Psychosocial Studies Online Reading Group: Citizens of the world?

Chris Scanlon and John Adlam Please note that we have moved the start time back to 5pm, after working hours, to accommodate those who will be participating in industrial action ending on 25 March. This month we have a very special reading group. Chris Scanlon and John Adlam will be presenting their new book: Psycho-social …

6 months on from COP26 Psycho-Social Reflections: What have we learnt?

The Association for Psychosocial Studies and the Climate Psychology Alliance are jointly hosting a two-day, international online event reflecting through a psychosocial lens upon the lessons learnt 6 months after COP26. Two parallel events will be taking place – one in the Western Time Zone and one in the Eastern Time Zone. Sessions in both …

Psychosocial Studies and Journal of Psychosocial Studies Online Reading Reading Group: On not being able to read

Myna Trustram Please join us for our monthly online reading groups where we will be coming together and discussing topical psychosocial articles. This month we are incredibly lucky to have Myna Trustram present her essay “On not being able to read” published by the Journal of Psychosocial Studies. The essay can be accessed and download …

Psychosocial Studies Online Reading Group: Invisible Trauma Women, Difference and the Criminal Justice System

Anna Motz, Maxine Dennis, Anne Aiyegbusi We have a very special event for the final reading group of the summer. Anna Motz, Maxine Dennis, Anne Aiyegbusi will be presenting their new book: Invisible Trauma : Women, Difference and the Criminal Justice System A sample chapter can be downloaded here You can order the book from …

Psychosocial Cartographies

Prague , Czech Republic

Cartography, the art and science of mapping space, has a history which cannot be separated from issues of power, control and alienation. Indeed, mapping the Americas, Asia and Africa was integral to colonial projects to dominate the land as well as all that inhabited it. As thinkers such as Frantz Fanon and Michel Foucault demonstrate …

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

St Mary's University Twickenham London Waldegrave Road, Twickenham, London, United Kingdom

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 …

Psychosocial Studies: Reading Group: Navigating sameness and difference in research

Association for Psychosocial Studies Online Reading Group Navigating sameness and difference in research; a critical discussion on reflexivity Michelle Elliot and Lindsey Nicholls Friday 28 October 2022, 4 – 6pm We are incredibly happy to invite you to join us for the first APS online reading group of the year! We are starting this academic …

Spaces of Refuge: The Clinical Practice of Félix Guattari and Institutional Psychotherapy with Rachel Wilson and Anthony Faramelli

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 …

Playful States of Mind

Birkbeck College

Organisers: Lynne Froggett, Noreen Giffney and Candida Yates Date: December 19th 2022 Venue: Room G10, Birkbeck Centre for Contemporary Theatre, Birkbeck, University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD. ASP Playful States of Mind 19.12.2022 What do the terms ‘play’, ‘playin g’ and ‘playfulness’ mean in different contexts? How might we understand play as both …

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. …