# Andrew Scull > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Andrew_Scull > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Andrew_Scull.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Scull > Source revision: 1279425680 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Andrew T. Scull** (born 1947) is a British-born [sociologist](/source/Sociologist) who researches the [social history of medicine](/source/History_of_medicine) and the [history of psychiatry](/source/History_of_psychiatry). He is a distinguished professor of sociology and science studies at [University of California, San Diego](/source/University_of_California,_San_Diego), and recipient of the [Roy Porter](/source/Roy_Porter) Medal for lifetime contributions to the history of medicine.[1] His books include *[Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine](/source/Madhouse:_A_Tragic_Tale_of_Megalomania_and_Modern_Medicine)*, *Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity*, and *[Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry's Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness](/source/Desperate_Remedies:_Psychiatry's_Turbulent_Quest_to_Cure_Mental_Illness)*. ## Life and career Scull was born in [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh), Scotland, the son of Allan Edward Scull, a civil engineer and Marjorie *née* Corrigan, a college teacher. He received his BA with first-class honors from [Balliol College, Oxford](/source/Balliol_College,_Oxford). He then studied at [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University), receiving his MA in sociology in 1971 and his Ph.D. in 1974. He was a postdoc at [University College London](/source/University_College_London) in 1976–77.[2] Scull taught at the [University of Pennsylvania](/source/University_of_Pennsylvania) from 1973 until 1978, when he was appointed to the sociology faculty at University of California, San Diego, as an associate professor. He was appointed a full professor in 1982, and distinguished professor in 1994.[2] ## Books Scull's first book, *Decarceration: Community Treatment and the Deviant – A Radical View* was published in 1977 by [Prentice-Hall](/source/Prentice-Hall).[3] A revised version of his Princeton doctoral dissertation, *Museums of Madness: The Social Organization of Insanity in 19th Century England*, was published in 1979 by [Allen Lane](/source/Allen_Lane) (London) and [St. Martin's Press](/source/St._Martin's_Press) (New York).[4] Scull's later books include *[Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine](/source/Madhouse:_A_Tragic_Tale_of_Megalomania_and_Modern_Medicine)* (Yale University Press, 2005); *Hysteria: The Biography* (Oxford University Press, 2009);[a]*Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity* (Princeton University Press, 2015).[5][6][7][8] [Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry's Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness](/source/Desperate_Remedies:_Psychiatry's_Turbulent_Quest_to_Cure_Mental_Illness) (The Belknap Press, 2022). ## 2009 Letter to the UC Regents In the summer of 2009, Scull authored a letter to the University of California Regents that called for reallocation of funding from the Riverside, Santa Cruz, and Merced campuses to make up for budget shortfalls at what he deemed "higher tiered" campuses, stating that rather than being research heavy institutions and thus draws for grant and philanthropic moneys, "UCSC, UCR and UC Merced are in substantial measure teaching institutions" [9] and that "[i]f we don't do this, we will end up with a bunch of mediocre U.C.'s instead of great U.C.'s." Then UC President [Mark Yudoff](/source/Mark_Yudoff) dismissed the proposal outright in a statement released to all UC campus chancellors, but not before critics noted the demographic differences between UCSD and the campuses Scull and his 22 co-signatories targeted.[10] ## Notes 1. The 2011 paperback version was entitled *Hysteria: The Disturbing History* ## References 1. [University of California, San Diego](/source/University_of_California,_San_Diego). [Faculty biography: Andrew Scull](http://sociology.ucsd.edu/people/profiles/faculty/andrew-scull.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20161226220504/http://sociology.ucsd.edu/people/profiles/faculty/andrew-scull.html) 2016-12-26 at the Wayback Machine 1. Peacock, Scot (ed.) (2003). ["Scull, Andrew, 1947"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180111165252/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3415800159.html). *Contemporary Authors New Revision Series*. Gale Group. via [Highbeam Research](/source/Highbeam_Research) 26 December 2016. 1. Speiglman, Richard (Spring-Summer 1979). ["Review: *Decarceration*, Andrew Scull"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/29766062) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20161226215835/http://www.jstor.org/stable/29766062) 2016-12-26 at the Wayback Machine. *Crime and Social Justice*, No. 11, pp. 67–70. JSTOR [29766062](https://www.jstor.org/stable/29766062) 1. OCLC [901048862](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/901048862) 1. McGrath, Patrick (29 May 2005). ["'Madhouse': Nonelective Surgery"](https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/29/books/review/madhouse-nonelective-surgery.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230113034852/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/29/books/review/madhouse-nonelective-surgery.html) 2023-01-13 at the Wayback Machine. *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. Retrieved 26 December 2016. 1. Casper, S. T. (2010-12-01). "Andrew Scull, Hysteria: The Biography". *Social History of Medicine*. **23** (3): 692–693. [doi:10.1093/shm/hkq073](https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkq073). [ISSN 0951-631X](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0951-631X) 1. Wise, Sarah (20 March 2015). ["Review: Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity', by Andrew Scull"](https://www.ft.com/content/b64ed89e-cd75-11e4-9144-00144feab7de) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20161226221409/https://www.ft.com/content/b64ed89e-cd75-11e4-9144-00144feab7de) 2016-12-26 at the Wayback Machine. *[Financial Times](/source/Financial_Times)*. Retrieved 26 December 2016. 1. Catling, Patrick Skene (4 April 2015). ["Back to Bedlam"](http://www.spectator.co.uk/2015/04/back-to-bedlam-patrick-skene-catling-on-the-book-that-makes-madness-visible/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20161226215553/http://www.spectator.co.uk/2015/04/back-to-bedlam-patrick-skene-catling-on-the-book-that-makes-madness-visible/) 2016-12-26 at the Wayback Machine. *[The Spectator](/source/The_Spectator)*. Retrieved 26 December 2016. 1. Campus Editor (13 August 2009). ["UCSD Professors Suggest Closing UCs"](https://theaggie.org/2009/08/13/ucsd-professors-suggest-closing-ucs/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210412051827/https://theaggie.org/2009/08/13/ucsd-professors-suggest-closing-ucs/) 2021-04-12 at the Wayback Machine. *[The California Aggie](/source/The_California_Aggie)*. Retrieved 11 April 2021. 1. ABC30 (9 December 2011). ["Proposal to Close the UC Merced Campus"](https://abc30.com/archive/6907862/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210412051829/https://abc30.com/archive/6907862/) 2021-04-12 at the Wayback Machine. *[KFSN-TV](/source/KFSN-TV)*. Retrieved 11 April 2021. ## External links - [How I Became a Historian of Psychiatry: Andrew Scull](https://historypsychiatry.com/2015/10/09/how-i-became-a-historian-of-psychiatry-andrew-scull/) (historypsychiatry.com) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Andrew Scull](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Scull) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Scull?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.