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Agenda          Programme

This agenda is subject to change.

Le programme est sujet à changer.

Time/

Horaire

Title/Speakers   Titre/Conférenciers

Language

Langue

Friday / Vendredi

9:00 – 10:30

Cultic Studies: An Introduction and Review of Recent Developments

Philip Elberg, Esq.; Michael Kropveld

English

Études du phénomène sectaire: introduction et revue des derniers développements dans le domaine

Maitre Carolle Tremblay;  Michael Langone, Ph.D.

Français

10:30 – 11:00

Break / Pause

 

11:00 – 12:30

Brainwashing and the Courts: A Review of the Case Literature in the United States

Alan Scheflin, J.D., LL.M.

Psychotherapy and Brainwashing: When Due Influence Becomes Undue Influence

Edward J. Frischholz, Ph.D.

Discussants: Steve K. D. Eichel, Ph.D.; Paul R. Martin, Ph.D.

English

11:00 – 12:30

GMP et sociadicciones.  Similitude et différences. Casuistique. Symptômes essentiels. Moment actuel

Josep M. Jansà, M.D.; Vega González

Manipulé ou sain d’esprit?

Hervé Genge, Ph.D.

Français

11:00 – 12:30

Ex-Member Orientation

Carol Giambalvo (ex-members only)

English

11:00 – 12:30

Controversial Groups in Japan and the Tokyo District Court Decision on Mind Control

Masaki Kito, Esq. Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Esq. Takashi Yamaguchi, Esq.

English

11:00 – 12:30

In Times of Crisis: Analysis of the Social Identity of a Group of Canadian Fundamentalist Mormons

Marie-Andrée Pelland, Ph.D.; Dianne Casoni, Ph.D.

Hijacking the Global Multicultural Conversation: Cultic/high-Demand Group Dynamics and Current Events

Russell Bradshaw, Ed.D.

English

12-30 – 2:30

Lunch / Déjeuner

 

2:30 – 4:00

Scholarly Teaching on Cults: A Panel Discussion

Linda J. Demaine, J.D., Ph.D., Coordinator; Carmen Almendros, Ph.D.;  Josep Jansa, M.D.; Edward Lottick, M.D.

Purpose of the Panel

Linda J. Demaine, J.D., Ph.D.

Cults Teaching Experience in AIS

Josep M Jansà, M.D.;  Miguel Perlado; Vega Gonzalez

Teaching University Students on Cults

Carmen Almendros, Ph.D.; Álvaro Rodríguez-Carballeira, Ph.D.; José A Carrobles, Ph.D.

American Cults

Edward Lottick, M.D.

English

2:30 – 4:00

Analyse de contenu du texte fondateur du mouvement raëlien

Céline Castillo et Sophie Gilbert, Ph.D.

Les mouvements russes radicaux pseudo-chrétiens des siècles XVII-XX et le degré de leur influence sur les cultes destructifs de la Russie moderne

Vladimir Solodovnikov, Ph.D.

Français

2:30 – 4:00

Coping with Triggers

Joseph Kelly; Patrick Ryan (ex-members only)

English

2:30 – 4:00

How Memory Illusions and False Memories are Influenced by Social Expectations in the Real World

Tor Endestad, Ph.D.; Cathrine Moestue, Ph.D.

Persuasion in Manipulative Techniques Used by Cultic Groups

Dariusz Krok, Ph.D.

English

2:30 – 4:00

Workshop for Mental-Health Professionals, Part I

Rosanne Henry, MA, LPC, Coordinator; Steve Eichel, Ph.D.; Gillie Jenkinson, UKCP; Rienie Venter, Ph.D. (mental health professionals only)

English

4:00 – 4:30

Break / Pause

 

4:30 – 6:00

Terrorist Motivations, Extreme Violence, and the Pursuit of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Major Jaime Gomez, Jr.

Psychological Manipulation in Black Churches and Mosques

Ja A. Jahannes, Ph.D.; Davida Harris; and Kristen Bowen

Responding to Jihadism: A Cultic Studies Perspective

Michael D. Langone, Ph.D.

English

4:30 – 6:00

Fonction parentale et attitudes éducatives dans des groupes considérés sectaires par la réaction sociale

Jean-Yves Radigois

Emprise et manipulation : Approche clinique du phénomène sectaire

Jean-Claude Maes

Français

4:30 – 6:00

Special Session for Born or Raised (Second Generation)

Michael Martella, Joyce Martella (second generation ex-members only)

English

4:30 – 6:00

Creativity & Cults: The Impact of Cult Involvement on Creativity

Miguel Perlado, Dana Wehle, L.C.S.W.; Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W., Moderator

English

4:30 – 6:00

Workshop for Mental-Health Professionals, Part II

Rosanne Henry, MA, LPC, Coordinator; Steve Eichel, Ph.D.; Gillie Jenkinson, UKCP; Rienie Venter, Ph.D.  (mental health professionals only)

English

6:00

Break for Dinner

 

Saturday / Samedi

9:00 – 10:30

Mechanisms of the Authoritarian Grind

Nori Muster; Steven Gelberg; Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W.

English

9:00 – 10:30

La commission d'enquête de la Chambre des représentants : 10 ans après

Le Sénateur Luc Willems

C.I.A.O.S.N. : une institution fédérale d'information pour le public et d'avis pour les autorités

Henri de Cordes

Français

9:00 – 10:30

Phoenix Project: Ex-Member Art and Literary Works

Diana Pletts

English

9:00 – 10:30

The Production and Consumption of Political Leader Cults: The Case of Post-Soviet Turkmenistan

Dr. Michael Denison

The Phenomenon of Sectarianism in Pakistan

Ana Ballesteros Peiró, María Jesús Martín López, Ph.D., José Manuel Martínez García, Ph.D.

English

9:00 – 10:30

Children and Cults: Vulnerability to Influence of Cults in Ukraine With Special Attention to Orphans

Nataliya Bezborodova

On Activities of Non-traditional Religious and Mystical Trends in Ukraine

Victoria G. Tretyakova, Ph.D.

Results from a Survey of Ukrainian Public Opinion Concerning Non-Traditional Religions

Olena Lishchynska, Ph.D.

English

10:30 – 11:00

Break / Pause

 

11:00 – 12:30

Psychological Abuse in Manipulative Groups: Research in Japan, Poland,  and Spain – Part I

Carmen Almendros, Ph.D., Coordinator; José Antonio Carrobles, Ph.D.; Dariusz Kuncewicz, Ph.D.; Javier Martín-Peña, M.A.; Kimiaki Nishida, Ph.D.; Piotr Tomasz Nowakowski, Ph.D.; Belén Ordoñez, M.A.

A Cross-Cultural Study on the Comparison of Group Health Beliefs among Eastern and Western Countries: The Framework of GHS and the Preliminary Study

Kimiaki Nishida, Ph.D., Kazuho Yamaura, Ph.D.; Namiji Watanabe, Ph.D.; Takashi Kakuyama, Ph.D.

Development of a Measure of Psychological Abuse in Manipulative Groups

Alvaro Rodríguez-Carballeira, Ph.D.; Carmen Almendros, Ph.D.; Javier Martin-Peña; Jordi Escartín; Clara Porrúa; José Manuel Cornejo, Ph.D.; Federico Javaloy, Ph.D.; José Antonio Carrobles, Ph.D.

Comparison of Psychological Abuse Strategies in Manipulative Groups and Couple Violence

José A. Carrobles, Ph.D.; Álvaro Rodríguez-Carballeira, Ph.D.; Carmen Almendros, Ph.D.; Clara Porrúa; Javier Martin-Peña; Jordi Escartín; Neus Roca, Ph.D.; Bienvenido Visauta, Ph.D.

English

11:00 – 12:30

Politique française de lutte en matière de Dérives sectaires

Jean-Michel Roulet

Les Dérives sectaires : aspects juridiques

Mme Catherine Katz

Français

11:00 – 12:30

Forgiveness as a Clinical Issue in Cult Recovery

Joyce Martella; Michael Martella

English

11:00 – 12:30

Society for Scientific Spirituality "SANATAN": Doctrines, Terrorist Teachings, and Psycho-Manipulative Practices

Zoran Lukovic; Andrej Protic

English

11:00 – 12:30

Cultish Religious Sects and Politics: The Brethren V. Greens Contest and Other Controversies Involving Minor Religious Sects Down Under

Stephen Bruce Mutch, Ph.D., LL.B. (UNSW)

A Remarkable Consensus

Edward Lottick, M.D.

Culture is Cult Writ Large: Cults, Culture, Coercion, and Critical Theory

Matthew Forester

English

12:30 – 2:30

Lunch / Déjeuner

 

Special Lunch Discussion Session: On Going to College or Graduate School after a Cult Experience

Moderator: Janja Lalich, Ph.D. (Meet in the lounge on ground floor.  If you haven’t already, e-mail Dr. Lalich at jlalich@csuchico.edu).  Open only to ex-members.

English

2:30 – 4:00

Ethics and Proselytism: Between Psychology and Law

Psychology and the Ethics of Religious Persuasion

Vassilis Saroglou

Beyond the Normality–Pathology Debate Among NRM Members: Open-vs. Close-mindedness in Social and Moral aspects

Coralie Buxant

Law and Psychology: New Interdisciplinarity for Balancing Legal Accountability for Abuses in Religious Advertising and Proselytism

Louis-Léon Christians

English

2:30 – 4:00

Groupe en crise: Analyse de l’identité sociale d’un groupe de mormons fondamentalistes canadiens

Marie-Andrée Pelland, Ph.D.; Dianne Casoni, Ph.D.

Vie et déclin d'une communauté sur les marges de l'évangélisme

Jean-François Mayer, Ph.D.

Français

2:30 – 4:00

Empirical Trends in Cultic Entrance and Exit: Implications for Clinical Practice with Cult Victims and Victims of Coercive Influence

Paul R. Martin, Ph.D.; Lindsay Orchowski

English

2:30 – 4:00

Catholic Sects and the Catholic Church

Alberto Moncada, Ph.D.

Every Nation Churches and Ministries: Maranatha Reformed or Reborn?

Bridget M. Jacobs, M.A.

Ole Anthony, the Trinity Foundation and the Cult Controversy

David Clark

English

2:30 – 4:00

Psychological Abuse in Manipulative Groups: Research in Japan, Poland,  and Spain – Part II

Carmen Almendros, Ph.D., Coordinator; José Antonio Carrobles, Ph.D.; Dariusz Kuncewicz, Ph.D.; Javier Martín-Peña, M.A.; Kimiaki Nishida, Ph.D.; Piotr Tomasz Nowakowski, Ph.D.; Belén Ordoñez, M.A.

Violence against Women

Belen Ordoñez, M.A.; José A. Carrobles, Ph.D.; Carmen Almendros, Ph.D.

Comprehensive model of recruitment to cults

Piotr Tomasz Nowakowski, Ph.D.

The Identity of Sect Members in the Narrative Aspect

Dariusz Kuncewicz, Ph.D.

English

4:00 – 4:30

Break / Pause

 

4:30 – 6:00

The Brainwashing Concept – Is It Passé?

Janja Lalich, Ph.D., Coordinator; Stephen Kent, Ph.D.; Benjamin Zablocki, Ph.D.

English

4:30 – 6:00

Les sectes en France

Catherine Picard

Le poids des doctrines dans les « massacres » de l’OTS-commentaires des suites juridiques 

Maître Jean-Pierre Jougla

Français