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8:00 AM
9:00 PM |
Bookstore & Registration
THURSDAY - SATURDAY |
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Thursday, June 10 –
Preconference Workshops
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10:00 - 5:00 |
Workshop for
Former Group Members
Carol
Giambalvo & Joseph Kelly |
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10:00 - 5:00 |
Workshop for
Family Members
Livia
Bardin, M.S.W. & Patrick Ryan |
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12:00 – 1:00 |
Lunch |
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3:00 – 3:30 |
Break/Refreshments |
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7:00 – 9:00 |
Mental Health
Workshop
Rosanne, Henry, M.A., L.P.C.; William Goldberg, M.S.W.; Leona
Furnari, M.S.W.; Nancy Miquelon Versaw, M.A. |
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7:00 – 9:00 |
Workshop for
People Born or Raised in Cultic Groups
Lois
Kendall |
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5:00 – 6:00 |
Pre-dinner social
with cash bar |
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6:00 -
7:00 |
Dinner |
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7:00 -
12:00 |
Evening social
with cash bar |
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Friday, June 11 |
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9:00 - 9:30 |
Welcome and
Introduction
William S. Goldberg, M.S.W. |
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9:30 - 10:00 |
Cultic Studies
2003: The Year in Review
Michael Langone, Ph.D.; Marie-Andree Pelland |
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10:00 – 10:30 |
Individual
Variations in a High Control Group
Maureen Griffo |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Break/Refreshments |
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11:00 - 12:30 |
Polygamy's Impact
on Children
Mike Kropveld (Coordinator); Andrea Moore Emmett; Vaughn Marshall,
Esq.; Debbie Palmer |
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Legal and Ethical
Issues
Being
a Guardian Ad Litem in Cult Cases: Ethical Issues (Rev.
Robert Pardon);
Cults and Religious Privileges Under Charity Law in
England
and Australia: Can the Wheat be Separated from the Chaff? (Stephen
Mutch, L.L.B., M.A.) |
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11:00 – 11:45 |
A New Approach to
Support Groups for Ex-Group Members
Michael Martella |
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11:45 – 12:30 |
Towards a
Scientific Evaluation of the Dangers Posed by Religious Groups
Stephen A. Kent, Ph.D. |
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12:30 – 2:00 |
Lunch |
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Luncheon
Discussion: Cultic Studies and Graduate Study
Facilitators: Janja Lalich, Ph.D.; Stephen Kent, Ph.D. |
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2:00 – 3:30 |
A Panel of Former
Members Discuss Authoritarian Culture and Child Abuse
Nori Muster, Coordinator; Steven Gelberg, M.A.; Steven Hassan,
M.Ed., L.M.H.C., N.C.C. |
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Philosophical and
Literary Perspectives
The Conscience of a Child in John Henry Newman (Kevin
B. Fagan, Ph.D.);
The Grammatical Fiction: Totalism, Solipsism and the Dispensing of
Existence in Modern Literature (Gordon Neufeld) |
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Research on
Second-Generation Former Group Members
Are Indications of Harm and/or Benefits Different for
First-Generation Compared to Second-Generation Former Group Members?
(Lois
Kendall);
Conversion to Reality (Christian Szurko) |
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3:30 -4:00 |
Break/Refreshments |
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4:00 -5:30 |
Children in the
Unification Church
Donna Collins, Coordinator; Eileen Barker, Ph.D., Dan Fefferman;
Louis
Desloge,; Moderator: Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W. |
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Biological and
Developmental Aspects of Influence
Dietary Aspects in Sectarian Groups: A Social-Psychological
Perspective (Jessie Meikle); Young Adults' Attraction to
Totalistic Groups and Ideologies (Amy Siskind, Ph.D.) |
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Update on Spanish
Research in Cultic Studies
Jose A. Carrobles, Ph.D (Coordinator); Carmen Almendros; Miguel
Perlado;
Alvaro
Rodriguez, Ph.D. |
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5:30 – 6:00 |
Pre-dinner social
with cash bar |
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6:00 – 7:30 |
Dinner
Presentation of ESAMA
Awards |
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7:30 – 9:00 |
Children and
Cults in Latin America: Kafkian Scenarios and Human Rights
An Overview of
the Current State of Affairs Regarding Children's Rights in Latin
America (Jorge Erdely, Ph.D., Coordinator); Children and
Women as Human Cargo: Cult Strategies to Cross Borders Illegally – A
Case Study (Lourdes
Arguelles, Ph.D. & Anne Rivero, L.C.S.W.);
High-Demand Catholic Sects: A Comparative Study Using the GPA Scale
(Cesar Mascarenas, M.D.);
Why Victims of Cultic Sexual Abuse Keep Silent in Latin Cultures: A
Psychological Perspective (Juan J. Vaca, MS.Ed., M.Th.,
M.Ph.) |
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Coping with
Triggers
Joseph Kelly
(Only
ex-group members permitted in this session) |
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Born or Raised in
Cults: Clinical and Developmental Aspects
Growing Up In Cults: Impact on Social/Emotional Development and
Adapting to Society After Leaving (Leona
Furnari, M.S.W.);
Born or Raised in Cultic Groups: Impact on Character Development and
Relationships (Lorna Goldberg, M.S.W.) |
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9:00 - 12:00 |
Evening social
with cash bar |
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Saturday, June 12 |
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9:00 - 10:30 |
Using the Bounded
Choice Model as an Analytical Tool: A Case Study of Heaven's Gate
Janja Lalich, Ph.D.; Discussant: Robert Balch, Ph.D. |
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Case Studies from
Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center
John Wick |
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The Cult
Phenomenon in Japan
Court Cases Involving Aum Shinrikyo (Hiroshi Hirata, Esq.);
The Supreme Court has Declared that Recruitment Techniques of the
Moonies are Illegal in Tort Law (Shuji Nakamura, Esq.);
Cases of Children Who Have Been Abused by a Small Cultic Group (Masaki
Kito, Esq. & Takashi Yamaguchi); Legal Report from Japanese
Courts (Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Esq.) |
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10:30 - 11:00 |
Break/Refreshments |
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11:00 – 11:45 |
The Role of New
Religions in Legitimating National Socialism in Germany, 1920-1945
Karla
Poewe, Ph.D. |
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11:45 – 12:30 |
The Intellectual
Origins of New Religions
Irving Hexham, Ph.D. |
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11:00 – 12:30 |
Charismatic
Groups: Varied Sources of Controversy
Barefoot, Poor, and Pregnant: Women as Baby Factories in the 21st
Century (Marina
Sarran); Quest
for Khalistan: Sikh Fundamentalism in the Present Era (Maryam
Razavy); Gwen Shamblin, Weigh Down Workshop, Remnant Fellowship,
and the Cult Controversy (David Clark) |
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Influence Processes in Charismatic Groups
The Cult
Phenomenon: How Groups Function (Michael Kropveld & Marie-Andree
Pelland);
Fear in the Psychosocial Universe of Apocalyptic Groups
(Lorraine Derocher); Altered States of
Consciousness, Hypnosis, and Mind Control (Steven Hassan, M.Ed.,
L.M.H.C.) |
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12:30 – 2:00 |
Lunch |
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Luncheon
Discussion Group for Families with Cult-Involved Loved Ones
Livia
Bardin, M.S.W.; Mary Jo Cysewski, MA, LMFT |
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Luncheon
Discussion for People Born or Raised in Groups
Facilitator: Janja Lalich, Ph.D. |
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2:00 – 3:30 |
When Does the
Conduct of a Sect or Group Amount to Institutional Coercion and What
Can Be Done About It?
Vaughn Marshall, Esq.; Lawrence
Hughes; Jane Blackmore |
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Contextualizing
Falun Gong: China, Human Rights, and the West
Lourdes
Arguelles, Ph.D. |
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Violence and
Charismatic Groups
Women and Violence: The Conviction of a Canadian Charismatic Leader
(Renee Brodie); The Vengeance of the House of Jacob: Youth
and Violence among the Dreamers (Gordon Drever); Heaven's
Gate: A Dysfunctional Perspective of the Body (Susan
Raine) |
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3:30 – 4:00 |
Break/Refreshments |
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4:00- 5:30 |
Sociological
Research from the University of Montana
Robert W. Balch, Ph.D.,
Coordinator; The Rise and
Fall of "America's Most Dangerous Cult": The Love Israel Family in
the 1970s and the New Millennium (Katherine Marxer); The
Trouble with Stereotyping Hate Groups: Aryan Nations and Elohim City
(Wesley Delano) |
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After the Cult:
Who am I?
Rosanne Henry, M.A., L.P.C., Facilitator
(Only
ex-group members permitted in this session) |
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Where Does the
“Evil Cult” Label Come From? ---Anti-Cult Lingo and the Persecution
of Falun Gong
Huixia Chen & Patrick Turc; Discussants: Lourdes Arguelles, Ph.D.;
Michael Langone, Ph.D. |
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5:30 – 6:00 |
Pre-dinner social
with cash bar |
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5:00 – 7:00 |
Dinner |
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7:00 – 8:00 |
2004 Margaret T.
Singer Lecture
Philip Elberg, Esq.
(Presentation of 2003 Margaret T. Singer award to Mr. Elberg by
William Goldberg, M.S.W.) |
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8:00 – 9:30 |
Brainwashing,
Undue Influence, and the Law
Alan
Scheflin, J.D., LL.M.
(Presentation of 2003 Herbert L. Rosedale Award to Professor
Scheflin by William Goldberg, M.S.W.) |
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9:30 – 12:00 |
Evening social
with cash bar |
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Sunday, June 13 |
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9:00 – 12:00 |
Follow-up
Discussions (to be
determined). |
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