International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA)

Annual International Conference

Theme: Children in High Control Groups

25-27 June, 2015

Pre Conference Workshops 24th June

Ariadne Scandic Hotel Södra Kajen 37, SE-115 41, Stockholm, Sweden.

For details and registration click here http://www.icsahome.com/events/conferenceannual

“There will be a series of sessions on the conference theme as well presentations relevant to the needs of mental health professionals, former members, researchers, families, and others.”

Speakers include:

Hamed K. El-Said, PhD - advisor to the United Nations al-Qaeda and Taliban Monitoring Team (2008-2013), Chair and Professor of International Business and Political Economy at the Manchester Metropolitan University Business School. (UK)

Eileen Barker, PhD, PhD h.c., OBE, FBA - Professor Emeritus of Sociology with Special Reference to the Study of Religion at the London School of Economics, University of London. (UK)

Rod Dubrow-Marshall, PhD, MBPsS - Professor of Psychology and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Derby. (UK)

Russell H. Bradshaw, EdD [A.B. (Wesleyan University), EdM, EdD (Harvard University), Cand. Polit. (University of Oslo)] - Associate Professor at Lehman College, City University of New York. (USA)

Steve Hassan, M.Ed., LMHC, NCC - Director of Freedom of Mind Resource Center. (USA)

Cyndi Matthews, PhD, LPC-S, NCC – a Counseling Practitioner and Counseling Professor, at New Horizons Center for Healing in McKinney, Texas, and at the University of North Texas-Dallas. (USA)

Heidi Hough – escaped from a Christian fundamentalist cult at the age of sixteen. (USA)

Tony McAleer - Executive Director of Life After Hate http://lifeafterhate.org/ and EXIT USA. Tony was recruiter and leader in the skinhead and white power movement in North America for over a decade before undergoing his own personal disengagement and de-radicalization process. (USA)

Elizabeth Blackwell – was born into a Christian family who became heavily involved in a Bible-based doomsday cult. In 2009, she sought help in coming to terms with her cult experience. She serves on the board of reFOCUS, http://www.nwrain.com/~refocus/ a cult survivor support network. (USA)

Dianne Casoni, PhD - Professor, School of Criminology, University of Montreal. Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Université du Québec a Montréal (Canada)

Marie-Andrée Pelland, PhD - Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, Université de Moncton, New Brunswick. (Canada)

Fan Hong, PhD - Associate Professor of Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Chinese People`s Public Security University, Beijing. (China)

Biaowen Huang, PhD - Assistant Professor at the Department of Journalism and Communication, University of Chinese Academy of Science. (China)

Dr. Yaming Li - Associate Professor in department of medical humanities, Capital Medical University. (China)

Carmen Almendros, PhD - Associate Professor in the Biological and Health Psychology Department at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. (Spain)

Juan Fco Godoy García, PhD - Professor in Psychology at University of Granada. (Spain)

Aini Linjakumpu - Lecturer in Politics in the Department of Social Studies at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi and Adjunct Professor at the University of Tampere. (Finland)

Jadwiga Daszykowska, PhD, Hab - Associate Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola. (Poland)

Henri de Cordes – past parliamentary assistant of the Deputy, Antoine Duquesne and author of the report of the inquiry committee of the Belgian House of Representatives on the illegal practices of cults (1996–1997). (Belgium)

Liselotte Frisk - Professor in Religious Studies at Dalarna University. (Sweden)

Kimiaki Nishida - Professor of Social Psychology in the Faculty of Psychology, Rissho University. (Japan)

Masaki Kito, - member of the Legal Team Representing Victims of Aum Shinrikyo, member of the National Network of Lawyers against Spiritual Sales and the Japan Society for Cult Prevention and Recovery (JSCPR), founding partner of LINK LAW OFFICE Kito and Partners in Tokyo. (Japan)

Takashi Yamaguchi, Esq - member of the Tokyo Bar Association and practices law at Link Law Office. He represents victims of cultic groups. (Japan)

Stephen Bruce Mutch PhD, LLB, (UNSW) - Honorary Fellow in the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University, Sydney. (Australia)

For full list of speakers click here http://www.icsahome.com/events/conferenceannual/speakers

The ICSA Annual Conference is being held jointly by The International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) Info-Secte/Info-Cult of Montreal and Hjälpkällan (Help Source - a support organization for people leaving closed religious movements)

Cheers,

The Fellas (Friends of Alcoholics Anonymous)