column: Accepting the spatial potential of a problematic past by Eline Van Leeuwen
The HHH column is a monthly blog in which History, Health & Healing members share their thoughts on research, current affairs, or anything to do with medical history. Each edition…
Read MoreJob vacancy: professor in the history of psychiatry at Utrecht University
Utrecht University is looking for a chair in the History of Psychiatry. The chair is part of a partnership between the faculties of Humanities and Medicine. The professor will be…
Read More“Suicide and its prevention” conference, an impression
Cecile aan de Stegge and Manon Parry On May 19-21, 2022, the conference “Suicide and its Prevention: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives in Nursing, 1890-2020” took place at the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave…
Read MorePsychiatry and addictions in Europe in the 20th century
On 26-27 January 2023, the University of Strasbourg is organising an international colloquium entitled “Psychiatry and addictions in Europe in the 20th century”. The goal of this colloquium is to…
Read MoreA pioneer in the history of psychiatry: Joost Vijselaar retired
This spring, Joost Vijselaar retires from the chair of professor of the history of psychiatry at Utrecht University. To honour Joost, his great achievements in the field, and his justified…
Read MoreHHH column: A problematic legacy by Joost Vijselaar
The HHH column is a monthly blog in which History, Health & Healing members share their thoughts: on research, current affairs, and anything to do with medical history. Each edition…
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