Fashion and Psychoanalysis: Styling the Self
By interpreting fashion within a psychoanalytic frame, Bancroft illustrates how fashion articulates some of the essential, and sometimes frightening, truths about the body, femininity and the self.
In Treatment: Fact and Fiction
Join Granta at the Freud Museum for readings and conversation that probe the wild and unpredictable landscapes of the mind
Projections: David Lynch’s Blurred Identity Trilogy
Making sense of David Lynch's films can be a daunting task! The following films by David Lynch have captivated and mystified audiences around the world; Freudian psychoanalysis offers a chance to decipher the American director's luxurious cinematic dreamscapes.
Mark the Music: Jews, Music and Viennese Modernity
This lecture will look at this world from the perspectives of Jews from Herzl to Freud to Mahler and ask why Jews were both welcomed into the musical world and yet were never quite at home in it. 'Mark the Music' is a means of understanding modern Jewish cultural sensibilities in a hostile cultural environment.
All About Love – What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us?
Lisa Appignanesi and Susie Orbach tease out some of the muddles and meanings of love in our lives and times - in this special conversation for the Freud Museum.
Photography and Freud: From Roma-Amor to Erotic Saturn
In the period from Freud's childhood to his old-age ruminations, several kinds of photographs were prominent: portraits, psychiatric illustrations, archaeological photography, and ethnographic documentation. These images along with the erotic photography and films of the era, that Mary Bernstein will introduce, paralleled the phenomena of Freudian memories and dreams.
The Graving Tool: Michael Pennington in conversation with Philip Franks
How does an actor enter into the psychology of a character, particularly in a new play? What physical manifestation, including habits or tics do they come up with and how is this used in the performance? What do they read, particularly when acting a disturbed character? Where do they find this in themselves? How are actors affected by the personalities they inhabit?
Playing with Dynamite: A Personal Approach to Forensic Psychotherapy A talk by Estela Welldon
Estela Welldon discusses her personal understanding of perversions, violence and criminality based on her many years experience at the Portman Clinic and her latest book 'Playing with Dynamite'. Estela Welldon has taught a whole generation of clinicians to question their idealisation of the mother-child relation
Author’s Talk: Marilyn’s Last Sessions Michel Schneider in Conversation with Lisa Appignanesi
Michel Schneider discusses his book ' 'Marilyn's Last Sessions' with Lisa Appignanesi. The book raises questions about the increasingly blurred lines between fact and fiction, as well as giving powerful insight into the workings of Hollywood and its close links with psychoanalysis.
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