Volume 20 Number 2September 2013

BULLETIN BOARD

CONFERENCES: The Psychohistory Forum’s September 28, 2013 The Psychology of Humor meeting involves the work of Burton Seitler, Tom Ferraro, Ruth Lijtmaer, and David Beisel. On November 16^th at New York University (NYU) there will be an afternoon meeting with a presentation, “Social and Historical Influences on Psychoanalytic Thought,” by Donald L. Carveth. Following it there will be a Book Party honoring his The Still Small Voice: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Guilt and Conscience (Karnack, 2013). The Psychohistory Forum is working on scheduling presentations in early 2014 on Freud and the psychodynamics of women. Announcements and papers will be sent out electronically to Psychohistory Forum members. Pictures from The International Psychohistorical Association’s (IPA) 2013 annual meeting, as well as the Psychohistory Forum 30 year celebration luncheon, may be accessed at the IPA Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/391892540926065/. Denis O’Keefe (dokeefe.frc@verizon.net) welcomes presentation proposals for its June 4-6, 2014 37^th meetings at NYU. The International Society for Political Psychology’s (ISPP) 37^th Annual Conference on July 4-7, 2014 will be at the Ergife Palace Hotel in Rome, Italy. The National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP)

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40^th Annual Conference will be on October 22, 2013 in Manhattan. The International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education (IFPE) meets in Philadelphia (October 31-November 2) and the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society (APCS) holds its conference at Rutgers University on November 1-2, 2013. We welcome new members Ruth Lijtmaer, Arnold Richards and Mary Peace Sullivan—formerly a subscriber.

CONGRATULATIONS: To Joshua Kendal on the publication of America’s Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation (2013) and to Vamık Volkan on the publication of Enemies On the Couch. To Marilyn Charles on her election as president of the Division of Psychoanalysis of the American Psychological Association. To Arnold D. Richards on his forthcoming November 2^nd receipt of the IFPE 2013 Hans W. Loewald Memorial Award by the International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education and to Eva Fogelman who wrote the introduction and prepared the catalog for the Boris Lurie Art Exhibit scheduled for September in Manhattan.

NOTES: Poet/ psychoanalysts Merle Molofsky and Gerald Garguilo will have a poetry reading on September 20^th at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP) in Manhattan. The Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis (BGSP) is now offering an accelerated Doctorate of Psychoanalysis (PsyaD) program for certified psychoanalysts who would like to earn a doctoral degree.

OUR THANKS: To our members and subscribers for the support that makes Clio’s Psyche possible. To Benefactors Herbert Barry, David Beisel, David Lotto, Jamshid Marvasti, and Mary Peace Sullivan; Patrons Tom Ferraro, Ken Fuchsman, Peter Loewenberg, Alice Maher, and Jacques Szaluta; Sustaining Members George Brown, Eva Fogelman, Ruth Lijtmaer, and Nancy Unger; Supporting Members Bob Lentz, John J. Hartman, Arnold Richards, and Hanna Turken; and Members Suzanne Adrion, Susan Charney, Denis O’Keefe, John Montville, and Vivian Rosenberg. Our special thanks for thought-provoking materials to Salman Akhtar, Maurice Apprey, Kenan Atakol, Ira Brenner, Molly Castelloe, Abdülkadir Çevik, Bahar Senem Çevik-Ersaydı, Paul H. Elovitz, Robi Friedman, M. Gerard Fromm, Ken Fuchsman, Max Harris, John J. Hartman, Beata Hammerich, Juhani Ihanus, Norman Itzkowitz, Ilany Kogan, Ruth Lijtmaer, Peter Loewenberg, Jamshid Marvasti, Joseph V. Montville, Joyce Neu, Henri Parens, Eric Peters, Johan-

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nes Pfäfflin, Peter Pogany-Wnendt, Barry Shapiro, Erda Siebert, Howard Stein, Sverre Varvin, J. Anderson Thomson, and Yuri Urbanovich. 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 and Hannah Ovidia for proofing. Our special thanks to our editors and to our numerous, overworked referees, who must remain anonymous.

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Psychohistory Forum and Clio’s Psyche

Luncheon Celebration

On June 5, 2013, the Psychohistory Forum celebrated 30 years of building the psychohistorical paradigm through work-in-progress seminars, research groups and projects, the publication of edited books, the online discussion forum, our cliospsyche.org website, and the 20 years of the publication of Clio’s Psyche. The luncheon was a great success as 34 colleagues shared in the fine food and good cheer at the Kimmel Center of New York University where the International Psychohistorical Association was holding its 36^th annual conference. Speakers were David Beisel, Paul Elovitz, Ken Fuchsman, and Jacques Szaluta. Elovitz, the founder and director/convener of the Forum, gave a brief history of the organization and thanked those who make it possible. Special appreciation goes to the organizing committee of Molly Castelloe and Ken Fuchsman, as well as to Denis O’Keefe who handled all of the arrangements with NYU.

From left, speakers David Beisel, Ken Fuchsman, Paul Elovitz, and Jacques Szaluta.

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A Celebration of 30 Years (continued)

Enjoying a meal, from left, are David Beisel, Paul Elovitz, Geri Elovitz, Alice Maher, Michael Britton, Howard Stein, David Lotto and Ruth Lijtmaer. For more photos, please visit the IPA Facebook page, at https://www.facebook.com/groups/391892540926065/.

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