• Birkbeck, University of London, is now accepting enrolments for its short course  ‘An Introduction to Lacan’ which starts in January. Full details and how to sign up: http://bit.ly/nHgqse

 

  • Lacanian analyst Darian Leader will be discussing Lacanian diagnosis in a public lecture at the University of Sussex on Friday 16th September. More details: http://bit.ly/rq0sNE

 

  • Coming up in Omaha, Nebraska next month for the thirtieth anniversary of Lacan’s death: ‘Lacan, Here, Now’, a lecture by Thomas Svolos, Friday 9th September. More information: http://bit.ly/qM6Sox

 

  • The Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research in London has just published its public seminar programme for the autumn term, beginning Saturday 1st October: http://bit.ly/qouZum. Also on their site are details of this year’s Introductory Course, Psychoanalytic Studies Course, and a Short Course on the differential clinic of hysteria and psychosis. Check out http://www.cfar.org.uk for more info.

 

  • The Centre for Lacanian Analysis in Auckland, New Zealand, has announced details of its upcoming 2011 Research Seminars, beginning 3rd September: http://bit.ly/pTG0D8

 

  • Lacanian Ink 38, on Lacan’s dictum ‘There is no sexual relation’, is out now: http://bit.ly/nCxyes

 

  • Judith Miller has compiled a calendar of events in France marking the 30thanniversary of Lacan’s death. It’s in French, but highlights include:
    • The publication of Seminar XIX, ‘Or Worse…’ [‘Ou Pire…’] and a collection of three conferences published under the title ‘I’m Speaking to the Walls’ [‘Je parle aux murs’] on 25th August
    • Gérard Miller’s film ‘Meet Lacan’ [‘Rendez-vous chez Lacan’], to be broadcast on France 3 at 10pm on 5th September
    • The launch of an online news service, ‘Daily Lacan’ [‘Lacan Quotidien’], which will be multi-lingual.

    http://bit.ly/ooqnQU

 

  • If you speak French, you can check out the first few pages of Jacques-Alain Miller’s new book Vie de Lacan [Life of Lacan], based on the theme of his 2009-2010 L’Orientation lacanienne course in Paris, here: http://bit.ly/q3lkkQ. The book will be out (in French) on 5th September. A 2-hour special on Lacan, including an interview with Miller, aired on French radio channel France Culture on Wednesday 10th August. Full audio and a video excerpt of Jacques-Alain Miller’s interview (in French) can be found on their site: http://bit.ly/pMXp1u

 

  • The BBC’s current series, ‘Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words’, features Freud in its first episode: http://bbc.in/o8CNcJ. Some interesting footage of an interview with Jung where he discusses his relationship to Freud. For more, watch this video (from 16:25): http://bit.ly/jwB2MX

 

  • The Irish Circle of the Lacanian Orientation, part of the New Lacanian School, is organising a conference in Dublin on 17th September with the theme ‘Treating Mental Health Today: Critical Perspectives from Psychoanalysis’. More details: http://bit.ly/rdWL3a

 

  • Aprés-Coup, a Lacanian group in New York, has released its 2011-2012 schedule of presentations. Starts 23rd September: http://bit.ly/pRl0HT

 

  • The Australian Centre for Psychoanalysis is organising a conference on ‘The Aims and Ends of Analysis’ in Melbourne, 13th August. More details: http://bit.ly/qB9SQu

 

 

  • The upcoming Paris-USA Lacan Seminar in New York on ‘Lacan’s Legacy’ will now include an additional three events either side of the conference:
    • Lecture: Eric Laurent, “Psychoanalysis and Our Time”, Thursday, Sept 29th, 7pm, Barnard College, 117th Street on Broadway – http://bit.ly/noqtqM
    • A lecture/discussion with Eric Laurent, Marie-Hélène Brousse, and Pierre-Gilles Gueguen, Sunday, Oct 1st, After PULSE ends at 1:30pm, exact time to be determined, Kellen Auditorium, which is in the main building of the Parsons School of Design, 1st floor, 66 Fifth Avenue at 13th Street
    • The Abraham Kardiner Lecture by Eric Laurent, Tuesday, Oct. 4th, 8pm, New York Academy of Medicine, 2116 Fifth Ave, at 103rd Street

   More info at http://parisusalacanseminar.org/ or check out their Facebook page: http://on.fb.me/orrrUN