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Dr. Vamik D. Volkan Papers 1929-2004

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Location of collection:: University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library

Claude Moore Health Sciences Library

University of Virginia Health System

P.O. Box 800722

1350 Jefferson Park Avenue

Charlottesville, Virginia 22908

Contact for questions and access:: POC: Amanda Greenwood

Email: qkv8sr@virginia.edu

Email: jre@virginia.edu

Phone: (434) 924-0052

Phone: (434) 982-0576

Phone: (434) 924-5444

Web: guides.hsl.virginia.edu/historical

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Preferred citation:: Dr. Vamik D. Volkan Papers, MS-39, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, Historical Collections and Services, University of Virginia

Summary

Language:: English
Preferred citation:: Dr. Vamik D. Volkan Papers, MS-39, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, Historical Collections and Services, University of Virginia

Background

Scope and content:

This Collection is divided into his major projects including the Turkish-Greek project, the Estonian project, the Kuwait project, the Georgia project, the Islamic- Western Dialogue, PAKH (Psychotherapeutical Working Group for Persons Affected by the Holocaust) project, the Carter Center project, the Chautauqua project, and CSMHI (Center for the Study of Mind and Human Interaction). The collection also includes his papers, review articles of his books and papers, newspaper articles, correspondence, information about meetings and conferences he attended, and recommendation letters for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Application Form

Letter

Letters

Letters, Reports

Reports

Letter

Photocopy of pamphlet

pamphlet

Meeting Announcement

Newsletter

Letters

Lecture Announcement

Memorandum

Seminar Schedule

Workshop Schedule

Symposium Schedule

report

Lecture Schedules

Lecture Announcement

pamphlet

Letters

Letter

Conference Schedules

Conference Schedule

Lecture Announcement

Lecture Program

Letter

Reports, Conference Schedules

Memo

Meeting Program, Memo, Letters

Letters

Report

Letters, Memoradum, Conference Schedules, Report

Letter, Reports, Memo

Letter, Colloquium Schedules, Reports

Letter

Letter, Workshop Announcement

Letter, Symposium Schedule

Report

Letter

Pamphlet

Seminar Program

Letters

Conference Schedule

Letter

Newsletter Article, Report

Letter

Lecture Announcement

Conference Schedule

Lecture Schedule

Lecture Announcements

Reports, Lecture Schedules

Symposium Program

Letter

Workshop Program

Letter, Reports

Letters, Photocopied Photos

Report

Report, Letter, List of Dialogue Participants

Report

Letters, Reports

Reports, Letters

Report

Reports, Participants List

Letters

Letters, CV of Dr. Grigorios Siomopoulos

Reports, Participants List

Letters

Reports

Report

Letter

Reports, Letters, Memoranda

Reports

Conference Schedule

Reports

Memorandum

Letter

Newsletter

Report

List of Participants

Report

Letter

Reports, Maps, Photos

Reports, Letters, Memoranda

List of Participants

Letter

Report

Reports, List of Participants

Reports

Report

pamphlets

Invitation Card

Letters

Reports

Letter

Report

Memorandum

Letters

Letter

Report

Letter

Report

Letter

Report

Letter

Letters

Letter

Letter, Report

Letter

Letters

Letter

Pictures

Letter

Letter, Newspaper Articles

Letter

Report

Letter

Memorandum

Report

Letter

Letters

Letter

Report

Letter

Report

Letter

News Release

Letter

Report

Letter

Report

Reports

Memorandum

Letter

Report, Letter

Letters

Letter

Report

Letter

Letters

Reports

Letter

Letters

Memorandum

Letter

Report, Letter

Letter

Letters

Minutes

Letter, Memorandum

Letters

Letter, Photocopies of Passports

Letter

Report

Letter

Report

Letter

Report

Letter

Report, Memo

Letter

Letters

Letter

Report

Brochure

Invitation Card

Tourist Book

Report, Letter

Letter

Lecture Schedule

Reports

Letter

Letters

Report

Report, Letter

Letter

Reports

Letter

Letters

Report

Lecture Announcement, Newspaper

Report

Reports, Letters

Lecture Annoucement, Letter

Report

Letter

Letters

Report

Letter

Invitation Letter, Participants List

Report

Letter

Report

Letters

Letter

Letters

Report

Letter

Letter, Report, Purchase Order Forms(Photocopies)

Letter

Newsletter

Letter

Minutes

Letter

Report

Letter

Conference Schedule

Letter

Memorandum

Letter

Letters

Workshop Announcement

Letters

Report

Memorandum, Workshop Announcement

Letter

Letter, Report

Movie Invitation

Letter, Report

Memorandum

Memorandum, Report

Reports

Minutes

Report, Memorandum

Report

Memorandum

Reports, Letters, Memorandum, Newsletter Articles

Letter

Report, Letters, Minutes

Letter

Report

Letters

Report

Memorandum

Minutes

Letter

Letters, Reports

Report

Meeting Report

Report

Photocopies of a book

Report

Resume

Report

NewsLetter

Letter

Lecture Announcement

Letter

Lecture Announcement

News Release

Lecture Announcement

Report

Letter

Letters

Memorandum

Presentation Announcement

Lecture Announcement

Minutes

Report

Minutes

Report

Lecture Announcement

Minutes

Letters

Minutes

Report

Minutes

Report

Letters, Reports

Letters

Letters, Report, Evaluation Forms

Minutes

Letters

Letter, Questionaires

Minutes

Lecture Announcement

Minutes

Report

Application Form, Job Announcement

Minutes

Report

Minutes

Proposal Forms

Reports

Reports, Newsletter Articles

Report

Letter

Report

Letter, Magazine Article

Report

Letter

Report

Letter

Report

Photocopies of Slides

Journal

Letter

Report

Letters, Report, Conference Announcement

Letters

Report

Letter

Minutes, Photocopies of Slides

Report

Letters

Report

Letter, Reports

Minutes, Report, Photocopies of Slides

Memorandum

Reports

Report

Newspaper Article

Report

Newspaper Article

Letters

Participants List

Newpaper Article

Journal Article

Letter

Letters, Reports

Letter, Magazine Article

Letter

Letter, Report

Letter

Lecture Invitation

Report

Lecture Invitation

Letter

Letters

Letter, Newspaper Article

letters, Conference Program

Letter

Letters

Memorandum

Letter

Letter, Report

Report

The movie explores ethnic reconciliation by seeing what happens when a group of American scholars led by Volkan offers $50,000 to any group of Estonians and Russians living in Estonia to work together for a common goal.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Vamik D. Volkan (born 1932 in Cyprus) is an emeritus professor of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia. He is also the Senior Erik Scholar at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, an emeritus training and supervising analyst at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, Washington, D.C., and a past president of both the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) and the Virginia Psychoanalytic Society. In 1987, he founded the Center for the Study of Mind and Human Interaction (CSMHI) at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and directed the Center until 2002. Throughout the 1990s he served as a member of the Carter Center's International Negotiation Network, headed by former President Jimmy Carter. Currently, he is the president of the American College of Psychoanalysts (ACOPSA), (2009-2010).

For 30 years, Dr. Volkan has been dedicated to carrying out projects in various troubled spots in the world, especially in the Middle East and the former Soviet Union including Greece, Turkey, Estonia, Georgia and Kuwait. He endeavored to bring together ethnic groups in conflict for dialogue while developing new psychopolitical theories about large-group behavior in times of peace and war. Currently, Dr. Volkan is involved in the Islamic-Western Dialogue and PAKH project (Psychotherapeutical Working Group for Persons Affected by the Holocaust). Dr. Volkan published more than 50 books and 400 scientific papers and book chapters, and his work has been translated into many languages. Dr. Volkan was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.

Acquisition information:

Dr. Vamik Volkan donated his papers to the University of Virginia Health Sciences Library starting in 2007.

Physical description:

The collection consists of 1650 items in 35 Hollinger boxes, 5"x10.5"x15.5", 14.5 linear feet, of processed materials.

Collection