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New Publications
Repetition and Subjectivity: Kierkegaard, Freud, Lacan by Bara Kolenc has just been published by State University of New York Press. A study of the psychoanalytic understanding of repetition, this book proposes a new approach to subjectivity using the concept, the grounds for which – Kolenc argues – were laid by Kierkegaard. Lacan saw repetition as one of the four fundamental concepts of psychoanalysis, and in Seminar XI called Kierkegaard “the most acute of the questioners of the soul before Freud.” Kolenc picks up this legacy, elaborating “the constitutive aspect of negativity” – the missed encounter to which repetition testifies – into one of the key insights of psychoanalysis. She breaks down repetition into four movements: deflation, reformation, inflation, and formation, positing the latter as the basis of the modern subject. Bara Kolenc is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana.
The Revolution Will Be Internalised: On the unlikely politics of inner prepping by Lacanian psychoanalyst Anouchka Grose was published by Indigo Press last month. Rather than focusing exclusively on analytic theory, here Grose narrates her exploration of ways in which we can “decolonise and decapitalise our interior lives, dismantling harmful ideologies from the inside.” She presents how she, and readers following her, can make attempts at “unravelling your inner world in the name of planetary survival.” Grose’s previous books include 2018’s From Anxiety to Zoolander: Notes on Psychoanalysis and 2022’s Uneasy Listening: Notes on Hearing and Being Heard, co-authored with Robert Brewer Young.
Potentially of interest to Lacanians will be the new book by Mark Solms, neuropsychoanalyst and editor of the Revised Standard Edition of Freud’s work. The Only Cure: Freud and the Neuroscience of Mental Healing was published by W&N last month. Here Solms attempts to account for the efficacy of psychoanalytic psychotherapy with reference to research in contemporary neuroscience. Whether having a neuroscientific evidence base for an effective intervention in human suffering actually matters is up to the reader to decide. But Solms’ work – in particular his research on dreaming – has been highly influential in the field of neuropsychoanalysis, and in neuroscience more generally.
Among the journals, Scilicet 2026 has been announced and will be included in the registration fee for those attending the World Association of Psychoanalysis Congress – which this year will be held in Paris and online between 30th April-3rd May on the theme ‘There is no Sexual Relation’. Those not attending can consult their local School of the WAP to obtain a copy. This is the eleventh volume of the review which was initiated by Lacan, and was historically the main journal of the Ecole de la Cause freudienne (Scilicet, Lacan declared, means ‘You may know!’, and all its articles were published anonymously… with the exception of Lacan’s). Scilicet 2026 features orientation texts for the Congress by Jacques-Alain Miller, Christiane Alberti, and Ricardo Seldes. It will also bring together more than a hundred contributions from members of the WAP with commentaries on twenty-two aphorisms around Lacan’s proposition, “There is no sexual relation”.
On Substack, Lacanian psychoanalyst Darian Leader writes under the moniker McShrunk and regularly posts short-form pieces discussing psychoanalysis in relation to popular culture and contemporary issues. February’s post covered topics recently featured in the media around Tourette syndrome, grief and mourning, and what truth counts for in a ‘fake news’ era.
Videos and Podcasts
Rendering Unconscious Center for Psychoanalysis ran a lively programme of events last month, and the upcoming schedule of future events is also now available. All recordings from previous classes are available to subscribers here. Last month’s speakers included Helena Texier and Eve Watson discussing their new collection revisiting Freud’s principal case studies (published by Routledge last May), and part four of Dr Vanessa Sinclair’s Introduction to Psychoanalysis course. Join me next month, April 2nd, for a presentation and discussion on ‘Unconscious Generational Transmission: A Psychoanalytic Perspective.’
Lacan In Scotland’s regular seminar series have resumed and on YouTube you can now watch recordings of two recent events it hosted. Marguerite Gleeson discusses AI and Desire in Spike Jonze’s movie Her, exploring what the film reveals about our longing for connection, our dependence on technology, and human desire in the AI era. Secondly, Jeremy R. Smith presents on Francois Laruelle’s concept of non-philosophy and non-psychoanalysis, introducing the work of the French philosopher and contemporary of Lacan’s for those who might be unfamiliar, offering a guide to a thinker whose style and density is almost equal to that of Lacan’s.
Prof Dr Samuel McCormick’s Lectures on Lacan Series has its spring series on Lacan’s Seminar XXIII, ‘The Sinthome’, underway and set to run until the beginning of April. See the full schedule here. Registered participants get access to all recorded lectures and online discussions of Seminar XXIII hosted by Prof McCormick.
Subject of the Unconscious, a new podcast that began last year, returned in February for two new episodes hosted by Neil Gorman and Isolda Alvarez. The first discusses psychoanalysis as an experience rather than an intellectual exercise, and the second the topic of transference, in advance of the Clinical Study Days hosted by Lacanian Compass last month. Based on the discussion in the latest episode, the next podcast will be on the question of whether psychoanalysis is ‘easy’ or ‘difficult.’ Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
Upcoming Events
Starting March 14th, the Lacan Circle of Australia will commence a new course ‘Reading Seminar 18: On a Discourse That Might Not Be a Semblance’, presented by Russell Grigg, David Ferraro, Kate Briggs, and Jonathan Redmond. Spanning ten Saturdays until the end of May, attendance is offered in person in Melbourne, on Zoom, and via recordings. Registration and more details via the link above.
Starting May 2nd and running through July 4th, Jason Childs and Derek Hook will be leading a new series providing ‘An Introduction to Freudian-Lacanian Psychoanalysis’. The lecture series will be online, taking place over ten 90-minute sessions, each including a lecture and discussion. Enrolment is open to all and no prior knowledge is assumed. Registration is open now via the link above.
On 27th and 28th June the New Lacanian School’s XXIVth Congress will take place in Paris on the theme ‘Varity: Variations of Truth in Psychoanalysis.’ Registration is open via the link, and the Congress blog continues to add more orientation texts and short contributions around the theme. Contributions continue to be welcomed until the deadline of 10th April. The presentation of the argument for the Congress’s theme is also available in multiple languages here.
On 18th–19th September 2026, the Center for Lacanian Psychoanalysis (CLaP) at Ghent University will host the academic conference Lacan Today. This conference will bring together scholars, clinicians, and researchers working across clinical psychology, psychiatry, philosophy, the humanities, critical theory, the arts and artistic practice, as well as related interdisciplinary fields. It aims to provide a shared platform for rigorous engagement with Lacanian psychoanalysis in dialogue with diverse disciplines, practices, and contemporary societal challenges. The keynote speakers are Jamieson Webster, Stijn Vanheule, Isabel Millar, Darian Leader, Derek Hook, and Bracha L. Ettinger. The call for papers is now open.
New Resources
On Freud2Lacan.com this month is a new bilingual version of Lacan’s ‘Rome Discourse’, ‘The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis’, one of the major texts from the Ecrits. Richard G. Klein’s translation compares the Fink, Sheridan, and Wilden English versions against the French original, making four improvement the overall presentation that are highlighted in his preface. It can be found at number 88 on the Lacan page. Additionally on the Lacan page (number 301) is Quinn Foerch’s translation of Jean-Michel Vappereau’s ‘Psychoanalysis and the sciences – the foundations of the discourse of analysis.’ Lastly, at the bottom of the homepage, the ‘Names of Analysts’ compendium of ‘who analyzed whom’ has been refreshed with around 30 updates to the file. It includes an alphabetical list of almost 300 of Freud’s patients, as well as those of Lacan and other analysts.
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