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The Handbook of Cross-Cultural Psychology (2nd edition) is now online at Google Books. This edition was published in 1997 and had been out of print for a while. As a service to the scientific community, the editors have arranged to make it available online. Google Books provides full text search, which means that you can…

South-East European Regional Conference of Psychology 2009 (SEERCP2009), Sofia, Bulgaria SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY 2009 Southeastern Europe Looking Ahead: Paradigms, Schools, Needs and Achievements of Psychology in the SEE Region (SEERCP2009), Sofia, Bulgaria Update (February 2009) The South-East European Regional Conference of Psychology (SEERCP2009) is scheduled to be held in Sofia from 30…

  The website for the 2012 Stellenbosch, South Africa biennial Congress is now live. See www.iaccp2012southafrica.co.za

Marshall Segall was names as an Honorary Fellow of IACCP at the 2010 Melbourne, Australia Congress.  Marshall was not able to travel to Australian to accept his honor. The text of his citation follows: — Marshall Howard Segall is a pioneer in the study of the relationship between culture and behavior.  As a student at…

The first editiorial board of the Online Readings in Psychology and Culture eBook has been named.  The new editor is Wolfgang Friedlmeier of Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA.  The Board includes: Michael Bender, Tilburg University, The NetherlandsChuck Hill, Whittier College, California, USAWalter Lonner (emeritus), Western Washington University, Bellingham, USAEmiko Kashima, La Trobe University, Melbourne,…

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…

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…

Colleen wins Public Contribution Award; Ron wins Otto Klineberg Award Colleen Ward was presented with the Public Contribution Award by Victoria University of Wellington as “a result of her connection with many people and groups throughout academia, government, and the community”.   See:http://issues.co.nz/diversityissues/Blog/An+award+that+gets+at+the+heart+of+CACR Ron Fischer and Katja Hanke were given the 2010 Otto Klineberg Award by the Society…

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…

Academy of Management conference, Chicago, August 11, 2009 Harry Triandis will receive the Eminent Scholar in International Management Award from the Academy of Managment in Chicago on August 11, 2009.  He will deliver an address on culture and psychology, and self-deception across cultures, for which Kwok Leung and Chris Earley will be the discussants.