Discussion Groups

Philadelphia Hospital for the Insane

Why Psy-ences? Why this Project? The Psy-ences Project is a regional seminar, launched by Elizabeth Lunbeck (History, Princeton), Emily Martin (Anthropology, NYU), and Louis Sass (Clinical Psychology, Rutgers), that will provide a venue for scholars--from graduate students to professors to practitioners -- concerned with the emergence and social influence of such disciplines as psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis, and psychopharmacology. Scattered across the disciplines (history, anthropology, literature, sociology, science studies, legal studies, psychology and psychiatry) and dispersed among the area's institutions, such scholars have at present no forum in which to address their common interests. Our hope is that The Psy-ences Project will foster communication and scholarly exchange among researchers in this increasingly culturally potent area. The Psy-ences Project is formally affiliated with BIOS, the LSE center directed by Nikolas Rose. http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/BIOS	Spring 2006 Schedule February 3 Lorna A. Rhodes May 12 Jill Morawski
Organizers Elizabeth Lunbeck Department of History Princeton University Emily Martin Department of Anthropology New York University Louis Sass Department of Psychology Rutgers University
Events In spring 2006 we have scheduled several Friday afternoon seminars, at which a pre-circulated work-in-progress paper may be discussed (we will open with the author's comments, followed by comments from a discussant). Paper will be available on the Project website two weeks before the seminar. The seminars are open to all.
Friday, May 12, 2006 "Crisis in the Cold War Psychology Laboratory: Experimenters Apprehend Their Human Subjects" Jill Morawski Department of Psychology Wesleyan University Author of Practicing Feminisms, Reconstructing Psychology: Notes on a Liminal Science, University of Michigan Press, 1994. 3:00 p.m. - Coffee 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Seminar A paper for discussion is available here: "Epistemological Dizziness" Wine and cheese reception to follow Princeton University Forbes College Small Dining Room (on Alexander Street, opposite the Dinky train station) Support gratefully acknowledged from the Program in the History of Science, Princeton University; the Institute for the History of the Production of Knowledge, NYU.
Friday, February 3, 2006 "Becoming a Case to Oneself: Supermax Confinement and the Dream of Psychiatric Citizenship" Lorna A. Rhodes Department of Anthropology University of Washington Author of Total Confinement: Madness and Reason in the Maximum Security Prison, University of California Press, 2004. 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. - talk and discussion Reception to follow New York University 726 Broadway, Room 542 R.s.v.p. required - 212-998-8899 Please bring ID to be admitted to the building. The above program is generously funded by the Princeton Center for Health and Wellbeing and the Program in the History of Science, Dept. of History, Princeton University.

Travel To New York University http://www.nyu.edu/about/campusinfo.html Please contact Emily Martin or 212-998-8899 if you have additional questions regarding travel or directions.
Travel to Princeton University By train: http://www.princeton.edu/pr/visitors/traintravel.shtml By car: http://www.princeton.edu/pr/visitors/driving.shtml Campus map: http://www.Princeton.EDU/cgi/map Contact Audrey Mainzer (609-258-5529) with any questions regarding travel or directions.
Questions? Please contact Emily Martin if you have additional questions. Spread the word! Please forward a link to this site to anyone you think might be interested.

E. Bowman
Institute for the History of the Production of Knowledge
Faculty of Arts and Science, New York University
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Originally posted: 02/23/2004

Last updated: 05/03/2006