Dr Adrian Brock BSc, MPhil, PhD.
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Biography:
| Adrian Charles Brock was born in Gibraltar and grew up in Greater Manchester. After leaving school, he spent several years as a backpacker in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and Latin America, earning his living in a variety of ways; for example, as a truck driver in the Northern Territory of Australia, a teacher of English in Buenos Aires and a multilingual tourist guide in Berlin. At the age of 30, he enrolled as a mature student at Manchester Polytechnic (now Manchester Metropolitan University) and graduated with a BSc in Psychology three years later, being the only student in his year to be awarded a first-class honours degree. He then received a British Academy Scholarship to do an MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge followed by a Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship to do his PhD with the eminent historian of psychology, Kurt Danziger at York University in Toronto. He obtained his first teaching position at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta and moved to UCD from there. He has also been a visiting scholar at the University of Cape Town. As a specialist in history and theory or philosophy of psychology, he has published in all the major journals of this field; including, History of Psychology, Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, Theory & Psychology, History of the Human Sciences and Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. He has also edited two books, Rediscovering the History of Psychology: Essays Inspired by the Work of Kurt Danziger (Springer, 2004) and Internationalizing the History of Psychology (New York University Press, 2006). The latter was nominated for the American Psychological Association's international book award. He has also been the guest editor or advisory editor for several publications. He is currently the guest editor of a special issue of Canadian Psychology on the history of psychology in Canada and an advisory editor for the Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology (to be published by Springer). He is also a member of the editorial boards of History of Psychology and Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, both of which are published by the American Psychological Association. He frequently receives invitations to speak at international conferences. Most recently, he was a keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association (Toronto, 2011) and the 30th International Congress of Psychology (Cape Town, 2012). His work was also the focus of two symposia at the annual meeting of Japanese Psychological Association (Tokyo, 2012).. |
Research Interests
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Research Projects
| Sponsor : University College Dublin (UCD) Title : Four papers at three conferences in 2010 Start Date / End Date : 17-MAY-10 / 16-NOV-11 |
| Sponsor : University College Dublin (UCD) Title : 117th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (on the programme four times) Start Date / End Date : 03-AUG-09 / 31-JAN-11 |
| Sponsor : Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) Title : Psycholog and the Challenge of Cultural Diversity Start Date / End Date : 01-MAR-08 / 28-FEB-11 |
Book Chapters
| Brock, A. C.; (2012) 'The history of introspection revisited' In: J. W. Clegg (eds). Scientific self-observation. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction. [Details] |
| A. C. Brock; (2012) 'Ireland' In: D. B. Baker (eds). Oxford Handbook of the History of Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press. [Details] |
| Brock, A. C.; (2006) 'Introduction' In: A. C. Brock (eds). Internationalizing the history of psychology. New York: New York University Press. [Details] |
| Brock, A. C.; (2006) 'Psychology and liberal democracy: A spurious connection?' In: A. C. Brock (eds). Internationalizing the history of psychology. New York: New York University Press. [Details] |
| Brock, A. C.; (2006) 'Postscript' In: A. C. Brock (eds). Internationalizing the history of psychology. New York: New York University Press. [Details] |
| Brock, A. C. ; (2004) 'Introduction' In: Brock, A. C., Louw, J. & van Hoorn, W (eds). Rediscovering the History of Psychology: Essays Inspired by the Work of Kurt Danziger. New York: Kluwer Academic/ Plenum. [Details] | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1991) 'Imageless thought or stimulus error? The social construction of private experience' In: In W. R. Woodward and R. S. Cohen (Eds.) (eds). World Views and Scientific Discipline Formation: Science Studies in the German Democratic Republic (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers. [Details] | |||||||||
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Edited Books
Brock, A. C (Ed.). (2006) Internationalizing the history of psychology. New York: New York University Press.  [Details] |
| Brock, A. C., Louw. J. & van Hoorn, W. (Eds.) (Ed.). (2004) Rediscovering the history of psychology: Essays inspired by the work of Kurt Danziger. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Brock, A. C. (2011) 'Taking history seriously'. Erwägen Wissen Ethik, 22 :17-19. [Details] |
| Brock, A. C.; (2011) 'Why history of psychology is going global'. The Psychologist, 24 :150-151. [Details] |
| Brock, A. C.; (2007) 'History of psychology and social practice: Introduction to the special issue'. Social Practice/Psychological Theorizing, Special Theme I :1-5. [Details] |
| Brock, A. C.; (2007) 'Statistics and the art of legitimation: The strange case of 'n Ach''. Social Practice/Psychological Theorizing, Special Theme I :69-82. [Details] |
| Brock, A.C.; (2006) 'Rediscovering the history of psychology: Interview with Kurt Danziger'. History of Psychology, 9 (1):1-16. [Details] |
| Brock, A. C.; (1998) 'Pedagogy and research'. The Psychologist, 11 :169-171. [Details] | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1995) 'Constructing the subject: An interview with Kurt Danziger'. PSYCHOLOGIE EN MAATSCHAPPIJ, 73 :351-366. [Details] |
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| Brock, A. C.; (1994) 'Whatever happened to Karl Bühler?'. CANADIAN PSYCHOLOGY, 35 :319-329. [Details] | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1993) 'Something old, something new: The 'reappraisal' of Wilhelm Wundt in textbooks'. Theory and Psychology, 3 :235-242. [Details] | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1992) 'Was Wundt a 'Nazi'? Völkerpsychologie, racism and anti-Semitism'. Theory and Psychology, 2 :205-223. [Details] | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1992) 'Charles Hubbard Judd: A Wundtian social psychologist in the United States'. Psychologie Und Geschichte, 3 :17-23. [Details] | |||||||||
| Harris, B. and Brock, A. C.; (1992) 'Freudian psychopolitics: The rivalry of Wilhelm Reich and Otto Fenichel, 1930-1935'. Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 66 :577-611. [Details] | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1991) 'Was macht den psychologischen Expertenstatus aus? Eine Auseinandersetzung zwischen Wundt und Stumpf. [What is psychological expertise? A controversy between Wundt and Stumpf.]'. Psychologie Und Geschichte, 2 :109-114. [Details] | |||||||||
| Harris, B. and Brock, A. C.; (1991) 'Otto Fenichel and the left opposition in psychoanalysis'. Journal of the History of Behavioural Sciences, 27 :157-165. [Details] | |||||||||
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Reports
| Brock, A. C.; (2001) History and philosophy of psychology at University College Dublin. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences: Reports [Details] |
Book Reviews
| Brock, A. C.; (2012) Review of A History of Psychology in Autobiography by L. P. Mos. Theory & Psychology: Book Reviews [Details] |
| A. C. Brock; (2010) Review of Marking the Mind by Kurt Danziger. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences: Book Reviews [Details] |
| Brock, A. C.; (1997) Review of 'Putting psychology in its place: A critical historical overview' by G. Richards. Irish Psychologist: Book Reviews [Details] |
| Brock, A. C.; (1993) Review of 'Red Vienna and the Golden Age of Psychology, 1918-1935' by S. Gardner & G. Stevens. Bulletin of the History of Medicine: Book Reviews [Details] |
| Brock, A. C.; (1992) Review of 'Wilhelm Wundts Voelkerpsychologie' by C. M. Schneider. Contemporary Psychology: Book Reviews [Details] |
| Brock, A. C.; (1996) Review of 'In the eye's mind: Vision and the Hering-Helmholtz controversy' by R. S. Turner. Social History of Medicine: Book Reviews [Details] | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1995) Review of 'Wilhelm Wundt: Die Konzeption der Voelkerpsychologie' by B. Oelze. Contemporary Psychology: Book Reviews [Details] | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (2006) Review of 'Psychologie in der DDR' by Stefan Busse. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences: Book Reviews [Details] | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (2005) Trying to keep it all together: History, theory and philosophy in psychology. Book Reviews [Details] | |||||||||
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Honours and Awards
| Year: 2008. Title: Seed Funding from UCD (E1,800) to help with the cost of presenting papers at conferences in Toronto, Bari (Italy), St. Petersburg and Berlin. |
| Year: 2009. Title: Seed funding from UCD (E1,800) to help with the cost of participating in the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in Toronto |
| Year: 2010. Title: Seed funding of E900 towards the cost of presenting papers at conferences in Syracuse, USA and Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Year: 2006. Title: Research Fellowship (ZAR15,000), University of Cape Town. |
| Year: 2007. Title: Thematic Project Research Grant (E26,000) from Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS). |
| Year: 2007. Title: Internationalizing the History of Psychology nominated for American Psychological Association's Global Psychology Book Award. |
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| Year: 2007. Title: Seed Funding from UCD (E1,800) to present paper at conference in Toronto. |
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| Year: 2006. Title: Seed Funding from UCD (E1,000) to present two papers at conference in New Orleans. |
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Associations
| Association: Psychological Society of Ireland, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: British Psychological Society, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: BPS Section for History and Philosophy of Psychology, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Society for the History of Psychology, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Society for Theoretical/Philosophical Psychology, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: APA Division for International Psychology, Function/Role: Member | |||||||||
| Association: Cheiron (International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences), Function/Role: Member | |||||||||
| Association: European Society for the History of the Human Sciences, Function/Role: Member | |||||||||
| Association: International Society for Theoretical Psychology, Function/Role: Member | |||||||||
| Association: American Psychological Association, Function/Role: International Affiliate | |||||||||
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Conference Contributions
| Brock. A. C.; (2010) The IQ controversy, apartheid's anthropology and David Hume. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], European Society for the History of the Human Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands , 23-AUG-10 - 27-AUG-10. |
| Brock. A. C.; (2010) Biting the hand that feeds you: Conflicting views on the role of critical history in psychology. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], British Psychological Society, History and Philosophy of Psychology Section, Edinburgh , 30-MAR-10 - 01-APR-10. |
| Gaertner, K. & Brock, A. C.; (2010) Historical psychology in Germany, 1980-2000. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], European Society for the History of the Human Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands , 23-AUG-10 - 27-AUG-10. |
| Brock, A. C.; (2010) Presentism and diversity in the history of psychology. [International Refereed Conference], Cheiron (International Society for History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences), Syracuse, New York , 23-JUN-10 - 27-JUN-10. |
| A. C. Brock; (2009) Indigenous psychologies: The political dimension. [International Refereed Conference], American Psychological Association, Toronto , 06-AUG-09 - 09-AUG-09. |
| A. C. Brock; (2009) The future of the history of psychology revisited. [International Refereed Conference], American Psychological Association, Toronto , 06-AUG-09 - 09-AUG-09. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (2008) Historical origins of the concept of 'psychology'. [Invited Oral Presentation], European Society for the History of the Human Sciences, Bari, Italy , 02-JUL-08 - 05-JUL-08. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (2008) Two models for the history of psychology. [Invited Oral Presentation], International Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg , 12-JUL-08 - 16-JUL-08. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (2008) A turf war in the human sciences: McClelland's problematic relationship with economics. [Oral Presentation], National Association of Psychologists (India), Guwahati, India , 14-DEC-08 - 17-DEC-08. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (2008) The cultural limitations of psychology as evidenced by its geographical dispersion. [Invited Oral Presentation], Cheiron (International Society for History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences), Toronto , 26-JUN-08 - 29-JUN-08. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C. & Louw, J.; (2008) Psychologists and traditional healers: The South African case. [Oral Presentation], International Congress of Psychology, Berlin , 20-JUL-08 - 25-JUL-08. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C. ; (1989) When reality fails: Wundt, Stumpf and the problem of psychological expertise. [Oral Presentation], Cheiron, Kingston, Canada , 01-JUN-89. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1989) The notion of 'development' in Wundt's Voelkerpsychologie. [Oral Presentation], Cheiron-Europe, Gothenburg, Sweden , 01-AUG-89. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1990) Charles Hubbard Judd: A Wundtian social psychologist in the United States. [Poster Presentation], Cheiron, Westfield, Mass., USA , 01-JUN-90. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1990) From passion to emotion: The naturalization of moral sentiments. [Oral Presentation], Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa , 01-JUN-90. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C. ; (1990) Something old, something new: The 'reappraisal' of Wilhelm Wundt in textbooks. [Oral Presentation], American Psychological Association, Boston , 01-AUG-90. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C. ; (1990) Wundt's rejection of methodological individualism. [Oral Presentation], Cheiron-Europe, Weimar , 01-SEP-90. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1990) Wundt's ethics in relation to his psychology. [Oral Presentation], History of Science Society, Seattle , 01-OCT-90. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1988) Das Mythos der 'vorstellunslosen Gedanken' Kontroverse. [Oral Presentation], First German-American Summer Institute for Philosophy and History of Science, Leipzig, Germany , 01-JUN-88. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (2007) The quest for empire: Psychology, economics and the third world. [International Refereed Conference], Joint Cheiron-ESHHS conference, Dublin , 25-JUN-07 - 29-APR-07. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (2007) Theory and ideology: A lesson from South Africa. [International Refereed Conference], International Society for Theoretical Psychology, Toronto , 18-JUN-07 - 22-JUN-07. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C. & Louw, J.; (2006) Double standards: Psychologists and indigenous healers in South Africa. [Invited Lecture], American Psychological Association, New Orleans , 10-AUG-06 - 13-AUG-06. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (2006) Creating 'socialist man': Psychology in Cuba after the revolution. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], American Psychological Association, New Orleans , 10-AUG-06 - 13-AUG-06. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (2006) Engineering the soul in a socialist state. [National Refereed Conference Paper], British Psychological Society, History and Philosophy of Psychology Section, York, England , 01-APR-06. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (2003) Beyond liberal democracy: Psychology in revolutionary Cuba. [National Refereed Conference Paper], American Psychological Association, Toronto , 01-AUG-03. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (2001) Globalizing the history of psychology. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], International Workshop for Latin American and Caribbean Psychology, Santiago, Cuba , 01-NOV-01. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (2000) Danziger on Wundt. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], European Society for the History of the Human Sciences, Berlin, Germany , 01-AUG-00. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1997) The indigenization of European psychology in the United States. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], European Congress of Psychology, Dublin , 01-JUN-97. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1997) Critical history and critical psychology. [International Refereed Conference], International Society for Theoretical Psychology, Berlin , 01-MAY-97. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1997) The international status of historical psychology. [National Refereed Conference Paper], British Psychological Society, History and Philosophy of Psychology Section, York, UK , 01-MAR-97. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1995) Wundt's ethics in relation to his psychology. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Canadian Psychological Association, Charlottetown, Canada , 01-JUN-95. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1995) The emerging field of historical psychology. [International Refereed Conference], International Society for Theoretical Psychology, Ottawa, Canada , 01-MAY-95. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1993) Whatever happened to Karl Bühler?. [Chaired Session], American Psychological Association in Toronto, Canada. (1993, August), Toronto, Canada , 01-AUG-93 - 01-AUG-93. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C. ; (1992) In praise of the mixed model: History of psychology as psychology and history of science. [International Refereed Conference], Cheiron-Europe (European Society for the History of Behavioural and Social Sciences) in Leiden, Netherlands. (1996, August), Leiden, Netherlands , 01-AUG-92. | |||||||||
| Harris, B. and Brock, A. C.; (1992) For Freud against Freud! Political metaphors and left psychoanalysts in the 1930s. [Chaired Session], Cheiron-Europe (European Society for History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences), Groningen, Netherlands , 01-AUG-92. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1992) Historical origins of the concept of emotion. In I. Staeuble (Chair), The history of basic psychological concepts. [International Refereed Conference], Cheiron-Europe (European Society for History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences) in Groningen, Netherlands, Groningen, Netherlands , 01-AUG-92. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1992) Psychology and colonialism: Introduction to the symposium. [Chaired Session], Cheiron (International Society for History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences), Windsor, Canada , 01-JUN-92. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1992) What's in a name? Völkerpsychologie and social psychology. [International Refereed Conference], Cheiron (International Society for History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences), Windsor, Canada , 01-JUN-92. | |||||||||
| Brock, A. C.; (1991) Was Wundt a 'Nazi'? Völkerpsychologie, racism and anti-Semitism. [National Refereed Conference Paper], American Psychological Association in San Francisco, USA, San Francisco , 01-AUG-91. | |||||||||
| Harris, B. and Brock, A. C.; (1991) Otto Fenichel's relationship to Wilhelm Reich. [National Refereed Conference Paper], American Association for the History of Medicine in Cleveland, USA, Cleveland, USA , 01-MAY-91. | |||||||||
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Committees
| Committee : Chair, Psychological Society of Ireland, Special Interest Group for History and Philosophy of Psychology, 1995-98. |
| Committee : Area Chair for Ireland, International Council of Psychologists, 1995-98. |
| Committee : Executive Committee, British Psychological Society, Section for History and Philosophy of Psychology, 1996-97. |
| Committee : Executive Committee, American Psychological Association, Division 26 (History of Psychology), 1995-98. |
| Committee : International Liaison, American Psychological Association, Division 26 (History of Psychology), 1995-98. |
| Committee : Undergraduate Accreditation Committeee, Psychological Society of Ireland, 2010 to present | |||||||||
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Employment
| Employer: York University, Toronto Position: Research and Teaching Assistant |
| Employer: University of Cape Town Position: Visiting Researcher and Lecturer |
| Employer: University College Dublin Position: Lecturer in Psychology |
| Employer: Oglethorpe University, Atlanta Position: Assistant Professor of Psychology |
Education
| Year 1995 Institution: York University, Canada Qualification: PhD Subject: Psychology |
| Year 1986 Institution: Manchester Polytechnic Qualification: BSc Subject: Psychology |
| Year 1987 Institution: University of Cambridge Qualification: MPhil Subject: History and Philosophy of Science |
Languages
| German: |
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Consultancy
| Client: : 30th International Congress of Psychology in 2012 |
| Client: : Czech Science Foundation |
| Client: : Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies |
| Client: : Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology |
| Client: : History of Psychology |
| Client: : Pearson Educational Publishing | |||||||||
| Client: : National Research Foundation of South Africa | |||||||||
| Client: : Thompson Educational Publishing | |||||||||
| Client: : Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada | |||||||||
| Client: : Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences | |||||||||
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Other Activities
| Editorial Board, Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 2008 to present |
| Local Host, First Joint Conference of Cheiron (International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences) and ESHHS (European Society for the History of the Human Sciences) at UCD in June 2007. |
| Program Co-Chair (with Kurt Danziger), American Psychological Association, Division 26 (History of Psychology) for the annual meeting in Toronto in August 1996. |
| Editorial Board, History of Psychology, 2009 to present |
| Created and continue to maintain a website devoted to the work of the eminent historian of psychology, Kurt Danziger (http://www.kurtdanziger.com). |
| Created and continue to maintain an online discussion group for the European Society for the History of the Human Sciences (http://groups.google.com/group/eshhs/) | |||||||||
| Editorial Board, Social Practice/Psychological Theorizing, 2005 to present. | |||||||||
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