October 2022
DESIRE, FANTASY AND THE REAL IN LACANIAN THEORY & PRACTICE
The School of Public Engagement hosts Dr. Peter Jansson in conversation with Das Unbehagen’s Patrick Scanlon on 'The Concept of Desire, Fantasy and the Real in Lacanian Theory and Practice.” In this lecture, Peter Jansson, a Freudian/Lacanian psychoanalyst from Gothenburg, Sweden, will address the concepts of desire, fantasy, and the real in Lacan's theory formation. Through his view of the dynamics and structure of desire, Lacan establishes that the object of psychoanalysis is not what man has, but what he…
Find out more »July 2020
DU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, PSYCHOANALYSIS TO COME: COMMUNITY AND CULTURE
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS PSYCHOANALYSIS TO COME: COMMUNITY & CULTURE A DAS UNBEHAGEN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE COPENHAGEN, JULY 24-26, 2020 We are welcoming paper and panel submissions for an international conference on the future of psychoanalytic community | psychoanalysis and culture to be held in Copenhagen, July 24-26, 2020. We intend this three-day conference to be a space for those of us committed to psychoanalysis to think through the future of psychoanalytic community, the possibility of an international psychoanalytic network “without borders”…
Find out more »November 2019
ON TRUTH AND LIES IN A PSYCHOANALYTIC SENSE: Seminar on Lacan’s “Science and Truth” and Freud’s “Constructions in Analysis”
ON TRUTH AND LIES IN A PSYCHOANALYTIC SENSE Seminar on Lacan's "Science and Truth" and Freud's "Constructions in Analysis" 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Panel discussion with: Marcus Coelen (psychoanalyst / Columbia University) Patricia Gherovici (psychoanalyst / author, Transgender Psychoanalysis) Evan Malater (psychoanalyst) Celeste Pietrusza (post-doctoral clinical psychologist / Greene Clinic) Jamieson Webster (psychoanalyst / author, Conversion Disorder / The New School) 8:15 - 9:00 p.m. Commentary and discussion Jelica Šumič Riha (philosopher / political theorist / translator) For seminar texts, email: celeste.pietrusza@gmail.com
Find out more »June 2019
ADRIAN R. PRICE, AN ARTIFICIAL TONGUE WITH A NATURAL CURL: ON LACAN’S LAST MAJOR WRITTEN PIECE, ‘JOYCE LE SYMPTÔME’
AN ARTIFICIAL TONGUE WITH A NATURAL CURL: ON LACAN'S LAST MAJOR WRITTEN PIECE, ‘JOYCE LE SYMPTÔME’ Adrian R. Price, Psychoanalyst and translator of Lacan's Seminars IV, X, XIX & XXIII The text first published in 1979 under the title ‘Joyce le Symptôme’ in the Acts of the 1975 Joyce Symposium in Paris is neither a transcript nor a redaction of the lecture delivered by Jacques Lacan under the same title at the symposium on 16 June 1975. Given the few…
Find out more »RENDERING UNCONSCIOUS BOOK LAUNCH PARTY
We invite you to join us in celebrating the launch of Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry, edited by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair! There will be wine, socializing, and readings by contributors to the book. Aeon Books will have copies there available for sale. Saturday, June 15th at 7pm. We look forward to seeing you there! Future orders of Rendering Unconscious are available from the publisher, Trapart Books. Here's what they have to say: "In times of crisis, one needs to stop and ask, 'How did we get here?' Our…
Find out more »DU GENERAL MEETING AND SUMMER PARTY
Bring your thoughts, wishes, and desires to the dU general meeting and summer party! Everyone is welcome! If you haven't been to one of these meetings before, all the more reason to come. There will be drinking and...
Find out more »April 2019
MINI-COURSE: THE STUTTER IN PSYCHOANALYSIS, WITH MICHAEL G. LEVINE
The Stutter in Psychoanalysis March 11, April 1, April 22, May 6, 7:30pm 19 University Place, The Great Room (3/11, 4/22, 5/6), Room 222 2nd Floor (4/1) Space is limited--to register email elieber14@gmail.com This 4-session mini-course will focus on Derrida’s Archive Fever with special attention to its stammeringly repetitive structure. Reading Derrida in conjunction with Freud’s Moses and Yerushalmi’s Freud’s Moses, the course will examine the structural, psychoanalytic and theological significance of the Mosaic stutter, asking how it might be treated as something other than a mere…
Find out more »March 2019
THE LACANIAN UNCONSCIOUS: A NO-BRAINER, WITH YVES VANDERVEKEN
LACANIAN COMPASS WELCOMES SPECIAL GUEST YVES VANDERVEKEN FOR AN EVENT IN NYC! THE LACANIAN UNCONSCIOUS: A NO-BRAINER FREE PUBLIC LECTURE: FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2019 7:00-8:30pm @CUNY Graduate Center (365 Fifth Ave, Room 9204) “The Unconscious and the Brain: Nothing in Common”, by Yves Vanderveken CONFERENCE: SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2019 9:30am-6:00pm @NPAP (40 W 13th St, Meeting Rooms 1 & 2) Detailed program HERE REGISTER HERE! Yves Vanderveken is a psychoanalyst in Brussels. He is a member of the World Association…
Find out more »January 2019
FIRST QUARTERLY DAS UNBEHAGEN OPEN PLANNING MEETING
In response to renewed desire within the Das Unbehagen community for events, activities, shared resources, and for new forms of collective engagement, the (newly created) Getting Things Done Committee announces THE FIRST QUARTERLY DAS UNBEHAGEN OPEN PLANNING MEETING! Monday, January 14, 2019, 8pm. At the home of Aleksandra Wagner. We encourage anyone interested in helping to plan future Das Unbehagen projects to attend, whether you have a specific idea in mind, or a vague notion, or just a general desire to be involved. We…
Find out more »May 2018
PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THEATRE: STAGING THE OTHER SCENE.
PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THEATRE: STAGING THE OTHER SCENE. Sunday May 6, 2018, 3:30 pm. Antonio Quinet and Ana Vincentini in conversation with Ann Pellegrini. Moderated by Patricia Gherovici. Public discussion following the performance of HILDA & FREUD on Sunday May 6, 2018. ANTONIO QUINET is a psychoanalyst in Rio de Janeiro who made his debut as a playwright and director with Charcot´s Lesson (2004), followed by X, Y e S – Strindberg’s Intimate Theatre (2005), and Artorquato (2006), the latter based…
Find out more »HILDA & FREUD: COLLECTED WORDS
Saturday May 5, 2018 3:00 pm and Sunday May 6, 2018, 2;00 pm. Jefferson Market Library, 425 6th Avenue (at West 9th Street) New York. On Stage the U.S. Premiere of HILDA & FREUD: COLLECTED WORDS “The flowers and the words bear this in common, they are what I want. And the professor knew it.” H.D. Hilda & Freud: Collected Words is a play by Antonio Quinet based on H.D.’s Tribute to Freud, the letters she exchanged with Freud and…
Find out more »April 2018
Primal Screens: Reality/Television in the Age of Trumpism
What is the relationship among reality, performance, politics, social media, and television in contemporary America? What does psychoanalysis have to say about this question? Please join us for a day-long event in which scholars, psychoanalysts, and cultural critics examine the performativity of reality in the society of the screen. Speakers: Taylor Black, Chiara Bottici, Barbara Browning, Patricia Gherovici, Emma Lieber, Jamieson Webster, Val Vinokur Featuring episodes of: "The Apprentice," "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," "The Real Housewives of New York,"…
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