Conference on Psychoanalytic Work in Adverse Conditions

The College of Psychoanalysts - UK and Academy of Psychoanalysis 2020 International Conference on Psychoanalytic Work in Adverse Conditions will be held on 7 November 2020 on Zoom.

We will have speakers from Brazil speaking about working with marginalised social movements, from India on the specific problems faced for psychoanalysis under the Hindutva regime, and from Ireland about the very different conditions faced by a psychoanalytic community with a long and radical history, and speakers on impact of Coronavirus in relation to colonialism, racism and other dimensions of oppression. We will be joined by colleagues from other parts of the world reflecting on innovative practice in conditions that demand of psychoanalysts and analysands that they take into account the cultural-political context of their work.

There will be two sessions, on Psychoanalysis in Different Contexts (10.00-11.15) and Psychoanalysis and Coronavirus (11.45-13.00). The conference will be followed by a book launch in the lunch break (13.10-13.50) and then the Annual General Meeting of the College (14.00-15.00), to which all members of the College are invited.

Register for the College of Psychoanalysts – UK Conference on 7 November 2020 is at Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/psychoanalytic-work-in-adverse-conditions-tickets-99745808398 to be sent the Zoom link for the conference.

09.45 on Zoom – Conference assembles

10.00-11.15: Session 1 on ‘Psychoanalysis in Different Contexts’ chaired by Vera Warchavchik, with guest speakers Paulo Beer, Coordinator of the Centre of Studies and Therapeutic Practices (Núcleo de Estudos e Trabalhos Terapêuticos - NETT), Universidade de São Paulo, who will speak on ‘"Normal" conditions, difficult psychoanalysis: working with marginalised social movements in Brazil’; Sabah Siddiqui, Assistant Professor at FLAME University in India who will speak on ‘The New Normal: from deprivation to dispossession in India’; and Carol Owens, Association for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Ireland (APPI) who will speak on ‘“Normal People”: how a TV show rocked the Irish pandemic’.

11.15-11.45: break

11.45-13.00: Session 2 on ‘Psychoanalysis and Coronavirus’ chaired by Ian Parker, with guest speakers Anthea Benjamin, Group Analyst in London, Susie Orbach, psychoanalyst in London, and David Pavón Cuéllar, psychoanalytic researcher in Morelia, Mexico with a plenary discussion.

13.00-13.10: break

13.10-13.50: Book launch and discussion for Berjanet Jazani’s new book Lacanian Psychoanalysis from Clinic to Culture (Routledge, 2020), book link: https://www.routledge.com/Lacanian-Psychoanalysis-from-Clinic-to-Culture/Jazani/p/book/9780367330927

13.50-14.00

14.00-15.00: Annual General Meeting and Emergency General Meeting of the College of Psychoanalysts, open to members of the College of Psychoanalysts and Academy of Psychoanalysis. (Agenda and papers will be sent out before the meeting).

For details on how to make a donation and for updates on the conference arrangements see the College website www.psychoanalysis-cpuk.org or contact collegeofpsychoanalystsuk@gmail.com