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The article presents the development in the field of psychology as of October 1990. From October 24-26, 1990 the Netherlands Institute of Mental Health will hold a conference in Leiden, Netherlands, to stimulate the international exchange of scientific knowledge, information, and experience and to give a new impetus to the pursuit of mental health as well as to present current research. The National Women's Studies Association awards several scholarships and fellowships to graduate students and other scholars.

Between 1905 and 1910, several Dutch scholars independently "discovered" the rapidly growing psychology of religion. The "empirical" character of this psychology as developed in America provoked very diverse reactions, the differences in which arose from the very different mentalities existing within religiously different segments of Dutch society. This paper focuses on an illustrative example: a dissertation by Johannes G. Geelkerken (1879-1960), which remains one of the best sources of information on the presuppositions and foundations of the early empirical psychology of religion. The ideological, institutional, and national context of Geelkerken's work is discussed. Although the pattern of early development of psychology of religion in The Netherlands was atypical for Europeanized cultures, it has persisted into the present.

Starting out as a newsletter for radical psychologists, the Dutch journal Psychologie & Maatschappij (Psychology & Society) moved in the past decade toward the theoretical mainstream within psychology. In this paper, the major changes in the journal are described and analyzed, as well as the features that did not change: an emphasis on theory and history, an interdisciplinary approach, and an emphasis on discussion. The main transformations were from psychology as instrumental toward the goals of the progressive movement in the Netherlands, then to extreme criticism of all scientific and professional psychological activities, and finally to adherence to the most advanced approaches within academic psychology., (Copyright 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)

Presents a list of meetings, programs and Internet resources on behavioral sciences. History of Science Society Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, U.S. from November 8-11, 2001; The American Historical Association Meeting in San Francisco, California, U.S. from January 3-6, 2002; Fourth European Social Science History Conference in The Hague, The Netherlands from February 27, 2002 to March 2, 2002; Web site of the Archives of the American Psychological Association; Web site of European Traces of the History of Psychology.