History of Psychology & Psychiatry Conference

The following conference may be of interest to AHP readers.

Call for Papers: History of Psychology and Psychiatry Postgraduate Conference, 19th March 2011.

The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL will host a one day conference for postgraduate students working on the history of psychology and psychiatry. The conference is intended to develop a network of postgraduates across different universities, and to provide a forum for current research in the field.

The conference is open to students from both the UK and abroad. There will be funding available to cover travel costs and refreshments will be provided. We welcome papers on any historical period, and on any geographical region. To see what some of our students are working on, please follow this link: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/histmed/people/research_students

A title and a brief abstract of 150-200 words should be sent to Sarah Marks by the 10th of February (sarah.marks@ucl.ac.uk). Please do not hesitate to contact us with any queries.

About Jacy Young

Jacy Young is a professor at Quest University Canada. A critical feminist psychologist and historian of psychology, she is committed to critical pedagogy and public engagement with feminist psychology and the history of the discipline.