Introducing South European Studies

Jennifer Lambe
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It is with great excitement that we announce the forthcoming launch of our new series, South European Studies Dissertation Reviews. This new field has been developed and nurtured by DR editors to expand our offerings across an even wider spectrum of Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines.

We have already lined up reviews for the current season, with the series set to begin in January 2015. As we prepare for next season, we welcome new requests to review or be reviewed. If interested, please fill out the Review Application Form.

We also welcome applications to become the new Field Editor of our South European Studies series.

We are seeking a dynamic early- to mid-career scholar to help us plan, coordinate, and publish new reviews in this field for the 2015–2016 season. You can learn more about the position and the application process here.

Image: Mole Antonelliana in Torino, Italy. Photograph by zena011. Wikimedia.

Post written by: Jennifer Lambe

Jennifer Lambe (Latin American and Caribbean Studies) is starting Assistant Professor at Brown University, with a PhD from the Department of History at Yale University. Her dissertation, “Baptism by Fire: The Making and Remaking of Madness in Cuba, 1857-1980,” examines the history of mental illness and mental healing in Cuba from the late colonial period through 1980, with a focus on both institutional psychiatry and popular healing. The project traces the history of the Mazorra Mental Hospital, the only public psychiatric facility in Cuba until the 1959 Revolution and an iconic site of political intervention and social reform. Jenny has published in Cuba: People, Culture, History (ed. Alan West-Durán, 2011) and Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina y el Caribe.