EMPATHY: ITS DEVELOPMENT, VIRTUES, AND LIMITS

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MEANING AND USES OF HUMOR

PSYCHOHISTORY FORUM MEETING REPORT

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES

BOOK REVIEWS

BULLETIN BOARD

CONFERENCES: Currently we are discussing Fall seminars on the psychology of humor and women with possible presenters. Announcements and papers will be sent out electronically to Psychohistory Forum members. At the International Psychohistorical Association’s (IPA) June 5-7, 2013 36th Annual Conference at New York University, the following individuals affiliated with the Forum/Clio’s Psyche will be making presentations: Herbert Barry, David Beisel, Valerie Brinton, Molly Castelloe, Dan Dervin, Paul Elovitz, Ken Fuchsman, Florian Galler, Irene Javors, Henry Lawton, David Lotto, Victor Meladze, Allan Mohl, Merle Molofsky, Peter Petschauer, Denis O’Keefe, Howard Stein, Christine Silverstein, Jacques Szaluta, and Eddie Taylor. The International Society for Political Psychology’s (ISPP) 36th Annual Conference on July 8-11, 2013 will be at the Lauder School of Government at Herzliya, Israel; the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society (NAAP) meets on October 26, 2013 in Manhattan; the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education meets in Philadelphia (October 31-November 2); and the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society (APCS) holds its conference at Rutgers University

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on November 1-2, 2013. We welcome new member Lawrence J. Friedman, who is currently teaching at Harvard University.

NOTES ON MEMBERS: Congratulations to Frank Summers on his election as president of the Division of Psychoanalysis of the American Psychological Association and to Paul Elovitz, who has been selected to give the Keynote Address at the IPA. Burt Seitler, Tom Ferraro, and Paul Elovitz have established No Laughing Matter: A Psychological Research Group on Humor, which welcomes paper and presentation proposals.

OUR THANKS: To our members and subscribers for the support that makes Clio’s Psyche possible. To Benefactors Herbert Barry, David Beisel, David Lotto, and Jamshid Marvasti; Patrons Tom Ferraro, Ken Fuchsman, Peter Loewenberg, and Jacques Szaluta; Sustaining Members Eva Fogelman, Peter Petschauer, and Nancy Unger; Supporting Members Elizabeth Danze, Bob Lentz, Allan Mohl, and Hanna Turken; and Members Hanna Cohen, Larry Friedman, Ted Goertzel, David Hoddeson, and Geraldine Pauling. Our special thanks for thought provoking materials to Lou Agosta, James William Anderson, Herbert Barry III, David Beisel, Valerie Brinton, Heiderose Brandt Butscher, Dan Dervin, Paul H. Elovitz, Ken Fuchsman, Tom Gibbs, Anatoly Isaenko, Kalman Kaplan, Ruth Lijtmaer, Judith Logue, David Lotto, Merle Molofsky, Peter Petschauer, Joyce Rosenberg, Howard F. Stein, Burton Seitler, Frank Summers, and Jessica Van Denend. To Nicole Alliegro for editing, proofing, and Publisher 2007 software application, Caitlin Adams for editing and proofing, Devin McGinley for editing, and Professor Paul Salstrom, Jessica Minzner, and Hannah Ovadia 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

We welcome psychoanalytic/psychological insights of 500 1,500 words on a large variety of issues. It is our new policy to accept several longer articles—2,000 to 3,500 words—that will be subject to a more rigorous screening process than shorter submissions.

Contact: Paul Elovitz at with proposals, abstracts, outlines, and completed papers.

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Come Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of THE PSYCHOHISTORY FORUM and the 20th Anniversary of Clio’s Psyche

at a luncheon on
June 5, 2013 from 12 – 2 p.m. at the Kimmel Center of New York University, 60 Washington Square South in Manhattan. Cost: $24; checks can be made out to the Psychohistory Forum.
There are only 50 seats available, so make your reservations and menu choices ASAP.
During the morning of June 5th,
Paul Elovitz, founder and convener of the Forum and editor of its journal, will be the Keynote Speaker at the International Psychohistorical Association Conference at the same location.
To reserve your place at the luncheon, send checks to Professor Ken Fuchsman at 141 Overbrook Lane, Torrington, CT 06790.
To find out about attending the IPA Convention, contact Denis O’Keefe at .

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