Seminar: Who are we now? Societal/Political aspects of large-group identity

A seminar/discussion based on Professor Volkan's work on the part large-group identity plays in societal conflicts across national, ethnic and religious boundaries.

Vamık D. Volkan, M.D., DFLAPA, FACPsa, is a Turkish Cypriot born American psychiatrist, internationally known for his 40 years’ work bringing together conflictual groups for dialogue and mutual understanding. Among his many other honours, he is the president emeritus of International Dialogue Initiative (IDI). Volkan's research focuses on the application of psychoanalytic thinking between countries and cultures, individual and societal mourning, transgenerational transmissions of trauma and the therapeutic approach to primitive mental states.