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MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS

May

13: "Taking charge: responding to abuse and neglect," Chicago, is sponsored by the Coalition on Disability and Abuse: Advocacy and Empowerment Project. This workshop focuses on advocacy and empowerment strategies to respond to and overcome situations involving the abuse and neglect of people with disabilities. The training is designed for persons with disabilities, family members and advocates. Contact: Michael Wonderlich, (312) 413-9672, TTY: (312) 413-0453.

15: "The refugee experience: trauma, integration, and transformation," New York, is presented by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, New York Chapter. This conference will feature keynote speakers Richard F. Mollica, MD, and James Garbarino, PhD. Contact: Anie Kalayjian, (201) 941-2266 or Sanja Rolovic (212) 439-8149, e-mail: istssny99@aol.com.

21-22: "Applied personality psychology: the intersection of personality and I/O psychology," Tulsa, Okla., APA and the University of Tulsa are co-sponsoring this event to bring together researchers from the fields of personality and I/O psychology. This conference is funded in part by the APA Science Directorate Scientific Conference Program. Contact: Abby Hallford, University of Tulsa, 600 S. College Ave., Tulsa, OK 74104-3189, (918) 631-2248, e-mail: abby-hallford@utulsa.edu.

June

3-4: "Imagine a brighter future: solutions for children in crisis," Los Angeles, is a national forum sponsored by Children's Institute International (CII). CII's objectives for this unique forum are to improve professional practice and help shape public policy and opinion to ensure better outcomes for children. Contact: Linda Young, (310) 274-8787, web site: www.childrensinstitute.org.

9-12: 1999 Clifford Beers National Mental Health Conference and 90th Anniversary Celebration, Washington. Contact: Diana Looney, (703) 838-7504.

11-12: "Festschrift for Robert G. Crowder," New Haven, Conn., will honor Crowder, professor of psychology at Yale University, who has had an enormous impact on the field of memory research. The conference is funded in part by the APA Science Directorate Scientific Conference Program Contact: Ian Neath, e-mail: neath@psych.purdue.edu, web site: www.psych.purdue.edu/~neath/crowder.

11-12: "Festschrift Conference in honor of Herschel W. Liebowitz, PhD," University Park, Penn., will celebrate the career of Liebowitz, who has taken a unique "symbiotic" approach to theoretical and applied research in psychology. The conference is funded in part by the APA Science Directorate Scientific Conference Program. Contact: Jeffrey Andre, PhD, Department of Psychology, Texas Tech University, Box 42051, Lubbock, TX 79409-2051, e-mail: jandre@ttu.edu, web site: www.ttu.edu/~psy/faculty/Andre/Index.html.

11-13: 41st annual scientific meeting of the American Association for the Study of Headache (AASH), Boston. Contact: AASH Headquarters, Attn: annual meeting registration, 19 Mantua Rd., Mt. Royal, NJ 08061-3172, (609) 423-0043, fax: (609) 423-0082, e-mail: mailto:aashhq@talley.com, web site: www.aash.org.

21-23: "The faces of aging," Lexington, Ky., is the 16th annual summer series on aging sponsored by the University of Kentucky. Contact: Mattie Umscheid, (606) 257-8301, e-mail: mumsch@pop.uky.edu, web site: www.uky.edu/MedicalCenter/SandersBrown/coa/summerseries.html.

26-30: Animal Behavior Society (ABS) meeting, Lewisburg, Penn. Contact: ABS 1999 Office c/o Michael E. Pereira, Department of Biology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, web site: www.cisab.indiana.edu/ABS.

27-30: "Life pathways: women healing, thriving and celebrating," Los Angeles, is a national conference on women. Contact: women@courtesy.assoc.com.

29-Jul 3: 11th annual conference of the International Society for Humor Studies, Oakland, Calif. Contact: Martin D. Lampert, 3500 Mountain Blvd., Oakland, CA 94619-1699, e-mail: humor99@academ.hnc.edu, web site: www.hnc.edu/events/humor99.

July

8-11: Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC), Boulder, Colo. Contact: Charles P. Thompson, 1100 Mid-Campus Drive, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5606, (785) 532-5401, (785) 537-0685, fax: (785) 532-5401, e-mail: chuckt@ksu.edu.

18-21: "Diversity in caregiving: exploring possibilities," Long Beach, Calif., is the 8th national Alzheimer's disease education conference sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association. Contact: Diane Stultz, (312) 335-5790, e-mail: diane.stultz@alz.org.

21-23: "Role of families in preventing and adapting to HIV/AIDS," Philadelphia, sponsored by the Center for Urban Health Research. Contact: Loretta Sweet Jemmott, PhD, (215) 898-6373.

22-24: "Summer seminars by the sea," San Diego, is a continuing education program focusing on child maltreatment sponsored by the Center for Child Protection, Children's HospitalSan Diego. Contact: Robbie Webb, 3020 Children's Way/MC 5016, San Diego, CA 92123-4282, fax: (619) 974-8018, e-mail:rwebb@chsd.org.

25-Aug 20: The Summer Institute in Political Psychology (SIPP), Columbus, Ohio, co-sponsored by the International Society of Political Psychology, the Merchon Center, and the departments of political science and psychology at Ohio State University. SIPP is a four-week intensive training program that introduces graduate students, faculty members and professionals to the world of political psychology. Contact: Andrea Grove, 2140 Derby Hall, 154 N. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, (614) 292-4967, e-mail: grove.27@osu.edu.

August

15-19: 57th annual convention of the International Council of Psychologists, Salem, Mass. Contact: Joan Chrisler, Deparment of Psychology, Connecticut College, New London, CT 06320, Fax: (860) 439-5300, e-mail: jcchr@conncoll.edu.

20-24: 107th annual convention of the American Psychological Association (APA), Boston. Contact: APA Convention Office, (202) 336-6020, 750 First St., NE, Washington, DC 20002, www.apa.org.

25-29: 5th European conference on psychological assessment, Patras, Greece, Contact: Demetrios Alexopoulos, Section of Psychology, Department of Education, University of Patras 265 00, Patras, Greece, 30-61-997772, fax: 30-61-997740, e-mail: dalexopl@upatras.gr.

26-29: "Imagination and the adapted mind: the prehistory and future of poetry, fiction and related arts," University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), will explore the nature and functions of the imagination from a cross-disciplinary perspective. It is sponsored in part by the APA Science Directorate Scientific Conference Program. Contact: Paul Hernandi, Dept. of English, (805) 893-3441, e-mail: Hernandip@humanitas.ucsb.edu.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Gaza Community Mental Health Programme invites researchers, academics and professionals to submit abstracts of papers for presentation at the 4th international conference "Women in Palestine," Nov. 2123. Themes will include: gender and development; women and health, education, environment and culture; Palestinian law and women; women and labor; the role of women in the developing community; women in the political struggle; women and human rights; and women in Islam. The deadline for submission is July 1. Contact: Husam El-Nounou, Gaza Community Health Programme, P.O. Box 1049, Gaza City, Palestine, 972-7-2865949, 2824073, 2825700, fax: 972-7-2824072, web site: www.gcmhp.net.

The Contemporary Justice Review is soliciting papers for a special issue entitled, "Beyond issues of law, crime, and punishment: the requirements of just community." Papers may be theoretical in nature. Deadline for submission is July 15. Contact: Dennis Sullivan, The Contemporary Justice Review, 14 Vorheesville Ave., P.O. Box 262, Vorheesville, NY 12186

PROGRAMS

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) has three new types of grants for young investigators interested in suicide research. AFSP offers research grants of up to $30,000 per year for two years. The foundation also offers pilot grants of $10,000 a year for no more than two years to help young investigators develop preliminary data for the submission of larger funding requests, and postdoctoral research grants of $22,000 to enable young psychologists to qualify for independent careers in suicide research. Contact: AFSP, 120 Wall St., 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10005, (888) 333-2377.

--Compiled by Lahne Mattas-Curry

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