International Cultic Studies org. conference in Canada in July (5-7)

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  • Dogpatch
    Dogpatch

    ICSA International Cultic Studies Assoc. ? [email protected] via freeminds.org
    8:06 AM (5 hours ago)
    to International

    ICSA Annual Conference: Montreal, Canada - July 5-7, 2012

    Take a brief survey, and save up to $225!

    For Information on program, speakers, hotel, directions, registration,
    etc., copy and paste this URL into your browser:

    http://icsahome.com/infoserv_respond/event_conferences_workshops.asp

    En français - http://icsahome.com/infoserv_respond/event_conferences_workshops_fr.asp

    This conference will give you an opportunity to meet people of diverse
    perspectives from around the world, including:

    ---former group members
    ---family members
    ---helping professionals
    ---researchers
    ---educators, clergy, journalists, and others.

    This conference will have more than 100 speakers and 200 - 300
    attendees from about two-dozen countries. There will be special tracks
    for ex-members, families, mental health professionals, and
    researchers.

    If you are new to this field, the ICSA annual conference provides you
    with an opportunity to meet and speak with experts from around the
    world, as well as with former group members and the families of cult-
    involved persons. If you have a long-standing interest in this field,
    the ICSA annual conference provides you with an opportunity to meet
    with old friends, exchange notes with other students of the field,
    present your own research or thoughts, and keep abreast of recent
    developments. Everybody can learn and enjoy themselves.

    Here is a list of selected talks:

    A neurobiological view of interpersonal trauma

    A Novel Legislative Proposal in Italy

    After the cult: who am I?

    Back from the brink: a cultic church movement recovers its balance

    Bi-lingual Workshop: Music as a therapeutic and psychoeducational
    tool in recovery work with form members: a workshop presentation / La
    musique comme outil thérapeutiques et pschoéducatif dans la
    réhabilitation et réinsertion social des anciens members

    Clinical roundtable for mental health practitioners

    Comprendre l'expérience de la polygamie

    Constructive activism: what can I do?

    Cults on trial: a workshop for the forensic mental health expert

    Discours sur le châtiment corporel des enfants chez les protestants
    conservateurs québécois francophones : l’influence des différences
    générationnelles

    Discussion: Cult Victims and the Law

    Discussion: Ethics, activism against, and dialogue with cultic groups

    Ex-member writing workshop

    Family emotional climate: a new instrument for its measurement in
    relatives of cult members

    Four decades of family cult interventions: what have we learned

    Government regulation of persuasion in the United States: implications
    for legal claims resulting from cultic persuasion

    Healing the rift between ex-cult member parents and their second
    generation adult children (SGAs)

    L’isolement social : une situation pouvant justifier une intervention
    en matière de protection de l’enfance en milieu religieux fermé

    La dynamique des croyances

    Le terroisme et le parole

    Les libertés de religion: une théorie plurielle du principe de liberté
    de religion dans l'étude comparative de certaines réponses juridiques
    face aux dérives sectaires et au fanatisme

    Les sectes et nos enfants : pistes pour une liberté religieuse
    responsable

    Panel - Manipulation and victimisation by the Exclusive Brethren:
    conceptual, legal, historical, and psychological issues

    Practice safe spirituality

    Preliminary results of the EAPA-G across different cultural contexts:
    USA, Japan and Spain

    Pressure to believe, behave, and become: identity negotiation stories
    from people who grew up “cult"

    Recovering your sexual self after the cult

    Review of the brainwashing case law

    Sects, cults, and the attack on jurisprudence

    Spiritual manipulation in pseudo-Christian cults: a panel discussion
    with former members

    Teaching about cults

    The case of freedom of belief vs. freedom of speech

    The cult of parenthood: when children are manipulated to reject one
    parent and ally with the other

    The guru pedophile unmasked

    The popularity of Christian evangelical patriarchy in the US and the
    resultant vilification and abuse of women and children

    Victimes de crime d’honneur : entre religion, culture et tradition

    Workshop for former group members who were parents in the group

  • Band on the Run
    Band on the Run

    Dogpath,

    Are you attending? I'm very interested in some topics, such as Christian patriarchy and neurobiological view of interpersonal trauma. Perhaps after the conference ends, you could post some summaries of the ones you attended. Please.

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