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Freud at Home: The Wednesday Psychological Society
Freud's home was a place to live, work and socialise. All these elements were combined in 1902 to form the Wednesday Psychological Society, a professional and social group that met weekly and eventually became the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society.
Fayum Mummy Portraits – Identity Unknown
Sigmund Freud owned two rare Fayum mummy portraits, displaying realistic images of unknown men.
Psychosis and Psychoanalysis
Is there a place for psychosis in psychoanalysis? Is there a place for psychoanalysis in psychosis?
Freud’s Death Bed
Freud's Death Bed. Notes on the "Invalid Couch" at the Freud Museum by Professor Brett Kahr
Conference: Wagner, Freud and the End of Myth
Freud once asserted that his intention was to re-interpret myths and stories as products of the inner world, and thus ‘transform metaphysics into metapsychology’. But had Wagner got there before him?
‘Zoom Psychoanalysis’ in Old Vienna: How Freud Transformed his Career in 1919
Professor Brett Kahr on how Sigmund Freud transformed the very nature of his working life.
Spotlight on the Archives: Lucie Freud
Sigmund and Anna Freud's archives are large, but there are many other lesser-known figures too. Here we explore Lucie Freud and her contribution to the Freud Museum London archives.
Antipsychiatry: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow?
Symposium exploring the history and continuing relevance of the Antipsychiatry movement.
Freud’s English Home
Freud found something congenial about England. For some reason he felt at home here; feeling an almost instinctual rapport with the country.
Beyond the Pleasure Principle – A Virtual Reading Experience
The importance of social rituals, those shared activities which can either be acknowledged or tacit, has been thrown into relief during this ongoing period of lockdown. Rituals can, of course, evolve, indeed they are unlikely to survive unless they do.