RANGELEY — The Wilhelm Reich Infant Trust Summer Conference at Orgonon will be held from Monday, July 13, to Thursday, July 16. The theme of the conference will be “Correcting the False Narratives about Wilhelm Reich: Factual Narratives and Learning Tools for Newer Audiences.”

Conference events include:

Professor and science historian James E. Strick, Ph.D., of Franklin and Marshall College and Wilhelm Reich Infant Trust co-director Kevin Hinchey will present “Creating a Syllabus for College Course on Wilhelm Reich.” They will discuss the creation in 2011 to 2012 of a syllabus for a one-semester college course on the life and work of Wilhelm Reich.

Strick will also present “Teaching a College Course on Wilhelm Reich.” Adapting this basic syllabus to his own style and to standard academic requirements, Strick first taught this course as a science elective at Franklin and Marshall College in the Spring 2013 semester and is now teaching it again in the spring 2015 semester. Strick will discuss the challenges of teaching this course, his interactions with students in the classroom and the students’ written work.

C. Grier Sellers, Ph.D., will lead “American Biologist Helen E. MacDonald and Her Work with Wilhelm Reich.” University California Berkeley-trained biologist Helen E. MacDonald studied with Reich, working as a research associate in his laboratory in the early 1950s. Drawing on archival material, Sellers will discuss MacDonald’s background, her interactions with Reich, the findings and ideas emerging from her research in his laboratory on cancer and on the origin of life and the potential scientific implications of that research.

C. Grier Sellers, Ph.D., is a biologist specializing in studies of protistology and symbiosis. He has conducted experimental research on endosymbiosis and foreign organelle retention in Antarctic protists, and has taught college biology courses in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Strick will present his new book, “Wilhelm Reich, Biologist,” which is published by Harvard University Press. In two morning sessions, Strick will discuss his research for this book, his talks about Reich’s biological research at conferences of the History of Science Society, his submission of his manuscript to Harvard University Press, the solicitation of feedback from science historians to this manuscript and the subsequent publication of this book.

Participants will have a private tour of the Wilhelm Reich Museum and the property at Orgonon.

Kevin Hinchey will discuss the background and give an update on the Reich documentary film project. In two morning sessions, film professor Hinchey, the writer/director of this film, will discuss research and writing of the film storyline, early unsuccessful efforts to solicit funding for this film, the successful online Kickstarter crowdsourcing campaign in 2014 that raised money for first phase of production, the current production of this documentary film and proposed uses for this film when it’s completed.

Participants may explore the Rangeley Lakes Region during a free afternoon Wednesday.

Dorothy Burlage, Ph.D., will present “Wilhelm Reich’s Clinical Research, Treatment and Insights about Infants, Children and Adolescents” Thursday morning. This lecture will cover the significant contributions made by Reich, emphasizing those that were original and unique. Subsequent research that validates his findings will also be noted.

The presentation will include photos and videos of children. Burlage is a clinical psychologist who received her doctorate from Harvard University and was trained at Children’s Hospital. She lectures, conducts research and consults, and sees children and families for orgonomic psychotherapy. She is a member of the Institute for Orgonomic Science.

Hinchey will present “The True Story of a Government-Ordered Book Burning in America.” Hinchey will discuss the background and actual presentation of a public talk first given by trust co-director Kevin Hinchey at a New Jersey public library on Sept. 24, 2011, on the occasion of the American Library Associations annual Banned Books Week, and subsequently given at other libraries, classrooms and community centers. This has been a public talk for libraries, classrooms, community centers and conferences.

Mary Higgins and Hinchey, co-directors of the trust, will lead “The Role of the Wilhelm Reich Infant Trust in Preserving and Promoting Factual Narratives: Publishing, Archives, Museum, Films.” They will discuss the historic and current role of the trust in bringing factually accurate information and narratives about Wilhelm Reich to newer, wider audiences.

The registration fee is $250. For full-time students with documentation the cost is $185. Fee includes tuition, information packet, daily homemade breakfast and refreshments.

Accommodations are available in and around Rangeley.

FMI: 207-864-3443, [email protected].

Accommodations: 1-800-685-2537, http://www.rangeleymaine.com/where-to-stay.