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Doing Psychoanalysis in Tehran

Is psychoanalysis possible in the Islamic Republic of Iran? This is the question that Gohar Homayounpour poses to herself, and to us, at the beginning of this memoir of displacement, nostalgia, love, and pain.

Self Contained: Rebecca Fortnum

Join Freud Museum Curator Sophie Leighton as she talks to Rebecca Fortnum about her exhibition "Self Contained" which is running at the Freud Museum London from 6 March 2013 - 26 May 2013.

Reading Anna Freud – Author’s Talk: Nick Midgley

In this lecture Nick Midgley considers some ways in which Anna Freud's work can be read today, and suggest that her work is still of value for the way it uses psychoanalytic thinking - both within and beyond the clinical setting - to help us make a difference to the well-being of children and young people

Freud in Zion: Psychoanalysis and the Making of Modern Jewish Identity

Few episodes in the history of psychoanalysis are as densely packed with trans-cultural, ideological, institutional and ethical issues as the arrival of psychoanalysis in pre-state Israel in the early 20th century. 'Freud in Zion' is the first work to explore this encounter between psychoanalytic expertise, Judaism, Modern Hebrew culture and the Zionist revolution.

Symposium: Interpreting Collections: Idea, Object, Site

This one-day symposium, timed to accompany the exhibition DreamWork by artist and researcher Christie Brown, considers the relationship between ceramic art practice and museum collections within the broader context of contemporary visual culture. The symposium addresses key areas of inspiration for artists within this context, by focussing on the dialogue between the concept, the collection […]

Football as Therapy

A discussion about the use of football as a means of working with adolescent boys expressing emotional and behavioural difficulties.