"Biography and the history of psychology and psychiatry" to be held at UCL in June 2011. (360G-Wellcome-096551_Z_11_Z)

£4,000

To establish an international network of scholars currently using biographical approaches to study the History of Psychology and Psychiatry. To encourage debate and a reflexive awareness about the methodological advantages and problems associated with biographical approaches in general and those that are particularly pertinent to this field of historical research. To examine the historical use of 'patient biographies', in the form of individual case studies, by psychologists and psychiatrists and to problematise such epistemological practices, as a basis of knowledge formation, within these disciplines. To raise awareness of, and discuss solutions to, the 'public engagement gap' between the kind of biographies that are extremely popular with the lay public and those that are deemed 'too scholarly' and unprofitable by publishers. To disseminate the findings and discussions of the symposium to a wider audience after the event. Providing the papers presented form a sufficiently coherent body of original material, publication will be sought in the form of a special issue of a relevant journal, for example, Journal of the History of the Behavioural Sciences, History of the Human Sciences, History of Psychiatry.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 4000
Applicant Surname Sutton
Approval Committee Medical History and Humanities Funding Committee
Award Date 2011-03-28T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2010/11
Grant Programme: Title Small grant in H&SS
Internal ID 096551/Z/11/Z
Lead Applicant Dr Emma Sutton
Partnership Value 4000
Planned Dates: End Date 2011-07-09T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2011-06-10T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region Greater London