Volume 17 Number 3December 2010

BULLETIN BOARD

CONFERENCES: On January 30, 2011, Kenneth Fuchsman (University of Connecticut) will present “The Psychodynamics of the Family Romance Transformed: American Domestic Arrangements Since 1960,” at the first 2011 Psychohistory Forum Work-In-Progress Saturday Seminar. Our program committee welcomes additional suggestions for winter and spring Work-In-Progress Saturday Seminars. On November 15, in conjunction with Charles Strozier’s John Jay College of CUNY Terrorism Center, our seminar focused on the psychological study of terrorism, Anna Geifman (Boston University) presented “Death Orders,” drawing on materials from her recently released volume on terrorism. We are pleased to announce that the International Psychohistorical Association (IPA) welcomes presentation submissions for its scheduled June 8-10, 2011 meeting at the Lincoln Center Campus of Fordham University. At last June’s IPA Convention, there were papers by the following colleagues: Herbert Barry III, David Beisel, Paul Elovitz, Harriet Fraad, Ken Fuchsman, Juhani Ihanus, Margaret Kind, Henry Lawton, Jamshid Marvasti, Allan Mohl, Denis O’Keefe, and H. John Rogers. On July 7-10, 2011, the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) is holding its annual conference in Istanbul, for which it is welcoming papers. At last July’s ISPP conference in San Francisco, the Psychohistory Forum sponsored the panel “Political Psychology and Psychohistory,” with presentations by Ken Fuchsman, Paul Elovitz, and David Beisel. At the conference Peter Loewenberg’s outstanding contributions to political psychology, including his work to strengthen and spread psychoanalysis and psychohistory in China, were recognized by his being singled out to receive the Sanford Award. His acceptance lecture, “‘Face’ in Chinese-American Diplomatic Relations,” was well received by a large audience. On April 13-17, 2011, Division 39 on Psychoanalysis of the American Psychological Association (APA) will be having its meeting in Manhattan at the Park Sheridan Hotel. The International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education (IFPE) will be holding its next meeting on November 11-13, 2011 at the Lago Mar Resort in Fort Lauderdale. At the October 22-23, 2010 meetings of the Association of the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society (APCS), the Psychohistory Forum sponsored panel,

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“Social Justice, Ethics, Economics, Greed, Atrocity in War and Psychohistory,” included papers by Harvey Kaplan, David Hoddeson, Ken Fuchsman, and Paul Elovitz. Additional papers by colleagues affiliated with the Forum included those of C. Fred Alford and Marilyn Charles. The National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP) November 6, 2010 conference entitled, “Do You Know Me? The Value of Multiple Theories in Psychoanalysis,” was held at the New York Marriott, downtown.

PUBLICATIONS: Congratulations to Rudolph Binion for Traumatic Reliving in History, Literature, and Film (2010). Irene Javors’ new book, Culture Notes: Essays on Sane Living ponders the question, “Have we all lost our minds?” Norman Simms, who has nearly finished his book, Alfred Dreyfus: Man, Milieu, Mentality and Midrash, plans to retire from teaching at the end of this year to devote his time to research and publication. Unrelated to his book, the special issue on anti-Semitism of Mentalities, which inspired this issue of Clio on the subject, is now available from Norman Simms () in New Zealand. Marvin Eisenstadt, who gave up e-mail when he retired from an agency position, chose to electronically publish his 2010 book, Everything Related to Being a Psychologist, on Amazon.com’s Kindle e-book reader, joining 30,000 other authors on the site. Nancy Unger’s upcoming book, entitled Beyond “Nature’s Housekeepers”: Women in American Environmental History, will soon be published by the Oxford University Press. Howard F. Stein’s new book of poetry, Seeing Rightly with the Heart, was released in October.

NOTES ON MEMBERS: Congratulations to historian and longtime Forum member Suzanne Adrion on being awarded tenure at Monroe Community College in Rochester and on becoming a grandmother. Last September Susan Gregory traveled to Belfast, London, and Berlin to conduct workshops and interviews.

THANKS to Molly Castelloe Fong for starting and hosting our Online Forum, which came into existence in the late summer, and to Donald Carveth, Ted Goertzel, Joel Markowitz, Merle Molosky and the many others who are keeping the discourse on a high intellectual and psychological level with a lively exchange. Contact Molly at (msc214@ nyu.edu) if you want to join the discussion. Our appreciation to Flora Hogman for hosting some Forum meetings and to Jacques Szaluta for moderating

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certain sessions. We welcome new members David Hoddeson, Jamshid Marvasti, and Allan Mohl.

OUR THANKS: To our members and subscribers for the support that makes Clio possible. To Benefactors Herbert Barry, David Beisel, and David Lotto; Patrons Jamshid Marvasti, and Jacques Szaluta; Sustaining Members Andrew Brink, Ken Fuchsman, Mary Lambert, and Peter Petschauer; Supporting Members Robert (Bob) Anderson, Rudolph Binion, Susan Gregory, Eva Fogelman, John Hartman, Allan Mohl, Jacqueline Paulson, Mena and Dominic Potts, Burton Seitler, Leon Solomon, Hanna Turken, and Nancy Unger; and Members Susan Charney, Geoffrey Cocks, Paul Elovitz, Irene Javors, Bob Lentz, Peggy McLaughlin, Geraldine Merrill-Pauling, and H. John Rogers. Our special thanks for thought-provoking materials to Rudolph Binion, Sander Breiner, Nathan Carlin, Jerome Chanes, Florette Cohen, Dan Dervin, Ronald Downey, Paul H. Elovitz, Jack Fitzpatrick, Eva Fogelman, Anna Geifman, Jay Geller, Fred Greenstein, Juhani Ihanus, Wallace Katz, Peggy McLaughlin, Allan Mohl, Kimberly Mahaffey, Jamshid Marvasti, Ruth Neubauer, Nora O’Brien-Suric, Sharon Pace, Paul Salstrom, and Leah Slivko. To Caitlin Adams and Nicole Alliegro for editing, proofing, and Publisher 2003 software application; to Devin McGinley for editing and proofing; and to Tim Kelly, Alex Ruiz, and Professor Paul Salstrom for proofing. Our special thanks to our editors and to our numerous, overworked referees, who must remain anonymous.

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Call for Papers