Title: A Return to Freud? New Histories of Psychoanalysis
Co-organized by Hannah Zeavin (History, Berkeley Center for New Media) and Ramsey McGlazer (Comparative Literature, Italian Studies, Critical Theory)
Full program forthcoming.
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 two-day symposium, hosted by the University of California, Berkeley and The Psychosocial Foundation, 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.
Confirmed speakers include:
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.
Sponsors:
Berkeley Center for New Media
Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society
Critical Times
Department of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies
Department of Comparative Literature
Department of English
Department of Film and Media
Department of German
Department of History
Department of Italian Studies
Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
Department of Rhetoric
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Flourish Trust/Psychedelics in Society and Culture
The Institute of European Studies
The Irving Stone Chair in Literature
The Program in Critical Theory
The Psychosocial Foundation
The Social Sciences Division
Townsend Center for the Humanities