APRU Invited Speaker Series

The Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths, University of London has announced their complete program for the Invited Speaker Series 2007/2008. All talks are free and open to the public. Previous lectures are now available online.

AUTUMN TERM

16 Oct
Dr. Brian Hughes
School of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway
Making Sense of Miracle Cures: How Psychology Makes Alternative Medicine ‘Work’

23 Oct Professor Richard Wiseman
Psychology Department, University of Hertfordshire
Parapsychology: Predicting the Future

13 Nov Dr. Michael Heap
Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, and Chairman of the Association for Skeptical Enquiry (ASKE)
The Need to be Authentic and its Influence on Behaviour, Attitudes and Beliefs

27 Nov Dr. Peter Fenwick
Honorary Senior Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College
Deathbed visions, coincidences, and intriguing tales of grandfather’s
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4 Dec Gordon Smith
Psychic and Writer
The View from the Other Side


SPRING TERM

22 Jan Dr. Mark Blagrove
Department of Psychology, University of Swansea
Personality and Lucid Dreaming

29 Jan Dr. Christine Mohr
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol
Magical Beliefs and the Two Cerebral Hemispheres

19 Feb Dr. Matthew Smith
Department of Psychology, Liverpool Hope University
Chance, Luck and Destiny: A Psychological Perspective

11 Mar Dr. Ciarán O’Keeffe
Research Associate, Université de Paris 8, Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale
The Truth About Mediums

18 Mar Dr. Dorothy Rowe
Clinical Psychologist and Writer
Why is that Important to You?

Seminars are held on Tuesdays at 4:10pm in Room 308, Richard Hoggart Building, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW. For further information, visit http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/apru/speakers.php.

Perrot-Warrick Public Debate: Does Telepathy Happen?

Chaired by Prof Simon Blackburn, Dr Rupert Sheldrake (Perrott-Warrick Scholar) and Prof Chris French (Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London) will debate 'Does telepathy happen?'. The event will take place in the Old Combination Room, Trinity College, Cambridge at 17:30 on Wednesday 29th November 2006. This is a free event and all are welcome - no pre-booking is required.

Visit the SPR's Lecture Programme page for more details.

Lecture Announcement from the Parapsychology Foundation

Sylvia Hart Wright to Give a PF Perspectives Lecture
at Baruch College in New York City
on November 16th

Thursday, November 16th, 2006 in New York City
On Thursday evening, November 16th, 2006, at the Newman Center of Baruch College in New York City, noted author of When Spirits Come Calling (Blue Dolphin, 2002), Professor Sylvia Hart Wright will deliver a PF Perspectives Lecture called "Family Influences on Psychic Awareness." It has always been thought that some people are much more psychic than others, and that psychic awareness often runs in families. But more than heredity may be at work. Now mounting evidence suggests that certain kinds of experiences during the first ten to twelve years of life may greatly intensify psychic abilities. Stress, in childhood, among other influences, appears to play a pivotal role. In her talk, Professor Wright will draw on data she’s collected in interviews with over 100 psychics as well as on data collected for a wide range of medical and scientific studies.

The lecture will be offered from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in Room H763 in the Baruch College Newman Conference Center at 151 East 25th Street in New York City. PF staff will be ready for check-in at 6:30 p.m. The donation at the door is $15.00 ($13.00 for Club Members). Space in the room is very limited, reservations are required. Call 212-628-1550 or email office@parapsychology.org to reserve.

Rhine Research Center Lecture Announcement

Physical Phenomena Surrounding Crises and Death

Sally Rhine Feather, Ph.D.
RRC Executive Director

Jacqueline Jordan, M.A.
Certified Grief Counselor


Unexplained physical phenomena that suggest some type of psi operation whether from the living or the deceased have been reported throughout history and from all cultures, and yet have been largely ignored by conventional science.

Sally Feather will report on a broad category of "spontaneous psychokinesis" reported by ordinary people at times of stress, crisis or death, while Jackie will offer anecdotal "shards" and theoretical perspectives of the "thanatokinesis" phenomenon as evidence of post-mortem survival of consciousness.

With a doctorate in clinical psychology and many years of work in parapsychology, Sally has in recent years been collecting and studying psi reports, first for a book on ESP experiences, and now for an in-depth look at those who experience unexplained physical or PK effects. She is continuing the case collection initiated by her mother Louisa E Rhine in the 1940's that is now the largest of its kind in the world.

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A 1996 graduate of the Rhine Summer Study Program, Jacqueline approaches this topic from her own personal experience with the phenomenon, as well as from her doctoral research at Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center. She holds a M.A. in Consciousness from John F. Kennedy University, as well as a Certificate in Grief Therapy.

When: Friday, October 20th, 2006 at 7:30 pm
Where: The Stedman Auditorium on the Duke Center for Living Campus.
Registration Fee: $20 - $15 Students, Seniors & Members
To Register: Call 919-309-4600, ext. 201 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, or register online.