The International Psychoanalytic Association’s 49th Congress, entitled Changing World: The Shape and Use of Psychoanalytic Tools Today, will take place at the World Trade Center in Boston, Massachusetts from July 22 to 25, 2015. As part of the 49th Congress, four IDI members — Vamık Volkan, Gerard Fromm, Edward Shapiro and Ford Rowan — will make … Read More
On January 13, 2015, Dr. Volkan gave a presentation at the Department of Energy in Washington, DC on the psychology of terrorism and terrorists. Dr. Volkan’s presentation used many concepts from large-group psychology, such as chosen trauma, chosen glory, entitlement ideology, and the fusion of an individual identity with a large-group identity, to describe the manner in which … Read More
On November 20, 2014, IDI President Dr. Vamik Volkan was the guest of the Bulgarian Diplomatic Academy at the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry in Sofia, Bulgaria. He spoke about the importance of psychoanalytic political psychology in expanding the horizons of diplomatic activities. While in Sofia, Dr. Volkan also gave a well attended public lecture discussing the psychopolitical … Read More
IDI Fellow and Board Member Dr. Ed Shapiro will lead his final group relations conference this June 16-21 in Dover, MA. The conference, Learning for Leadership — Working Across Differences: An International Experiential Leadership Opportunity — is an intensive 6-day Conference and Advanced Training Program sponsored by the A.K. Rice Institute, the Tavistock Institute and the Center … Read More
IDI Fellow Gerard Fromm was the discussant at a University Forum on Terrorism at the American Psychoanalytic Association meeting in New York this past week (Jan. 16, 2015). The two presenters were Dr. Jessica Stern, Harvard lecturer and author of Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill, and Dr. Stephen Xenakis, Brigadier … Read More