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Conferences

Reminder: Traegeruebergreifendes Fachseminar des VDR
Posttraumatische Belastungsstoerungen. Praevalenz, Diagnostik, Begutachtung, Therapie und Rehabilitation [in German]
08.-10.10.2001, Psychosomatische Fachklinik Bad Pyrmont, Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Verhaltenstherapie
Veranstalter: Verband Deutscher Rentenversicherungsträger (VDR) und Psychosomatische Fachklinik Bad Pyrmont
Weitere Details/ Further Information, please see TRN-Newsletter, Newsticker April 2001

Das gesamte Programm finden Sie auf der Website unter Aktuelles.
URL http://www.fkbp.de
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Reminder: Conference
Childhood and Trauma / "Welt der Kinder - A child’s world"
12.-14.10.2001, Bildungshaus Batschuns, Vorarlberg, Austria
- Experience of trauma and its impact throughout the life-span
- Violence in the context of history, biography and culture
- Different Cultural Backgrounds: Europe - Africa - Asia
The Conference is organised around the issues: Looking at the whole life-span of a person who has experienced trauma as a child, insights of the psychology of development, differences through cultural context, the position of the child, esp. the position of the disadvantaged child, responsibility of social networks / socio-political responsibility / global responsibility, long-term effects of trauma in the individual life (second and third generation) and in the society, reconciliation work

Program in detail see TRN-Newsletter, Newsticker September 2001

Further informations
Welt der Kinder, Verein zum Schutz, zur Anwaltschaft und zur Betreuung gewalttraumatisierter Kinder e.V., Anton Schneider Str. 28, A-6900 Bregenz, Tel. +43 664 222 0131
Email weltderkinder@vol.at
Registration
Bildungshaus Batschuns, Kapf 1, A-6832 Batschuns-Zwischenwasser, Tel. +43 5522 44290-0, Fax. +43 5522 44290-5
Email anmeld@bhba.vol.at
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9. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Psychotherapeutische Medizin e.V. (DGPM) [in German]
Trauma. Psychische Bedeutung und Psychotherapeutische Behandlung
12.-13.10.2001, Universitaet Hamburg, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1
Die Frage der Bedeutung traumatischer Erfahrungen ist eng verknuepft mit der Geschichte der Psychoanalyse. So steht am Anfang unseres Vortragsprogrammes die Beschaeftigung mit dem Traumabegriff aus einer historischen Perspektive. Die folgenden Vortraege beleuchten wesentliche Erfahrungen von Traumatisierung und deren Folgen fuer den individuellen Lebenszyklus wie auch in der transgenerationellen Perspektive.
Wir sind uns dabei bewusst, dass in Deutschland eine Auseinandersetzung mit Traumatisierung immer auch die Konfrontation mit der eigenen Geschichte erfordert. Dies gilt in erster Linie fuer die außerordentliche Bedeutung des Holocaust, dessen Dimension sich der menschlichen Vorstellungskraft entzieht. Psychoanalytiker, die selbst das Schicksal der Emigration erleben mussten, begannen in der Nachkriegszeit in gutachterlichen Stellungnahmen und in Patientenbehandlungen die Folgen dieses Traumas bewusst zu machen und damit einer Tendenz zur Verdraengung oder sogar Verleugnung entgegenzutreten.
Die Bedeutung der Traumatisierung von Vertriebenen und Ausgebombten fand erst sehr viel spaeter Beachtung in der oeffentlichen Diskussion. Heute wissen wir, dass deren Folgen haeufig nach einem jahre- oder sogar jahrzehntelangen Intervall zutage treten. Die juengsten politischen Entwicklungen, die uns gezeigt haben, dass Europa auch jetzt kein befriedeter Kontinent ist, sowie die Sensibilisierung fuer politische Verfolgung und Vertreibung fuehren uns vor Augen, dass das Thema aktuell ist und bleibt.
Wir haben uns fuer dieses Leitthema entschieden, da in den letzten Jahren die Bedeutung von Traumatisierungen fuer die Pathogenese psychischer und psychosomatischer Erkrankungen zunehmend Beachtung findet. Individuell ist jedes Trauma fuer den betroffenen Menschen eine Katastrophe, weil der Sinnzusammenhang fuer das eigene Leben zerrissen wird. Ein heuristisches Rahmenmodell zur Untersuchung und Behandlung von akuten und chronischen Traumafolgen betrachtet neben initialer Traumareaktion, Traumaschwere, Trauma beguenstigenden Faktoren und Folgen der Traumaerfahrung auch die pathogenetisch aufrecht erhaltenden Faktoren sowie die Frage nach den Ressourcen.
Die hohe Bedeutung, die wir als wissenschaftliche Fachgesellschaft diesem Thema bei-messen, erkennen Sie daran, dass wir eine staendige Arbeitsgruppe eingerichtet haben.
Mit dem wissenschaftlichen Diskussionsforum im Rahmen dieses Kongresses moechten wir eine intensive Beschaeftigung mit den Folgen von Traumatisierungen anstoßen, wohl wissend, dass wir nur einige Aspekte des umfassenden Themas behandeln koennen und manches nicht so vertiefen werden, wie dies wuenschenswert ist.

Fuer Vorstand und Organisationskomitee:
Paul L. Janssen, Gerhard H. Paar, Birgitta Rueth-Behr

Weitere Informationen / Further informations:
Geschaeftsstelle der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Psychotherapeutische Medizin e.V. (DGPM), Johannisbollwerk 20, D-20459 Hamburg, Tel. +49 40 31 79 68 17, Fax. +49 40 31 79 64 03
URL http://www.dgpm.de/start.htm
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Public Forum on Children and Genocide
14.10.2001, Texas
This will be the first ever public forum addressing the long-term effects of genocide on surviving children. An international cadre of experts will discuss lessons learned from the child survivors of the Holocaust and share their knowledge with other scholars, historians, educators, the therapeutic ...

Further details at
Email ChildH2001@aol.com
URL http://www.hmh.org/conference/frames.htm

[Source: Announcement ID128559, URL http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=128559]

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Bearing Public Witness: Documenting Memories of Struggle and Resistance
17.10.2001, Missouri
Documenting Memories of Struggle and Resistance will be the theme for the Oral History Association's 2001 Annual Meeting, scheduled for October 17-21, 2001 in St. Louis, MO at the Millenium St. Louis. This year's conference will focus on the challenges of collecting and ...

Further details at
Email oha@dickinson.edu
URL http://www.dickinson.edu/oha

[Source: Announcement ID128560; URL http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=128560]

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2. Dachauer Symposium zur Zeitgeschichte [in German]
"Die Taeter der Shoah: Fanatische Nationalsozialisten oder ganz normale Deutsche?"
19./20.10.2001, Jugendgaestehaus der Stadt Dachau
Wissenschaftlichen Leitung: Prof. Gerhard Paul (Universitaet Flensburg)
Referente u.a.: Dr. Mallmann (Ludwigsburg), Dr. Orth (Freiburg), Dr. Ueberschaer (Freiburg), Dr. Matthaeus (Washington/Berlin), Dr. Musial (Warschau), Dr. Pohl (Muenchen). An der Podiumsdiskussion nehmen teil: Dr. Hanno Loewy (Frankfurt/M.), Prof. Wolfgang Scheffler (Berlin), sowie Prof. Harald Welzer (Hannover).

Anmeldung/Registration, Fax +49 8131 32295-60
URL http://www.dachau.de/neu/kultur/index_kult.htm

Hechtl & Hechtl Communication, Heike Hechtl, Friedenstr. 9, D-85221 Dachau, Tel. +49 8131 277881, Fax. +49 8131 277883
Email heikehechtl@bigfoot.com

[Source: URL http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de, 11.09.2001]

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Katholische Fachhochschule Freiburg
Mit alten Menschen ueber den Nationalsozialismus sprechen [in German]
26.10.2001, 10-17:30 Uhr, Freiburg, Saal des Deutschen Caritasverbands
Die Tagung findet statt in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Projekt "Geschichte und Erinnerung" und der Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Gespraechspsychotherapie.

Der Dialog mit alten Menschen, die damals den Nationalsozialismus bejaht oder gar mitgetragen haben, ist haeufig von Sprachlosigkeit, Vorsicht, Schuld, Schuldgefuehlen, Vorwuerfen und Rechtsfertigungsversuchen gepraegt. Ausgehend von dieser Erfahrung moechte die Tagung "Mit alten Menschen über den Nationalsozialismus sprechen" die in der Altenhilfe in verschiedenen Berufsbereichen Taetigen und Forschenden fuer die Thematik sensibilisieren, Anstoesse geben und zur Zusammenarbeit anregen.
Referieren werden:
Dr. Stephan Marks / Juergen Sehrig: Mit alten Menschen über den Nationalsozialismus sprechen: eine Aufgabe für die Altenhilfe
Dr. Hinrich Paul: Zwischen Grauen und Faszinosum - Nationalsozialismus im Gespraech zwischen den Generationen.
Diese Themen werden in folgenden Workshops vertieft:
"Opfer" und "Taeter" in Alteneinrichtungen (Prof. Dr. Werner Rueck)
Leben im NS - Biographisches Arbeiten in der Beratung aelterer Menschen (Prof. Dr. Christoph Steinebach)
Die Zeit des NS - ein Thema in der Sterbebegleitung? (Edeltraut Kambach)
Geschichte in uns - Spurensuche mit Methoden des szenischen Spiels (Jutta Heppekausen)
Erinnern mit Hilfe von Bildern (Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Menzen)
"Ich habe hier in Breisach sagen koennen, was ich schon lange zu sagen hatte." - Eine "Woche der Begegnung" mit Holocaust-Ueberlebenden (Josef Arie Kornweitz / Dr.Christiane Walesch-Schneller)
Zwischen Inquisition und Fuersorge: Personzentrierte Dialoge zwischen Zeitzeugen, Schuelern und den in der Pflege Taetigen (Eva Geffers)
Die Tagung wird abgerundet durch einen Vortrag von Gabriele von Arnim: Reden ueber das große Schweigen.
Die Tagungsgebühr beträgt DM 70,00 (Studierende sind frei).

Anmeldung und weitere Informationen:
KFH Freiburg, IAF, Karlstr. 63, D-79104 Freiburg, Tel.: 0761/2000736, Fax: 0761/200444, Email office@iaf-kfh-freiburg.de
URL http://www.iaf-kfh-freiburg.de
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Peace Brigades International 20th anniversary conference
Promoting nonviolence and protecting human rights - the role of civilian third party initiatives in conflict areas
26.-27.10.2001, Konstanz, Germany / Romanshorn, Switzerland
The international conference brings together representatives and individuals from a wide range of backgrounds in peace and human rights movements, organisations and communities they support, as well as state and intergovernmental bodies. Theoreticians and practitioners, action requesting Human Rights agencies in conflict zones and service delivering third party agencies will share their perspectives and visions with a truly international public (participants from more than 50 nationalities already applied).
The conference will be a unique opportunity to learn from each other's experiences as well as to spread the word on nonviolent third party initiatives to a wider public, every day more necessary. The conference also presents an excellent platform for the international exchange and the development of ideas, for networking and establishing new partnerships.

Please find all necessary information at
URL http://www.peacebrigades.org/conference
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First announcement: The Prime Minister´s International Conference on the Legacy of Holocaust Survivors
Third International Conference on the Holocaust and Education
The Moral and Ethical Implications for Humanity
08.-11.04.2002, Yad Vashem International School for Holocaust Studies, Jerusalem, Israel
Projected goals of the conference
To recognize and evaluate the moral and universal messages of the Holocaust as we begin the new millennium. To ensure the legacy of the survivors, so that we may learn and disseminate the universal implications that emanate from this unique historical event. To illuminate the contributions of survivors to society - conveying their message to future generations. To present current educational curricula and activities for different ages that promote public awareness.
The conference will focus on the following three topics:
1. The universal and moral implications of the Holocaust - the voice of the survivors
2. The representation of the Holocaust in our collective memory - the contribution of the survivors
3. Tikun Olam (mending the world): The survivors and their legacy - the future of memory

Conference Steering Committee
Avner Shalev, Chairman, Yad Vashem Directorate
Moshe Sanbar, Chairman, Centre of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel
Zvi Gill, Chairman, Public Affairs Committee, Centre of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel
Dr. Meir Rosen, Former Israel Ambassador to France and the USA
Raoul Teitelbaum, Historian
Naphtali Lau-Lavie, Vice-Chairman, WJRO Executive
Haim Roet, Center for Tolerance Education, Van Leer Institute
Dr. Motti Shalem, Director, International School for Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem
Prof. David Bankier, Head, International Center for Holocaust Research, Yad Vashem
Shulamit Imber, Pedagogic Director, International School for Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem
Dr. Ze’ev Mankowitz, Melton Center for Jewish Education in the Diaspora, Hebrew University
Ephraim Kaye, Director, Seminars for Educators from Abroad, Yad Vashem and Conference Coordinator
Kathryn Berman, Coordinator, Seminars for Educators from Abroad, Yad Vashem and Conference Coordinator
The conference is open to dignitaries, scholars and educators at all levels, and those working in Holocaust-related institutions whose major commitment is to transmit the history of the Holocaust and its implications.

An application form and informations concerning the conference, registration costs, publication of papers and other activities can be found on the homepage.
URL http://www.yadvashem.org/education/professional/temp_index_education_professional_conference.html
Ephraim Kaye and Kathryn Berman, Co-coordinators, International School for Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem, POB 3477, Jerusalem 91034 Israel, Tel. 00972-2-644 36 38/9, Fax. 00972-2-644 36 23
Email conference@yadvashem.org.il
URL http://www.yadvashem.org

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Call for Papers

Beyond camps and forced labour: current international research on survivors of Nazi persecution
International multidisciplinary conference to be held at the Imperial War Museum, London, on 29-31 January 2003.
Organised by the University of Wolverhampton, the University of North London and the University of Essex. In association with the Imperial War Museum (London), Zentrum fuer Antisemitismusforschung at the Technische Universitaet Berlin, Institut fuer Didaktik der Geschichte at the Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster, Leo Baeck College (London), The Hidden Legacy Foundation (London).
In recent years the volume of international research on survivors of Nazi persecution has continually increased. At the same time there is growing public interest in how survivors coped with their experiences and how they were treated by post-war societies.
Researched topics are as varied as the academic disciplines involved - often without taking much notice of each other. It therefore seems time to take stock of current research and to open up new perspectives for future work by bringing together scholars from various disciplines such as history, sociology, psychology, political and social sciences.
We invite papers on all groups of survivors of Nazi persecution, be it for racial, political, religious, or sexual reasons. Groups covered by the conference will include - but not be limited to - Jews, Poles, Russians, Ukrainians, Sinti and Roma, political prisoners, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, prisoners of war, and the disabled.
All proposals which focus on any topic and theme on the "life after" are welcome, ranging from the experience of liberation to the transgenerational impact of persecution, individual and collective memory and consciousness, and also including questions of theory and methodology.
It is intended to publish the conference proceedings.
Please send an abstract of no more than 250 words until 1 November 2001, preferably by email (Word attachment) to: Dr. Johannes-Dieter Steinert, University of Wolverhampton, Division of History, Politics and International Studies, Dudley Campus, Castle View, Dudley DY1 3HR, United Kingdom.
All proposals are subject to a review process.
A small fee will be charged for attending the conference. We hope to be able to exempt speakers from this fee. Further information and registration details will be made available by spring 2002.
Johannes-Dieter Steinert (University of Wolverhampton)
Inge Weber-Newth (University of North London)
Rainer Schulze (University of Essex)

Email JDSteinert@t-online.de

[Source: H-NET List on the History and Theory of Genocide, 25.09.2001]
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American Rescue of Children from the Holocaust
Location: Illinois
Deadline: 2001-10-31
One Thousand Children, Inc, (OTC) an organization dedicated todocumenting the experiences of children rescued during the Holocaust bybringing them to the U.S. and placing them with foster families acrossAmerica, is seeking papers and presenters for a national reunion next summer of OTC children and ...
Further details at
Email contact@onethousandchildren.org
URL http://www.onethousandchildren.org

[Source: Announcement ID128539, URL http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=128539 ]
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Lectures and Seminars

Seminar by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation
Working for change in prison and with prisoners - What can be done? Is it worth the effort?
03.10.01, 10:00-12:00, 'The Gatehouse' at the Sunnyside Park Hotel, Princess of Wales Terrace, Parktown.
The current focus on the rising numbers of prisoners, overcrowding and poor prison conditions, has lead to a neglect of other key aspects of prison policy:
On the one hand a major problem exists with the culture of violence within prisons.
Related to this, key questions need to be addressed regarding the possibility of effecting any positive change in the behaviour of prisoners not only within prison, but also with a view to assisting them to lead constructive, law-abiding lives once they leave prison.
This seminar aims to ask the hard questions about how to tackle the problem of prison violence as whether it is possible to conduct any positive interventions with prisoners and to examine the challenges, rewards and limitations of this work.
Speakers:
Chris Giffard, will be talking about the conflict resolution work that the Centre for Conflict Resolution has been doing in Pollsmoor prison with warders and inmates.
Lindi Mkhondo, from the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation will focus on the Vuka S'hambe programme with young prisoners convicted of serious crimes.
Mariska van Zyl, will talk about NICRO's Tough Enough programme in seven prisons in Gauteng, and the results of an impact assessment of the programme which aims to challenge offenders to take responsibility for their actions and hold them accountable for their future and their families.

Please confirm your attendance with Caron Kgomo at
Email ckgomo@csvr.org.za
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Ringvorlesung am Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften der Universitaet Lueneburg, WS 01/02
Die Shoah im Bild. Zur audiovisuellen Geschichte des Holocaust [in German]
Koordinator: Dr. Sven Kramer
Universitaet Lueneburg, Scharnhorststrasse 1, Hoersaal 1

25.10.01, 18:30 Uhr: PD Dr. Stephan Braese (Universitaet Bremen)
Objektiv Erinnerungskonkurrenz. Deutsche Optik nach 1945
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Fortbildungsveranstaltung der Gedenkstaette Hadamar und der Landesaerztekammer Hessen
Spuren der NS-Zeit im Leben der Kinder und Enkel - Drei Generationen im Gespraech [in German]
27.10.2001, 10-17 Uhr, Gedenkstaette Hadamar, Moenchberg 8, D-65589 Hadamar
Ulla Roberts, Autorin des gleichnamigen Buches, fuehrte Interviews mit Studentinnen und Studenten ihrer Lehrveranstaltungen in Frankfurt am Main durch. Im Mittelpunkt stand die Frage, warum uns diese Geschichte (die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus) nicht loslaesst. Immer wieder werden durch aeussere Anlaesse wie Gedenktage oder Ausstellungen (z.B. die Wehrmachtsausstellung) Nachdenken und Gespraeche initiiert. Das Interesse vieler junger Menschen beruht oftmals auf familiaerem Hintergrund. Bis heute sind Gespraeche in den Familien ueber die Rollen und Verstrickungen der Grosseltern und Eltern mit dem Nationalsozialismus unausgesprochen.
Ulla Roberts versucht mit ihren Interviewpartnern der 3. Generation, sich den Erlebnissen der 1. und 2. Generation anzunaehern und damit auch Wissensluecken in der eigenen Familiengeschichte zu schliessen.
Seminarleitung: Dr. Siegmund Drexler, Muehlheim, und Regine Gabriel, Hadamar
Referentin: Ulla Roberts, Oberursel
Seminargebuehr: DM 30,- (inclusive Mittagessen)
Anmeldeschluss: 16. Oktober 2001
Weitere Informationen unter Tel. 06433/917-172, Fax. 06433/917-175.
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Vacancies and Bursaries/Grants/Scholarships

Andersonville National Historic Site
2001 Prisoner of War Research Grants
Deadline: 02.11.2001
Andersonville National Historic Site, home of the National Prisoner of War Museum, seeks applicants for its first annual Prisoners of War Research Grants. The program will provide financial assistance that will support original interpretive works on the history of American Prisoners of War. The grants ...
Further informations:
Email grobins@canes.gsw.edu
URL http://www.nps.gov/ande

[Source: http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=128419, Announcement ID: 128419]
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New Websites

Neuro-Psychoanalysis. An Interdisciplinary Journal for Psychoanalysis and the Neurosciences
"The goal of this new journal is to create an ongoing dialogue with the aim of reconciling psychoanalytic and neuroscientific perspectives on the mind. This goal is based on the assumption that these two historically divided disciplines are ultimately pursuing the same task, namely, 'attempt[ing] to make the complications of mental functioning intelligible by dissecting the function and assigning its different constituents to different component parts of the [mental] apparatus' (Freud, 1900a, p. 536). Notwithstanding the fact that psychoanalysis and neuroscience have approached this important scientific task from radically different perspectives, the underlying unity of purpose has become increasingly evident in recent years as neuroscientists have begun to investigate those 'complications of mental functioning' that were traditionally the preserve of psychoanalysts. This has produced an explosion of new insights into problems of vital interest to psychoanalysis, but these insights have not been reconciled with existing psychoanalytic theories and models. Likewise, neuroscientists tackling these complex problems of human subjectivity for the first time have much to learn from a century of psychoanalytic inquiry.
If our two disciplines are truly engaged in the same fundamental task, then it should be possible somehow to reconcile their viewpoints with one another. There is therefore a clear need for us to learn about and enhance each other's perspectives on matters of mutual interest. This journal intends to meet that need in a practical way. Its specific aims are (1) to facilitate scientific dialogue and debate between neuroscientists and psychoanalysts, (2) to educate psychoanalysts and neuroscientists about matters of common interest, and (3) to provide a vehicle for communicating the results of interdisciplinary research in neuroscience and psychoanalysis.
Neuro-Psychoanalysis will publish unsolicited original articles on any topic that can facilitate consilience between psychoanalysis and neuroscience. Scientific (i.e. clinical or experimental) contributions will receive due prominence, but space will also be provided for submissions on scholarly topics of relevant interdisciplinary interest (e.g. history of medicine, philosophy of mind). Wherever appropriate, submitted papers will be published together with invited peer commentaries.
In addition, and especially in the earlier issues, target papers on selected themes or topics will be solicited from leading researcher, and published together with invited commentaries from both psychoanalytic and neuroscientific peers. For example, in this first issue, a leading neuroscientist working on the neurobiology of emotion was asked to critically evaluate Freudian affect theory in the light of his own research, and a group of distinguished psychoanalysts and neuroscientists were asked to consider Freud's theory and the neuroscientific commentary from their different points of view. A similar, extended dialogue on the subject of dreaming will appear in the next issue of the journal. Subsequent issues will include dialogues on consciousness, confabulation, anosognosia and neglect, schizophrenia, and memory.
All papers (whether solicited or unsolicited, and including the commentaries) are subject to peer review before they are accepted for publication.
Reader participation in these dialogues is strongly encouraged. To submit a commentary on any of the articles published in this journal (including the present issue), a message should be sent to our Internet Editor Matthew von Unwerth, at
Email brill@interport.net
Subject to normal editorial controls, these commentaries will be placed on the journal's website URL http://www.neuro-psa.com and selected commentaries will be subsequently published in an 'ongoing discussion' department of the journal. Conventional 'letters to the editors' - on any subject, submitted by regular or electronic mail - are also welcome.
A regular department will also be provided in future issues for the publication of clinical case material of interdisciplinary interest (also with invited peer commentary and ongoing internet discussion). Other regular features will include book reviews (with some books being evaluated by more than one reviewer, form their different perspectives), a research digest (containing brief abstracts of journals), and regional bulletins (i.e. reporting news from relevant study groups, research centers, and the like, around the world).
One may submit features materials for consideration online by pointing your browser at the relevant section of the masthead.
Our website http://www.neuro-psa.com is worth visiting in its own right, as it includes an electronic supplement to the journal, containing original material such as invited commentaries by leading authorities on selected articles in the current issue, rejoinders by commentators to target authors' replies, and other important information - including a nearly complete bibliography of all the literature in this interdisciplinary area that was published before 1999 (i.e. before the first publication of Neuro-Psychoanalysis)."
The Editors
Reference: Freud, S. (1900a) The interpretation of dreams. Standard Edition, 4 & 5
Neuro-Psychoanalysis. An Interdisciplinary Journal for Psychoanalysis and the Neurosciences
URL http://www.neuro-psa.com
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OnlineAkademie der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung [in German]
Die OnlineAkademie ist ein politisches Bildungsangebot der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES). Hier koennen aktuelle Themen diskutiert, Informationen abgerufen und Kontakte hergestellt werden. Es sollen Kompetenzen vermittelt, Handlungsoptionen aufgezeigt und Motivation für demokratisches Engagement gefoerdert werden. Die OnlineAkademie bietet praxisnahe Angebote fuer die politische Bildungsarbeit und für das Selbststudium sowie die Moeglichkeit eines offenen Austausches - mit dem Ziel, die Demokratie zu stärken.
Die Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung wurde 1925 als Vermaechtnis des ersten demokratisch gewaehlten deutschen Reichspraesidenten Friedrich Ebert gegruendet. 1933 von den Nazis verboten und 1947 wiederbegruendet, verfolgt sie bis heute das Ziel, die politische und gesellschaftliche Bildung von Menschen aus allen Lebensbereichen im Geiste von Pluralismus, Demokratie und Verstaendigung zu foerdern. Als eine gemeinnuetzige, private, kulturelle Institution ist sie den Ideen und Grundwerten der sozialen Demokratie verpflichtet.
Die OnlineAkademie startet ihren Internet-Auftritt mit Modulen zu den Themen "Rechtsextremismus", "Geschichte-Erinnerung-Demokratie" und "Internet und Bildung".
URL http://www.fes-online-akademie.de/
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Medizin Online, das neue Internet-Portal der BertelsmannSpringer-Gruppe [in German]
Das neue Internet-Pportal ist ab sofort freigeschaltet. Unter www.bsmo.de finden sich medizinische Fach- und Gesundheitsinformationen für Aerzte, Apotheker und interessierte
Laien. Das Angebot umfasst die Print- und Online-Produkte der konzerneigenen medizinischen Fachverlage Aerzte Zeitung, Springer, Steinkopff sowie Urban & Vogel. Auch die zu BertelsmannSpringer gehoerenden, bisher seperaten Online-Dienste "multimedica" und "lifenline" wurden in das Portal integriert. Dr. Joerg Zorn, Geschaeftsfuehrer von BertelsmannSpringer Medizin Online, will mit dem neuen Angebot "die medizinische Fachkompetenz der Verlagsgruppe buendeln" und "ganzheitliche Informationen aus einer Hand bieten".
URL http://www.bsmo.de

[Source: Boersenblatt des Deutschen Buchhandels, 41 und 43 / 26.09.2001]
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Useful Links

Idea. A journal of social issues
Idea is published by Krysia Hnatowicz Jacobs and edited by Alan Jacobs. Idea is an electronic journal created for the exchange of ideas related mainly, to cults, mass movements, autocratic power, war, genocide, democide, holocaust, and murder. Government killing in this century, what R.J. Rummel calls democide, has accounted for the deaths over over 150,000,000 people. Genocide, and democide have occurred all over the world throughout history. But this century's escalations require a closer attention. Is it possible to discover why men murder? Is it possible to discover why men commit mass murder? Some say it is not. The phrase "Never Again", inscribed on a monument at the concentration camp Dachau in Germany, seems more a hope than a possibility, especially because many genocides have occurred since WWII. Some say it is not possible to understand why men commit such acts. If this is so, then there is no hope of preventing them, because no lasting prevention is possible without understanding. Also the study of these issues can lead to understanding single murders and even milder forms of aggression. The dispensing of others exists on a continuum from telling a child to stand in the corner to committing genocide and democide. This journal aspires to make whatever small contribution to these issues is possible.
Send all comments and questions regarding this publication to:
Email editor@ideajournal.com
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Institut fuer Geschichte und Biographie der Fernuniversitaet Hagen [in German]
Leitung/Director: Dr. Alexander von Plato
Liebigstr. 11,D-58511 Luedenscheid
Phone +49 (0)2351-24580, Fax. +49 (0)2351-39973
URL http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/INST_GESCHUBIOG
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Aktuell: Terror gegen Amerika [in German]
GESIS - Gesellschaft sozialwissenschaftlicher Infrastruktureinrichtungen
Das Informationszentrum Sozialwissenschaften hat aus Anlass der Terroranschlaege in seinem Informationsdienst "Fokus Plus" die Rubrik "Terror gegen Amerika" eingefuehrt. Dort gibt es Hintergruende und Links zu den Terroranschlaegen in New York und Washington sowie zu ihren politischen, sozialen und militaerischen Folgen.
URL http://www.gesis.org/Information/Themen/Fokusplus/index.htm
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Aktuell: Terroranschlag in Amerika [in German]
Interview mit Professor Dr. Gottfried Fischer, Direktor der Klinischen Psychologie und Psychotherapie an der Universitaet Koeln
Als in New York das World Trade Center einstuerzte und tausende von Menschen unter sich begrub, erlebten viele Ueberlebende den Schrecken des Terrors hautnah am eigenen Leibe. Wie sie mit den schrecklichen Erlebnissen fertig werden koennen und wie ihnen geholfen werden kann, sagt der Koelner Psychotraumatologe Prof. Dr. Gottfried Fischer.
URL http://www.thieme.de/psychotrauma/
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