Upcoming Events
A Closer Look At… Freud on Dreams
Join Volunteer Tour Guide Laura Smith for a short tour focusing on Freud's theories concerning dreams.
Introducing Freud at the Freud Museum: 12 Week Evening Course
Revisit Freud’s most important writings bringing to bear on our critical examination of his texts the results of the last 40 years of Freudian scholarship.
Sigmund Freud Anniversary Tour
A special house tour commemorating the life and work of Sigmund Freud on the anniversary of his death.
Director’s Tour
Join Freud Museum Director, Carol Seigel, for a tour of Sigmund Freud’s home with its unique collections, and learn more about his last year spent in this house after fleeing from Nazi occupied Vienna.
What would Sigmund Freud have thought about Islamic State?
Brett Kahr in conversation with Gabrielle Rifkind, author of “The Psychology of Political Extremism: What would Sigmund Freud have thought about Islamic State?”
Psychosis and Psychoanalysis
Is there a place for psychosis in psychoanalysis? Is there a place for psychoanalysis in psychosis?
Lacan, Foucault, Deleuze: The Gaze and The Baroque
One-day intensive course comparing the stances of Lacan, Foucault and Deleuze on the gaze and the baroque as an exceptional form of art.
PROJECTIONS: Women in Horror Films
Six-week evening course exploring the haunting role of women in horror films from a psychoanalytic perspective.
First Sunday House Tour
The tour will introduce visitors to the house, revealing curious stories behind the objects in Freud’s collection and what they can tell us about his life and work.
Fully booked – Fat is a Feminist Issue: 40 years on
Psychoanalytic psychotherapist, Jane Haberlin will be in conversation with Susie Orbach on this milestone anniversary to discuss how the text is even more relevant today than ever.
Freud’s Sculptor: The Life and Works of Oscar Nemon
An illustrated talk by Aurelia Young upon the launch of her new book 'Finding Nemon', a biography of her father.
Curator’s Talk: Dawn Ades in Conversation with Darian Leader
Join distinguished art historian and curator, Dawn Ades as she discusses her latest exhibition ‘Freud, Dali and the Metamorphosis of Narcissus’ with psychoanalyst Darian Leader.
Everyday Madness: Lisa Appignanesi in conversation with Adam Phillips
Lisa Appignanesi discusses her new book, ‘Everyday Madness: on Grief, Anger, Loss and Love’ (September 2018) with Adam Phillips.
Sexual Orientation and its Histories: Limitation or Liberation?
Is the concept of 'sexual orientation' helpful in contemporary society? Or is the medical community already behind the times?
Magic, Myth and Madness: Occult and Psychoanalytical Theory in the Art of Surrealism, Nadia Choucha
Freud’s use of myth to explain aspects of the psyche and his concept of the ‘omnipotence of thought’ opened doors for the surrealists to conduct their own explorations of magic and mythology.
Grief Works
Author Julia Samuel in conversation with Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger on loss and bereavement.
Narcissus, Oedipus and the persistence of memory: classical myth in modern and contemporary art
Why does the myth of Narcissus continue to fascinate and provoke the contemporary artistic imagination? In what ways does classical mythology in general hold up a mirror to the anxieties and aspirations of the here-and-now?
PROJECTIONS: Surrealist Cinema
In this course, we will explore the overlap between the psychoanalytic method and surrealist cinema – two disciplines that insist on the supremacy of the unconscious, working through absurd dream logic, calling out the banality and hypocrisy of so-called civilised society.
