Publication Announcement: Special Issue of History of Intellectual Culture Focusing on Central European Émigré Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and Cognitive Scientists
By Anzo Nguyen (http://emigreucalgary.blogspot.ca)
This
update is part of the regular U of C Émigré Project Updates:
(http://emigreucalgary.blogspot.ca/2020/)
Earlier
this month, the latest issue of the open-access journal History of Intellectual Culture (HIC) was released online (editor-in-chief: Dr. Paul J. Stortz,
University of Calgary). HIC, which
focuses on the historical and cultural context behind the dissemination of
scientific ideas throughout history via an interdisciplinary lens, has migrated
to a new OJS platform via Drupal following changes to the University of Calgary
website. This special issue focuses on the topic of the forced emigration of
German-speaking psychiatrists, psychologists, and cognitive scientists from
Central Europe resulting from the rise of Nazism. The time period of this
special issue ranges from the rise to power of the Nazi Party in Germany in 1933,
up to the dissolution of the communist Eastern Bloc in 1989. Furthermore, this
issue covers a wide range of topics, including individual biographies of select
German-speaking émigrés (e.g. From German Youth to British Soldier to Canadian
Psychologist: The Journey of German Émigré Dr. Hugh Lytton [1921-2002] by Erna
Kurbegović) and broader investigations on how this large-scale emigration
influenced the development of fields such as cognitive science, as explored in Vincent
von Hoeckendorf’s “On the Influence of German-Speaking Émigrés on the Emergence
of Cognitive Science as a New Interdisciplinary Field”. As a result, this new
issue provides new insights from multiple disciplines and perspectives
regarding the impact of this understudied period of academic history. As Dr.
Frank W. Stahnisch writes in his Introduction to the issue, “Altogether, this
special issue of History of Intellectual
Culture clearly shows that the long-term migration of scientists and
physicians affected both the migrants themselves and their receiving
environments.” Indeed, the breadth of this issue adds significantly to the
growing body of literature on the forced migration of German-speaking
psychologists, cognitive scientists, and related academics.
The full issue can be read on the HIC website via the following link:
