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Psychoanalysis and English Literature: Reading (with) Freud

An international online conference held to mark the 100 year anniversary of the publication of Freud's works by the Hogarth Press.

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2 November, 1:00 pm - 6:30 pm

£40

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An international online conference held to mark the 100 year anniversary of the publication of Freud’s works by the Hogarth Press. Recordings will be sent out on the Monday after the conference.

From its very beginnings, psychoanalysis found a rich vein of inspiration in literature; the insights of Sophocles, Goethe and Dostoevsy laid the foundations for the clinical innovations that Freud developed in his consulting room.

 

This conference, which brings together clinicians, academics, poets and performers, marks the 100th Anniversary of the first publication of Sigmund Freud’s work by the Hogarth Press, founded by Virginia and Leonard Woolf. We will focus both on Freud’s readings of English literature, and the manner in which English Literature ‘reads’ Freud. Shakespeare was crucial for Freud; the ‘man from Stratford’ is Freud’s most quoted author apart from Goethe, and is centre stage in this conference. How does Freud read Shakespeare and how can we ‘read Freud with Shakespeare’ are key concerns. We will also explore Freud’s seismic impact on 20th century English literature, taking in Virginia Woolf, W.H. Auden and H.D..

 

By reading English Literature with Freud, as well as reading Freud with English Literature, we will aim to uncover fascinating new insights in both the clinical and literary fields.

 

The conference will be chaired by the Freud Museum’s Research Manager, Tom DeRose.
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Schedule

Panel 1
13.00 Introduction – Tom DeRose
13.15 Dr David Bell – Othello and Iago: a most peculiar couple
14:00 Questions
14:30 – 15:00 Break

 

Panel 2
15:00 Dr Helen Tyson – ‘I’m gulping up Freud’: Virginia Woolf & Sigmund Freud
15:30 Glyn Maxwell – ‘The Fauna of the Night – Auden’s Elegy for Freud’
16:00 Questions
16:30 – 17:00 Break

 

Panel 3
17:00 Prof Candida Yates, Prof Roman Gerodimos, Mark Leipacher – Psychosocial aspects of performing Shakespeare’s Pericles
17:30 Prof Chris Coffman – “The Master,” Freud, and H.D.: Writing beyond the Gender Binary
18:00 Questions
18:30 Close
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Ticket Prices

Live Stream and Recording Access: £40
Members Live Stream and Recording Access: £32
A limited number of £15 bursary tickets are available. Please email [email protected] to apply.

The purpose of this conference is to raise funds for the Freud Museum London, which receives no reguler public income.

Details

Date:
2 November
Time:
1:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Cost:
£40
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