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Countertalk: Why Divest from Legacy Psychoanalytic Institutions. June 13th, 2026, 12-2pm ET
This forthcoming Counter-Talk has been explicitly devised to respond to and go beyond the limited frame of an upcoming APsA symposium: “Reimagining Engagement in Psychoanalytic Institutions.” That event asks “why…analysts and trainees [are] stepping back from institute life” and “what…it cost[s] the field — clinically, professionally, communally — when institutional engagement declines?” The opening premise of… Read more
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Coming Soon: Fanon and Lacan: Decolonial Psychoanalysis. Edited By Derek Hook, Sinan Richards (2027)
Fanon and Lacan: Decolonial Psychoanalysis explores the influence of psychoanalysis on Frantz Fanon’s thought and delves into Fanon’s innovative use of psychoanalysis as a way of diagnosing and addressing the socio-psychological traumas of colonialism and racialised structures of power. The contributors in this volume highlight how, by engaging with Lacanian concepts such as the mirror stage,… Read more
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Opposition to All Forms of Conversion Therapy
This is a letter to membership from the Board of Psychoanalysis for Social Responsibility (Section IX), a section of the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology, Division 39 of the American Psychological Association. It does not represent the position of the American Psychological Association or any of its other Divisions or subunits. Read more
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Open letter to the Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society (PCS) Editorial Board and to colleagues in other institutions committed to Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) – (Amended statement)
We are psychoanalytic practitioners and researchers who stand with Palestine against the apartheid Israeli state and the ongoing genocide, and we are committed to Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) as a necessary response (https://www.bdsmovement.net/pacbi). BDS applies to Israeli state institutions, including the universities, which are closely tied to the Israeli state. Through 2025 we… Read more
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June 2, Political Mind: Summer Series. Unconscious Politics with Giuseppe Caruso.
Political Mind Summer Series 2026 About this event Dates: Tuesdays 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th June, 7th, 14th July and 21st July | 8:15 – 9:45pm These weekly seminars will explore the many contemporary political issues of our time from a psychoanalytic perspective. 2nd June | Unconscious Politics with Giuseppe Caruso and Prof. Bob Hinshelwood Chair: David… Read more
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May 28 – Voces y Trayectorias: Conversations on Psychiatric Deinstitutionalisation. Time: 10:00 (Brazil) / 09:00 (Chile) / 14:00 (UK)
Overview Join our online series exploring psychiatric deinstitutionalisation, featuring Claudia Braga. Date: 28 May 2026 Time: 10:00 (Brazil) / 09:00 (Chile) / 14:00 (UK) Format: Online (Zoom) Language: Portuguese (with subtitles) Guest Speakers: Claudia Braga is a Professor of Occupational Therapy at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and Chair of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Mental… Read more
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