Education
Past Projects – 1960s
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Confrontation and Learned Societies: A rebellion of dissidents within
higher education was a problem shared by many campuses and learned societies in
1968. Dissidents challenged the role of scholarship and science in our society
and seriously disrupted the educational process. In 1969, the American Council
of Learned Societies, of which the Academy is a founding member, convened its
annual meeting to examine the theme of confrontation and learned societies. The
resulting volume of essays concentrates on two themes of special interest to
learned societies: (1) the nature and purpose of education in American society;
and (2) the concern that education and scholarship coexist uneasily with
applied research and service in the university.
PROJECT DATE: 1969-70
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: John Voss (American Academy) and Paul L. Ward
(American Council of Learned Societies and American Historical Association)
RESULTING PUBLICATION: “Confrontation and Learned Societies,” eds. John Voss
and Paul L. Ward. New York: New York University Press, 1970. (out of print)
SOURCES OF FUNDING: American Academy, American Council of Learned Societies
COLLABORATING ORGANIZATION: American Council of Learned Societies
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The Psychohistorical Process: A group of scholars from the historical,
psychological, psychiatric, and social science disciplines came together in a
series of seminars over two summers, in Wellfleet, Mass., to explore the
interplay between individual psychology and historical change. There was
general agreement that psychohistorical studies required multiple levels of
inquiry — intrapsychic, social, cultural, political, and historical. The group
also agreed on the importance of understanding the impact of social change as a
central part of psychohistorical inquiry. Participants worked to develop a
framework and methodology for studying and founding the new discipline of
psychohistorical inquiry.
PROJECT DATE: 1966-1974
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Bruce Mazlish (MIT), Robert Jay Lifton (Yale
University School of Medicine), and Erik Erikson (Austen Riggs Center, Inc.)
RESULTING PUBLICATION: “Explorations in Psychohistory: The Wellfleet Papers,”
ed. Robert Jay Lifton. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. (out of print)
SOURCE OF FUNDING: American Academy
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