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Drs. Vamik Volkan and Gerard Fromm present IDI work at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin

- By David Fromm

On Monday, Dec. 5, following the 14th Annual Meeting of the International Dialogue Initiative, Drs. Vamik Volkan and Gerard Fromm made presentations to staff and students at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin, Germany.  The only university of its kind to receive International Psychoanalytic Association approval, IPU’s program prepares students at Bachelor’s and Graduate levels … Read More

Vamik’s Room Wins Gradiva Award

- By David Fromm

Vamik’s Room, a cinematic masterwork by psychoanalyst and filmmaker Dr. Molly Castelloe which examines IDI Founder Vamik Volkan’s central psychoanalytic ideas and theories on conflict resolution, has won the 2016 Gradiva Award for film.  Congratulations to Dr. Castelloe and all involved in producing the film.

IDI President Emeritus Vamik Volkan in Suomen Kuvalehti

- By David Fromm

Journalist Katri Merikallio’s interview with IDI President Emeritus Vamik Volkan about his psychopolitical views of present world affairs appeared in the October 21, 2016 issue of the Finnish journal Suomen Kuvalehti. Interested readers may read the entire article (in Finnish) here: Suomen Kuvalehti.

IDI Fellow Coline Covington Releases New Book

- By David Fromm

IDI Fellow Coline Covington, a Jungian psychoanalyst in private practice in London, has released a new book entitled Everyday Evils: A Psychoanalytic View of Evil and Morality.  From the publisher: Everyday Evils takes a psychoanalytic look at the evils committed by “ordinary” people in different contexts – from the Nazi concentration camps to Stockholm Syndrome … Read More