Memory, Anniversaries and Mental Health in International Historical Perspective Faith in Reform

“This thought-provoking essay collection will generate enthusiasm for new ways of considering the past and reframing the present through troubling our interpretation of what has been written before. It is certainly worth reading to generate reflections on what the legacy of our own work may be.” (Jennifer Parker, The British Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 225 (3), September, 2024)

Rebecca Wynter  is a historian at the Universities of Amsterdam and Birmingham. She has published widely on the histories of psychiatry, mental health, neurology, first response, and so-called ‘conversion therapy’. She is active in public history, working with museums, institutions and people to reveal the past.

Jennifer Wallis  is a Medical Humanities Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in the History of Science and Medicine at Imperial College London, UK. She has published widely on the nineteenth-century asylum and the history of medicine in the Victorian period.

Rob Ellis  is a Reader in History at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He has published widely on the histories of mental ill-health and learning disability and has worked in partnership to co-produce projects that have emphasized their contemporary relevance.