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Culture and the Unconscious: Psychoanalysts, Artists and Academics in
Dialogue

July 11th and 12th 2003

School of Oriental and African Studies, London WC1

Jointly organised by the British Psychoanalytic Society, the Tavistock
Clin=
ic
and the University of East London

Confirmed Keynote Speakers Include:

Prof. Slavoj Zizek, internationally renowned cultural critic

Fiona Shaw, actor, writer and theatre director

Eva Hoffman, author of Lost in Translation

Nicholas Wright, award-winning playwright - Van Gogh in Brixton

Helen Taylor Robinson, psychoanalyst

David Bell, psychoanalyst


Outline of Conference

Psychoanalysis has always wandered beyond the consulting room. Alongside

clinical texts, Freud and his followers wrote speculatively on art and
artists, politics, war and civilisation, and this cultural engagement
has
been fully sustained by later analytic generations.  The creative arts
and
literature have been widely admired by psychoanalysts, many of whom
believe
that creative artists have conveyed the deepest of all understandings of

unconscious mental life.  More recently, psychoanalysis in many hues has

permeated cultural criticism and the universities, influencing studies
of
film, television, the visual arts, biography, fiction, theatre and
poetry,
and other art forms.  Although psychoanalysts and academics are often
drawn
to the same painting, film or play, their approaches commonly use
psychoanalysis differently and address different audiences.


Until now, conversations between these three worlds of psychoanalysis,
the
academy, and the creative arts have rarely taken place.  Such
conversations
will form the basis of Culture and the Unconscious, an international
interdisciplinary conference that will bring together psychoanalysts and

psychotherapists, artists and academics to discuss such fields as film
and
television, literature, drama and poetry, the visual arts, and
biography.
Through these conversations, Culture and the Unconscious will bring
together
the worlds of psychoanalysis, academia, and the creative arts.  It will
produce a lively, illuminating and thought-provoking event that should
be of
interest to all those interested in psychoanalysis and culture.


FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

The following themes are of particular interest:

=B7 Affect and Culture

=B7 The difference between psychoanalytic and academic approaches to
culture

=B7 Creativity and the Unconscious

=B7 The tendency of psychoanalysis to moralise on 'goodness' or 'taste'
in
relation to culture.


Our first call for papers produced a large number of papers concerned
with
film.  In light of this, the organising committee would like to call for

further proposals dealing with other cultural forms.  Proposals should
be
submitted to the organising committee by e-mailing

m.j.rustin@uel.ac.uk before the closing date (1st March 2003).


REGISTRATION INFORMATION


Please complete the attached form and return it with payment and, where
necessary, proof of concessionary status to:


Culture and the Unconscious Conference

c/o Ms Paula Taylor

Institute of Psychoanalysis

112a Shirland Rd

London W9 2EQ

UK.


Early Bird Rates (for registration before 1st May 2003)


Full Conference:



Standard Rate:                      =A3110

Concessionary Rate:                             =A355


One Day:


Standard Rate:                      =A360

Concessionary Rate:                             =A330



Late Registration Rates (for registration after 1st May 2003)


Full Conference:


Standard Rate:                      =A3125

Concessionary Rate:                             =A360


One Day:


Standard Rate:                      =A365

Concessionary Rate:                             =A335



Please Note: Proof of concessionary status must be provided with
registration
details.








CULTURE AND THE UNCONSCIOUS



CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM


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Please indicate the rate at which you wish to register:


Early Bird Rates (must be booked and paid in full before 1st May 2003)

Full Conference Standard Rate:                     =A3110

Full Conference Concessionary Rate*:         =A355

One Day Standard Rate:                                   =A360

One Day Concessionary Rate*:                       =A330


Late Booking Rates

Full Conference Standard Rate:                     =A3125

Full Conference Concessionary Rate*:         =A360

One Day Standard Rate:                                   =A365

One Day Concessionary Rate*:                       =A335

*Please include proof of status


Please delete as appropriate:              I am / am not giving a paper
at
the conference.

If you are giving a paper at the conference, please indicate the title
of
your paper and any audio-visual requirements that you may have below.

The organisers are unable to provide accommodation.  However, a detailed
list
of hotels in central London is available online.