UPCOMING EVENTS

A Return to Freud? New Histories of Psychoanalysis

March 20-22, UC Berkeley.

Note: This event is in-person only and registration is required.

Co-organized by Hannah Zeavin & Ramsey McGlazer

Full program forthcoming

Space is limited. Please only register if you intend to come. Free for all to attend.

Register here.

Location: Maude Fife Room, Wheeler Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California

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What might the study of psychoanalysis in and for the twenty-first century look like? In our symposium, we will aim to answer this question. Gathering on the centennial of the publication of Freud’s own “autobiographical” study, forty scholars, artists, and clinicians will take up the idea of a “return to Freud” by addressing psychoanalysis now—and taking its legacies seriously.

This three-day symposium brings together a diverse, interdisciplinary body of scholars engaged in the project of renewing psychoanalysis for the twenty-first century, drawing on its neglected twentieth-century archives.

Because this return to Freud is not merely an academic concern, we invite members of the public to join us, and to engage with academics, clinicians, and artists who have made Freud central to their work. To that end, the conference will feature panels, roundtables, public-facing conversations, and an evening film program. The event will culminate in a day of closed-door discussion for our speakers on issues facing the field, past and present. 

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Confirmed speakers include:

Gavin Arnall, Noor Asif, Howard Chiang, Elizabeth Ann Danto, Kevin Duong, Patricia Gherovici, Patricia Ekpo, Matt ffytche, Daniel José Gaztambide, Francisco González, Ben Kafka, Jean Khalfa, Samiha Khalil, Carolyn Laubender, Karima Lazali, Elizabeth Lunbeck, George Makari, Joana Masó, Ramsey McGlazer, Perwana Nazif, Danny Nobus, Stefania Pandolfo, Candela Potente, Mariano Ben Plotkin, Hannah Proctor, Michelle Rada, Laila Riazi, Camille Robcis, Jonathan Sadowsky, Poulomi Saha, Jared Sexton, Omnia El Shakry, Nica Siegel, Akshi Singh, M. Ty, Elizabeth Wilson, Amy Wong, & Hannah Zeavin.

Hosted by the University of California, Berkeley and the Psychosocial Foundation. Made possible by generous support from the Berkeley Center for New Media; the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry; the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; the Center for Middle Eastern Studies; the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society; the Departments of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies, Comparative Literature, English, Film and Media, German, History, Italian Studies, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, Rhetoric, and Spanish and Portuguese; the Program in Critical Theory; the Social Sciences Division; and the Townsend Center for the Humanities at UC Berkeley.