Event Description
What might the study of psychoanalysis in and for the twenty-first century look like? This symposium attempted to answer this question. Gathering on the centennial of the publication of Freud’s own “autobiographical” study, forty scholars, artists, and clinicians took up the idea of a “return to Freud” by addressing psychoanalysis now—and taking its legacies seriously.
This two-day symposium, hosted by the University of California, Berkeley, and The Psychosocial Foundation, brought 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, members of the public were invited to join and engage with academics, clinicians, and artists who have made Freud central to their work. To that end, the conference featured panels, roundtables, public-facing conversations, and an evening film program.
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Speakers
Gavin Arnall, Noor Asif, Howard Chiang, Elizabeth Ann Danto, Kevin Duong, Patricia Gherovici, Patricia Ekpo, Matt ffytche, Francisco González, Ben Kafka, Jean Khalfa, Samiha Khalil, Carolyn Laubender, Elizabeth Lunbeck, George Makari, Joana Masó, Ramsey McGlazer, Perwana Nazif, Stefania Pandolfo, Mariano Ben Plotkin, Candela Potente, Hannah Proctor, Michelle Rada, Laila Riazi, Jonathan Sadowsky, Poulomi Saha, Lily Scherlis, Jared Sexton, Omnia El Shakry, Nica Siegel, Akshi Singh, M. Ty, Tobias Warner, Elizabeth Wilson, Mitchell Wilson, Amy Wong, & Hannah Zeavin.
Co-sponsorship
Presented in collaboration with the Psychosocial Foundation, the Program in Critical Theory, and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.