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Psychoanalysis and Segregation: the other turn of 1920, by Sergio Campbell
When: December 07th, 2024 Where: Online, @ 10 AM (PST). Register for the event on Zoom here. The twenties brought several changes in the history of psychoanalysis. To the perhaps betterknown ‘turn of 1920’— Freud’s introduction of the id, the ego, and…
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Cartel: The Lacanian Baby
Argument The human subject is born prematurely, the so-called baby, and is incapable of sustaining life by itself, so an utter dependency is born between the baby and the Other of care. Lacanian psychoanalysis is one of the most sophisticated theories ever…
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The superego in the clinic, by Dr. Marta Gerez Ambertín
When: November 2nd, 2024, 10:00 AM PST (Vancouver, BC) Where: Zoom, online. Please register here The superego precipitates acts of failure, as imperatives of enjoyment and as excessive punishment; it also hinders the psychoanalytic clinic. At the same time, the recourse to…
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Dan Adleman: On Psychoanalytic Identification and The New Rhetoric
When: August 22, 2004 @ 7pm – 9pm Where: SFU Woodwards, Room 2205 (In Person) and on Zoom. Please register here for online participation. Dan Adleman will speak about his research into rhetorician Kenneth Burke’s co-optation of Freud’s concept of “identification.” After…
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Tuesday Lacan’s Seminar Reading : Fall 2024
Seminar XII: Crucial Problems for Psychoanalysis by Jacques Lacan Translated by Cormac Gallagher The English translation of Seminar XII: Here The French version of Seminar XII: Here September 03, 2024 Lesson 17: May 05th, 1965 Facilitator: Désirée Jung September 17, 2024 ONLINE ONLY…
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Speaker Series presents Capitalism and Libidinal Economy: Loss and Emancipation with Mariana Hernández Urías.
When: June 01st, 2024 @ 10AM -12PM (PST) Where: Online. Register here. Abstract: Capitalism is not merely the pursuit of profit and wealth but implies a specific rationality that seeks continuous and calculated profit, a return on investment. It is an economic and…
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Alternate Tuesday: Facts Are Meaningless Unless You Care, by Yuya Takeda
When: May 21st, 2024 / 7PM-9PM (PST) Where: SFU Woodwards and online. Register here. Abstract: Conspiracy theories are both timeless and timely as a topic of study. In terms of timelessness, “belief in conspiracies is,” borrowing Robert V. Bullough Jr.’s words, “probably…
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Speaker Series: On Fantasy in Psychoanalysis by Marco Antonio Coutinho
Date: May 04th, 2024 Time: 10am to 12pm (PST) Location: Zoom, register here. Description From Freud to Lacan, the concept of fantasy has a central character in psychoanalytic theory; the involvement of fantasy within their conceptual apparatus is impressive. It is no…
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The Radiance of Object Petit a
The radiance of object petit aFacilitated by Hilda Fernandez Date: May 07th, 2024 @ 7-9pm (PST) Where: SFU Woodwards and online. Register here. I am about to start a session when I receive a call from my sister who tells me that my…
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Towards a school: Lacan Salon in conversation with Corpo Freudiano
When: April 13, May 18, June 15, June 29, 2024 – 10 am to 12pm (PST) Where: Online. The Lacan Salon, the first English-speaking group in Canada dedicated to the study of Lacanian psychoanalysis, was co-founded in 2007 by Hilda Fernandez, Paul…
