Research directions
History of the "Psy" sciences (psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis)
History of psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy; history of patients and history from below; history of alternative therapies, anti-psychiatric movements, community care/out-of-asylum practices
Women and feminism in health
History of first female physicians; shaping of sexist, misogynist and misandrist discourses; interactions between feminism and medical discourses/practices
Gender and sexuality
Discriminations in healthcare systems; history of gender biases in medicine; masculinities and health; history of sexuality; crimes and sexual deviances
History of medicine
Material history of medicine: objects, techniques and embodied knowledge of physicians; patient-caregiver relationship; evolution of animal experimentation; "eccentric" therapeutics
Art and medicine
Interrelations between medical/literary/artistic discourses; history of "raw" art; history of art therapy
Management of death and dying
History of death; history of legal and forensic medicine; discourses, practices, rituals of death and dying; management of dead bodies and products of the human body
