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Speakers from Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, Psychosocial Studies, Art and Classics come together on St Valentine's Day to discuss Freud’s revolutionary ideas on Eros, and the ever intriguing and complex emotion of love.

This event will be an informal and loving discussion between amateurs on the subject of love. Using different aspects of love in Greek philosophy - agápe, éros, philía, and storgē - and Freud’s conceptualisations of Eros, we will think about why it’s so difficult to love.

Jay Sherry - talk followed by discussion with Gary Lachman

Performance: Gerald Davidson with Helen Clapp.

Join the Emma Press for an evening of poetry inspired by The Emma Press Anthology of Mildly Erotic Verse.

Part of a season of talks and events accompanying the exhibition 'Freud and Eros: Love, Lust and Longing', 22 October 2014 - 22 February 2015.

Nonhuman animals can lose their minds. And when they do, it often looks a lot like human mental illness.

Part of a season of talks and events accompanying the exhibition 'Freud and Eros: Love, Lust and Longing' 22 October 2014 - 22 February 2015

Military conflict and its psychological consequences has been an important factor in the development of psychiatry and psychoanalysis in the 20th century, and the treatment of casualties of war have led to a new understanding of complex trauma. This important conference looks at the lessons that can be learned from past and current forms of diagnosis and treatment.

This talk is part of a series of events accompanying the exhibition 'Why War', 6 August - 19 October 2014.