Mental health

The Modern Japan History Association (mjha.org) presents a "New Books on Japan" conversation between Yumi Kim (Johns Hopkins University), author of Madness in the Family: Women, Care, and Illness in Japan (Oxford University Press, 2022) and Daniel Botsman, (Yale University). The event is free and open to the public and will be held over Zoom. Pre-registration is required.

Date and Time: Wednesday, March 10, 7pm EST / 4pm PST

Dear colleagues,

In the immediate aftermath of the February 6, 2023 earthquakes, graduate students at the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University began compiling mental health resources to support our colleagues, families and friends on the ground as well as those grappling with this grief and trauma from outside the region. Topics addressed by this guide include:

We are happy to announce that a new issue of the journal STUDIES IN NEPALI HISTORY AND SOCIETY (SINHAS) is now available in print.

The MOOC “Mental Borders, Physical Borders and the Shaping of Modern European Identity and Citizenship” explores the historical development of the concepts of Europe and European-ness from several geographical and cultural vantage points, in line with the geographical location of Arqus partner institutions.

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BOOK LAUNCH: Amy Milne-Smith on "Out of His Mind"

In 2020, Jeanette Copperman from the Open University got in contact with the Bishopsgate Institute regarding starting an archive collection around women and mental health activism in the UK.  The Institute were extremely keen to provide a home to more material relating to this subject area, and after several discussions it was decided to develop an archive called, ‘Women’s Mental Health Activism in the UK’.