IACCP and ORPC Editor Wolfgang Friedlmeier are pleased to announce the launching of a new website for the Online Readings in Psychology and Culture. The site is at a new URL: http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/orpc The site is now hosted on the Grand Valley State University website using technology supplied by the University of California’s BePress system. The switch…

The programme for ARTS 2012 is now finalised, and the Announcement and Call for Participation is about to be launched. Three seminars will be offered in South Africa. Seminar 1: Coping with the Strains of Globalization: Culturally Appropriate Methods for Research on Health and Wellbeing (Convenors: Sonia Suchday and Oscar Barbarin) Seminar 2: Analyses of…

The scientific program is posted on the web: www.iaccp2011.org.   (click on the ‚ÄòScientific Program‚Äô from the main menu).

Among the applied goals of cross-cultural psychology is the promotion of effective psychological and behavioral functioning in cultural, multicultural, and transcultural contexts. We therefore are pleased to issue this call for papers that will be considered for inclusion in a special issue with the tentative title, Cross-Cultural  Competence.  We encourage the submission of manuscripts that…

The membership approved the new IACCP Constitution in a referendum held in February and March 2011. The vote was 121 in favor with 6 abstentions.  The new Constitution provides for improved administrative processes, governance of JCCP and new IACCP publications such as Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, and Special Interest Groups. The Constitution is…

The PhD Regional Summer School is a new program sponsored by the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) to provide specialized training by experts, often from nations beyond participants‚Äô own nationalities. In addition to its educational benefits, the programme is designed to facilitate cross-cultural contact and understanding among future academic leaders and to broaden their…

I would like to complete my archive of Bulletins (Newsletters), then digitize the entire collection for posterity.  I’m missing some issues from the 1990s, 1980s and 1970s.  If you have any of these issues, I would very much like to have them or borrow them for scanning. 1967 (no vol) #2, 3, 51972 (6) #1,…

The 2011 Caribbean Regional Conference of Psychology is being hosted by the Bahamas Psychological Association (BPA), under the auspices of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS), with the collaboration of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) and the International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology (IACCP). CRCP 2011 is being organized to promote the…

NEW Abstract Submission Deadline:   February 4, 2011 Submission Categories include paper, poster and symposium. You are also encouraged to submit in the following categories: Round-table discussion: Consist of papers around a theme that will draw a focused audience. Authors will make very short presentations (5 minutes) and open the floor for interactive discussions. Teachers’ panel: Panel participants…

Center for Culture, Mind, and the BrainUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan July 18-29, 2011 http://culturalneuroscience.isr.umich.edu/home.htm Co-Directors:  Shinobu Kitayama (kitayama@umich.edu)Carolyn Yoon (yoonc@umich.edu) Application Deadline:  March 15, 2011 We invite you to apply to attend the second annual Summer Institute in Cultural Neuroscience at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. SICN is a two-week program that…