CSMHI presents
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The Second Annual Volkan Lecture
to be given by
Henri Parens, M.D.
on
October 23rd, 2004
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
at the
University of Virginia's
Minor Hall, Room 125
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Vamik Volkan, M.D.
Renewal of Life - Healing from The Holocaust
May 10, 1940, the German army attacked and invaded Belgium. I was 11. In Bruxelles, alarmed Jews - and others - fled to safety in France. Safety there soon turned into concentration camps. Encouraged by my mother, I escaped and found temporary asylum in a Home for Children - war orphans and refugees. Then, coming to America with 49 other refugee children, to permanent asylum, to start the work of recovery from psychic injury and losses, to start life anew.
Healing from the Holocaust is a life-long process, a process facilitated by healing others, and by studying aggression: what it is and how it develops in early childhood, what developmental and experiential factors make us prejudiced, and what we can do toward preventing, or at least toward mitigating, the development in ourselves and our children of malignant prejudice - working toward preventing holocausts.
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| Henri Parens, M.D.: Professor of Psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College; training and supervising psychoanalyst at the Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute; clinical and research psychoanalyst of adults and children. Dr. Parens is the author of over 140 scientific and lay publications as well as the CBS television series, Parenting: Love and Much More. He has received 13 honors and awards including the Miriam Brown World of the Child Award, the Philadelphia Psychiatric Association's Life Time Achievement Award, and in 2004 the Dean's Citation for Significant Contributions to the Advancement of Education at Jefferson Medical College. Dr. Parens' principal research and prevention efforts have been in the fields of the development of aggression in early childhood, the prevention of violence and prejudice, and the prevention of experience-derived emotional disorders. Among his 12 published books are Renewal of Life-Healing from The Holocaust (2004) and Parenting for Emotional Growth (1997). |
This lecture is free and open to the public on a first come, first served basis.
Although it is one of several presentations that comprise CSMHI's
two-day seminar on trauma, it is not required that lecture attendees also
register for and attend the seminar.
We need your help!
Please join us in honoring Dr. Vamik Volkan and his extraordinary career by making a tax-deductible donation to the Volkan Lecture Endowment Fund.
Checks should mention "CSMHI" in the memo field, be made payable to "UVA Medical School Foundation" and be mailed to:
UVA Medical School Foundation
1111 West Main St.
Charlottesville, VA 22903
We thank you for your valuable contribution and interest in CSMHI.
Please feel free to contact us at 434-982-1045 or via email at mind@virginia.edu
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