Education - Qualifications

Ph.D. in Social Sciences, Utrecht University. Thesis: Bos, J. C. (1997) Authorized Knowledge. A Study of the history of psychoanalysis from a discourse point of view. Published as Autorität und Erkenntnis in der Psychoanalyse (Psychosozial Verlag, 2000).

MA in Psychology, Utrecht University with specialization in the history and theory of psychology. Thesis: Bos, J.C. (1988) Es Muss Sein. Een onderzoek naar de geschiedenis en theorie van het begrip Es bij Georg Groddeck (1886-1934). Unpublished Master’s thesis.


Research

2002-present: Senior Researcher at the dept. of Interdisciplinary Social Science (ASW, Utrecht University (UD1, tenured), affiliated with WTMC research school. Research focus on: history and theory of psychology; development of scientific practices; use and function of communication within institutional settings (shop floor communication, managerial communication); the construction of marginality in scientific practices.

Research expertise is focussed on the following domains:

I. History of science, more in particular psychotherapy. Publications in various international peer-reviewed journals; collaboration with colleagues abroad (USA, Finland, Germany, France).
II. Discourse analysis and analysis of (auto)biographical narratives. Participation in workshops and conferences. Paper in preparation on autobiographical narratives of young adults (presentation at ESHHS conference 2006)
III. Study of shop floor interactions and communication at management level. Research of communications in organizations, study of dimensions of power and processes of decision making.
IV. Marginalisation and self-marginalisation. Participation in workshop on marginality (Paris, 2004). Book on marginalisation in psychoanalysis in preparation.
V. Public intellectuals. Study of influence of political and academic status on public debate. Participation in workshop on public intellectuals.


Teaching

Teaching focus: Jaap Bos has a long standing career in the field of academic education. He has been teaching both in English as well as in Dutch. Furthermore, he has developed numerous courses over the past 10 years and contributed to many more. The emphasis in his teachings is on qualitative analysis of communication (conversation and discourse analysis, content analysis), applied to a variety of domains: from cultural studies to professional environment, and from public debates to public intellectuals.

Courses 2000-present:

-Development of two courses within the Master program ‘Journalism’ (2004-2005)
-Coordination MA course on Shop floor communication for the Master ‘Communication studies’ (2004-present)
-Lectures in an English spoken course on Management, Policy and Communication for the master ‘Social Issues: interventions and social policy’ (2005-present)
-Coordination of the course Cultural Studies for the BA program of ASW and of the English course for exchange students (2006-present)
Lectures in course on Media, Communication and Culture for the BA program of ASW (1999-2003)
-Coordination of a minor course on Organizational Communication in the BA program of ASW (2001-present)
-Lectures in a course on Argumentation and Rhetoric in the BA program of ASW (1999-present)

MA projects 1995-present:

-Supervision of about 5 MA projects every year; focus on communication strategies, (popular) debates, media communication.
-Jaap Bos teaches in Dutch and English, and has excellent student reviews.


Management and professional service 2000-present

-Member of Teaching Committee Board (opleidingscommissie), 2000-2004
-Member of Faculty Board (faculteitsraad) 2005-present
-Reviewer for History of Psychology (2004)
-Reviewer for Psychoanalysis and History (2006)
-Editor for Psychologie en Maatschappij (2000-2004)
-Treasurer of the European Society for the History of the Human Sciences (ESHHS) (2003-present)


International collaborations and international invited seminars

-Invited lecture on biography as a genre in the history of science, 2000, Groningen
-Co-organizer of ‘objects of objectivity’ workshop, 2003, Amsterdam
-Invited lecture in seminar on marginalization, 2004, Paris
-Invited lecture in workshop on public intellectuals, 2005, Chicago
-Invited lecture on humor in political debate, 2006, Braga Community
-Invited member of panel public discussion on ‘integration’, sept. 2005, Amsterdam
-Invited commentator for University journal (U-blad), feb. 2006

Books

Bos, J. (red) Discoursanalyse. Communicatie op de werkvloer. Bussum: Coutinho. (verschijnt najaar 2007)

Bos, J. (2008) Evart van Dieren. Kroniek van het falen. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

Bos, J. en L. Groenendijk (2006) The Self-Marginalization of Wilhelm Stekel. Springer, New York.

Bos, J. (2000) Autoritaet und Erkentniss. Giessen; Psychosozial Verlag.

Bos, J. (2000) Een Eeuw Freud. Amsterdam, Boom.


English, peer reviewed

Bos, J. and P. Zomer (in preparation). Learning through humor.

Bos, J. en S. van Breukelen (in preparation) ‘You cannot be head of the house until I die. Humour in political debate in Namibia.

Bos, J. en P. Roazen (2007) Evidence of Estrangement: the correspondence of Wilhelm Stekel to Sigmund Freud. International Forum of Psychoanalysis, 16, p. 68-80.

Bos, J. (2006) Conversation with a truth seeker. Psychoanalysis and History 8 (1), p. 159-168.

Bos, J., D. Park en P., Pietikainen (2005) Strategic self-marginalization: the case of psychoanalysis. Journal of the History of Behavioral Sciences 41 (3) p. 207-224.

Bos, J. (2005) Marginal Historiography: On Stekel’s Account of Things. Psychoanalysis and History, 7 (1), p. 81-97.

Bos, J. en L. Groenendijk (2004) The art of imitation: Wilhelm Stekel’s Lehrjahre. International Journal of Psychoanalysis 85, p. 3-18.

Bos, J. (2004) Everyday Life objectivity. Social Epistemology 18 (2-3), p. 123-138.

Bos, J. (2003) A Silent Antipode: The Making and Breaking of Psychoanalyst Wilhelm Stekel. History of Psychology 6 (4), p. 331-361.

Bos, J. (2003) In the margins of scientific dialogue: Evart van Dieren contra Psychoanalysis. Journal of the History of Behavioral Sciences, 39 (1), p. 71-80.

Bos, J. (2001) Notes on a Controversy: The question of Lay analysis. Psychoanalysis and History, (3), 2, p. 153-169.

Bos, J. (2000) Shared Life Narratives in the Work of Lou Andreas-Salome. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 81 (3), p. 471-480.


Dutch and non peer reviewed

Bos, J. (in druk) De schrijver en het woord. De Gids (verschijnt voorjaar 2008)

Bos, J. (in voorbereiding) Type of marginalization and their constitutive relation to discourse.

Bos, J. (2005) Evart van Dieren. Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland, dl. 6.

Bos, J. (2004) Jeanne Lampl-de Groot. Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland, dl. 6.

Bos, J. (2003) De querulant en zijn prooi. Evart van Dieren versus Christiaan Eijkman en de beri-beri-controverse (1897-1898) Gewina 26, p. 127-147.

Bos, J. (2002) Onderschatte dilemma’s. Contructivistische exploraties van besluitvormingsprcessen. M&O, (6), p. 55-68.

Bos, J. en C. Brinkgreve (2002) ‘Emden, Jan Egbert Gustaaf van’ In: A. de Mijolla Dictionnaire International de la Psychanalyse, Parijs; Calmann-Levy, p. 509.

Bos, J. en Lee, L. (2001) The Little Games we Play: An Inquiry into the Discursive Nature of Negotiation Processes during Games played at Work. In : E. Nemeth, Pragmatics in 2000, Vol. 2, p. 102-116.

Bos, J. (2001) De man die Freud haatte ofwel Evart van Dieren contra het Perverse Gevaar. Een voetnoot bij en voetnoot. Psychologie en Maatschappij, (96), p. 199-209.


Book reviews and other publications

Bos, J. (in druk) Boekbespreking van Antony Elliott: Social Theory since Freud. Focaal.

Bos, J. (in druk) Boekbespreking van Alan Dundes: Recollecting Freud. Psychoanalysis and History, 8 (1), p. 173-176.

Bos, J. (in druk) Boekbespreking van Paul Roazen: Edoardo Weiss. Psychoanalysis and History, 8 (1), p. 177-180)

Bos, J. (4/5.9.2005) Het proces van zelfmarginalisatie onder moslims moet doorbroken worden. NRC-Handelblad.

Bos, J. (2004) Boekbespreking van Fons van Coillie: De ongenode gast. MGv (11), p. 972-975.

Bos, J. (2004) Boekbespreking van Artemidoros, Droomboek. MGv (1), p. 98-101

Bos , J. (2002) Boekbespreking van M. van Haute en T. Geyskens: Spraakverwaring. MGv, (11), p. 1103-1106.

Bos, J. (2001) Boekbespreking van Robert Wallerstein: Lay Analysis. Psychologie en Maatschappij, (97), p. 410-412.

Bos, J. (2001) Boekbespreking van Erica Huls: Dilemma’s in menselijke interactie. Psychologie en Maatschappij, (97), p. 416-418.

Bos, J. (2001) Boekbespreking van Gerard Nijhof: Levensverhalen. Psychologie en Matschappij, (94), p. 78-80.

Bos, J. (2001) Bij wijze van proeve. Een interview met J.H. van den Berg. Psychologie en Maatschappij, (94), p. 73-77.

Bos, J. (2001) Sick jokes. Boekespreking van A. Lemma: Humor on the couch. Psychologie en Maatschappij, (96), p. 270-272.

Bos, J. (2.2.2000) Freud ontmoet van Gogh. De Groene Amsterdammer, p. 18-19.

Bos, J. en L. Meeuwesen (2000) Inleiding bij themanummer Interculturele communicatie. Psychologie en Maatschappij, 90, p. 2-4.