*History and Philosophy of Science Winter [Northern Summer] School: **History
<br>of Psychiatry, Past Trends, Future Directions*
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<br>*History of Psychiatry, Past Trends, Future Directions*
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<br>13-17 August 2018, University of Sydney
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<br>We invite applications from graduate students and early-career researchers
<br>in the history and social studies of science and biomedicine, and related
<br>fields, for a five-day (southern-hemisphere) winter school focusing on
<br>scholarship in the history of psychiatry. This is an excellent opportunity
<br>for young scholars interested in some of the more exciting recent
<br>developments in the history, sociology, and anthropology of medicine, in
<br>particular those scholars seeking to integrate various approaches in the
<br>interdisciplinary analysis of psychiatry and its history.
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<br>The history of psychiatry has attracted sustained attention by historians
<br>of medicine over the past several decades. The attention to psychiatry was
<br>partly caused by broader public debates about the role of psychiatry in
<br>modern societies. During the 1970s, for example, critics such as Thomas
<br>Szasz condemned psychiatry as a pseudo-branch of medicine and as a tool of
<br>modern societies to force individuals to conform to arbitrary social
<br>standards or to forcibly confine them to mental hospitals which Erving
<br>Gofman characterised as total institutions akin to prisons and
<br>concentration camps. The historical/philosophical work of Michel Foucault
<br>contributed to these characterisations as well. These views greatly
<br>contributed to historical research on the history of psychiatry.
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<br>How relevant are the approaches to the history of psychiatry inspired by
<br>these critical views today? After deinstitutionalisation, there are hardly
<br>any mental hospitals left, the influence of psychoanalysis has greatly
<br>declined, and psychiatrists appear to focus more on psychopharmacology than
<br>on psychotherapy. During this winter school, we will evaluate past and
<br>current research on the history of psychiatry, discuss promising new
<br>trends, and focus on topics that we expect will be relevant in the near
<br>future. Topics that will be discussed include: Modern Research on Insane
<br>Asylums and Mental Hospitals; Colonial and Post-Colonial Psychiatry;
<br>Diagnosing Populations: Psychiatric Epidemiology; Deinstitutionalisation
<br>and community psychiatry; Trauma: Experience, Explanations, and Treatments.
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<br>We are looking forward to discussing these issues and many others,
<br>according to the interests of participants. Through a mix of seminars,
<br>small group discussions, and case studies, graduate students and
<br>early-career researchers will become acquainted with the most interesting
<br>research in the history of psychiatry. The workshop faculty will illustrate
<br>their arguments with examples of their own recent and forthcoming research.
<br>We expect participants to shape these discussions and to contribute ideas
<br>and examples from their own studies. Additionally, there will be plenty of
<br>opportunities to enjoy Sydney’s harbor, beaches, food, and cultural
<br>activities.
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<br>The winter course will be taught by Mark Micale (University of Illinois),
<br>Hans Pols (University of Sydney), and several other local academics with
<br>interest in this area.
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<br>We have planned this winter school before the conference of the Society for
<br>the Social Study of Science, which will take place from 29 August to 1
<br>September. There will be many interesting smaller events in the week
<br>preceding that conference.
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<br>*Applicants should send a CV and a brief description (maximum one page) of
<br>their research interests, and how they relate to the topic of the Winter
<br>School, to **hps.admin@sydney.edu.au* * (with a
<br>subject heading “Winter School Application”). Closing date is May 31,
<br>2018.
<br>We will take care of accommodation expenses and meals for the period of the
<br>Winter School, but participants (or their institutions) will have to cover
<br>their own transport costs.*
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<br>*The Winter School is supported by the **Sydney Centre for the Foundations
<br>of Science* * and
<br>the **School
<br>of History and Philosophy of Science* *,
<br>and the International Research Collaboration Fund of the University of
<br>Sydney.*
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