Carlos S. Alvarado, PhD, Research Fellow, Parapsychology Foundation
I recently mentioned in a recent blog the forthcoming ParaMOOC 2017. As I said, this is a series of high level free online lectures on various aspects of parapsychology that will start on January 16th with live sessions through February 24th, and last-Sunday-of-the-month discussion forums until August 31st. Each presentation is illustrated with slides and given by guest lecturers. Eventually all the presentations will be available on YouTube.
The project is organized by Drs. Nancy L. Zingrone and Carlos S. Alvarado, and it is supported by the Parapsychology Foundation.
Like previous ParaMOOCs, lecturers come from various countries. This year we have participants from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, England, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States.
To enroll and for additional information click here. See also our YouTube announcement here.
Here is the full program (all presentations will be real time at 2:00pm Eastern time):
January 23: Ed Kelly (PhD, US)
From Physicalism to Idealism: My Engagement with the Paranormal
Ed Kelly
January 25: Gerhard Mayer (PhD, Germany)
The Specific Conditions of Parapsychological Research
Gerhard Mayer
January 31: Ohkado Masayuki (PhD, Japan)
Children’s Prenatal and Perinatal Memories
Ohkado Masayuki
February 3: Christopher Laursen (PhD, Canada)
Parapsychology and the Poltergeist
Christopher Laursen
February 4: Alexander Sech Junior (PhD, Brazil)
Some Historical Aspects of 19th Century Studies of Psychic Phenomena
Alexandre Sech Junior
February 5: Everton de Oliveira Maraldi (PhD, Brazil)
The Concept of Creative Dissociation: Contributions to the Study of Artístic Mediumship
Everton de Oliveira Maraldi
February 10: Jack Hunter (PhD Candidate, England)
Between Realness and Unrealness: Anthropology, Parapsychology and the Ontology of Non-Ordinary Realities
Jack Hunter
February 11: Daryl Bem (PhD, US)
Feeling the Future: Laboratory Experiments on Precognition
Daryl Bem
February 14: Julia Mossbridge (PhD, US)
Predicting the Unpredictable: Evidence and Working Model
Julia Mossbridge
February 15: Christine Simmonds-Moore (PhD, US)
Synesthesia and Psi
Christine Simmonds-Moore
February 16: Peter Bancel (PhD, France)
Why the Global Consciousness Project Does Not Measure Global Consciousness
Peter Bancel
February 18: Alejandro Parra (PhD, Argentina)
Learning to Read the Soul of Things”:
An Up-to-Date State of the Art Review of the Token-Object Effect and Psi
Alejandro Parra
February 21: Charmaine Sonnex (PhD candidate, England)
A Review of Non-Contact Healing: Trials and Tribulations
Charmaine Sonnex
February 22: Fabio da Silva (PhD, Brazil)
Could the Presentiment Studies be Useful for Psi Training Groups Research?
Fabio da Silva
February 23: Etzel Cardeña (PhD, Sweden)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Personal Reflections About Parapsychology
Etzel Cardeña
For more information on the course you can watch our YouTube announcement here. And to sign up for the course itself click here.
