NIGHT WOLVES MOTORCYCLE CLUB (NWMC) TIMELINE 1983–1989: Informal motorcycle and rock communities appeared during the late Soviet perestroika era. Aleksandr “Surgeon” Zaldostanov emerged as a leader, and in 1989 the collective formally adopted the name Night Wolves (Nochnye Volki). 1991–1995: After the Soviet collapse, the Night Wolves expanded nationally as Russia’s leading biker organization. Early […]| WRSP
Jan Kleiner is an Assistant Professor of Security Studies in the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University. He specializes in cybersecurity, state offensive cyber operations, and cognitive warfare. His research examines how political regimes shape cyber conflict and how emerging technologies — especially artificial intelligence and algorithmic governance — transform societal security. He employs mixed methods, combining statistical modelling and qualit...| WRSP
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RELIGION, GENDER & POWER The Religion, Gender & Power Project examines cases of sexual abuse in new and alternative religious/spiritual movements.This has become an important issue for new religions scholars as the number of cases being reported has grown rapidly in recent years. The rapid increase in reported and documented cases involves more than an […]| WRSP
THE INTERNATIONAL ENNEAGRAM ASSOCIATION TIMELINE 1916: George Gurdjieff taught Enneagram to his followers in Russia. 1922: Gurdjieff moved to France. 1945: Gurdjieff died. 1952: Rodney Collin matched nine points of Enneagram with nine types of humanity. 1967: Óscar Ichazo established a group at Arica, Chile. 1970: Claudio Naranjo learned Enneagram from Ichazo. 1971: Arica School […]| WRSP
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LAWREN HARRIS TIMELINE 1885 (October 23): Lawren Stewart Harris was born in Brantford, Ontario. 1904–1908: Harris studied art in Berlin. 1907: Harris accompanied journalist Norman Duncan in his travels to the Middle East. 1908: Upon his return to Toronto, Harris became friends with writers and artists interested in Theosophy. 1910: Harris married Trixie Phillips. 1913: […]| WRSP
ASARAM BAPU TIMELINE 1941 (April 17): Asumal Sirumalani Harpalani was born in Birani, Sindh Province (currently in Pakistan). 1947: Asumal and his parents moved to Ahmedabad’s Maninagar locality. 1950-1960: Asumal supported himself by doing odd jobs locally. 1956: Asumal married Laxmi Devi; the couple had a son and daughter. 1960s: Asumal moved in a more […]| WRSP
COPTIC ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS TIMELINE 41-61 CE: St. Mark evangelized Alexandria and, according to Coptic tradition, established the See of St. Mark. 180 CE: The Catechetical School of Alexandria became a leading center of Christian learning in the Roman world. ~285 CE: Anthony the Great entered the inner desert to practice seclusion as a monastic hermit. […]| WRSP
Dr. Michael Akladios is a lecturer in Historical Studies at the University of Toronto and the Founder & Executive Director of Egypt Migrations, an archival and educational non-profit organization. He is a historian of Egyptian immigration to North America and the Coptic diaspora. His first book project, Ordinary Copts: Ecumenism, Activism, and Belonging in Cold War […]| WRSP
Richard Wolff is the author of Fight Sports and the Church: Boxing and Martial Arts Ministries in America (North Carolina: McFarland Press, 2021). He is Professor and Chair of Communication and Visual Arts at Valparaiso University in Indiana, and previously served as Professor of Speech, Media Studies and Religious Studies at Dowling College on Long Island, New York. He holds a Ph.D. in Mass Communication from Ohio University, an S.T.M. in Church History from the Lutheran Theological Seminary...| WRSP