Seminar

A course for psychosocial researchers taking place at UCL Institute of Education and supported by the Association for Psychosocial Studies and the University of Birmingham   Course tutors:  Claudia Lapping, Ian McGimpsey, Felipe Acuna, Mohamed Elshirazy Dates: Mon 1st, Tues 2nd and Weds 3rd July, 10 am - 4pm Location: UCL Room: B06 Drayton House, 30 …

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An on-line workshop offered by Institute of Group Analysis (London) and the Association of Psychosocial Studies (APS)   Free of charge. Saturday 17th April 29th 2021 10:00– 14:00 Presenter: Philip Stokoe, Psychoanalyst & Organisational Consultant. Chair: Dr Rachel Gibbons, Psychoanalyst, Group Analyst and Consultant Psychiatrist   Philip Stokoe will present a discussion of the work …

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With Jacob Johanssen, Fiona Murray and Anthony Faramelli. Chaired by Nini Fang and hosted in partnership with University of Edinburgh

Abstract We live in a time that is characterised by increasing political polarisation, fake news, conspiracy theories and other forms of extremism. Social media such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram are often characterised by misogyny, sexism and racism and as lacking in empathy, compassion and love. This seminar will explore what role psychoanalysis in combination …

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An International Workshop Organised by Dr Orit Dudai and Assoc. Prof. Jacob Johanssen - Supported by the Association for Psychosocial Studies The goal of this workshop is for presenters to share work-in-progress and engage in collegial discussion with each other and attendees. Places are, therefore, limited. We live in a time that is characterised by …

Read more "Digital Mediation and Working Through in Times of Denial, Disavowal and Splitting: On the Un/Representable"

Association for Psychosocial Studies Online Reading Group Spaces of Refuge: The Clinical Practice of Félix Guattari and Institutional Psychotherapy with Rachel Wilson and Anthony Faramelli REGISTER HERE Friday 25 November 2022, 4 – 6pm Rachel Wilson and Anthony Faramelli will discuss the legacies of Félix Guattari's clinical practice, Institutional Psychotherapy, and how this should inform …

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Psychosocial Interventions: Aesthetic Analysis in Practice and Theory An Event Series by APS and the Department of Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths Psychosocial Studies is a transdisciplinary form of academic scholarship that engages the ways in which subjective experience is interwoven with social life. Psychosocial Studies is characterised by its orientation towards progressive social and personal change. …

Read more "Jacob Johanssen: Platform Aesthetics and Enlarged Sexuality: Perspectives from Jean Laplanche"

Psychosocial Interventions: Aesthetic Analysis in Practice and Theory An Event Series by APS and the Department of Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths Psychosocial Studies is a transdisciplinary form of academic scholarship that engages the ways in which subjective experience is interwoven with social life. Psychosocial Studies is characterised by its orientation towards progressive social and personal change. …

Read more "Susan Kelly: Turning: a Micropolitical Cartography of Colonial Rehabilitation"