Date/Time
Thursday - Friday
20 Mar - 21 Mar 2025
Location
Maude Fife, Wheeler Hall
Event Type
Conference
Hannah Zeavin
Assistant Professor & CSTMS Faculty Affiliate, UC Berkeley
Ramsey McGlazer
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley
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, Dany Nobus, Stefania Pandolfo, Mariano Ben Plotkin, Candela Potente, Hannah Proctor, Michelle Rada, Laila Riaza, Camille Robcis, Jonathan Sadowsky, Poulomi Saha, Jared Sexton, Omnia El Shakry, Nica Siegel, Akshi Singh, M. Ty, Elizabeth Wilson, Amy Wong, & Hannah Zeavin.
Please make sure to click on this link to register for this event. For more information regarding this event, visit the UC Berkeley Events website.
Sponsors: The Psychosocial Foundation and The Program in Critical Theory.