Past Events › Conferences
May 2020
The Climate Emergency: Psychoanalytic Perspectives
Online conference on psychoanalytic perspectives around ecological destruction.
August 2020
The Climate Emergency: Psychoanalytic Perspectives – On Demand
This Freud Museum conference is from May 2020 and has already taken place. Tickets will grant you access to the recording only.
September 2020
Psychoanalysis and the Public Sphere: Social Fault Lines
A major international online conference investigating the effects of social divisions, psychic splits and collective expressions of irrationality and angst.
November 2020
Psychoanalysis “Post-truth”: US Election Special
Are we truly living in a post-truth era? If so, how can psychoanalysis and other fields of thought help us illuminate the contours of this predicament?
January 2021
Psychoanalysis for the People: Free Clinics and the Social Mission of Psychoanalysis
In 1918 Freud placed the free clinic at the heart of psychoanalytic thought and practice, and predicted that out-patient clinics would be started where treatment would be free. This conference explores socially minded psychoanalytic practices today, drawing on the experiences of psychoanalysts from Latin America, Africa, North America, the UK and Europe.
March 2021
Addiction Pandemic? Attachment, Desire and Chemical Distractions
Addiction is on the rise, along with other mental health issues, in the time of this pandemic, but it is also changing its parameters and is no longer the exclusive preserve of the chronic alcoholic or junkie. This multidisciplinary conference looks at the many facets of addictive behaviour and the possibilities of treatment.
May 2021
Psychoanalysis after Theory: Art, Culture, Criticism
Half-day symposium addressing the importance of French Theory for psychoanalysis in the arts and humanities.
July 2021
ON DEMAND – Psychoanalysis for the People Conference
Free Clinics and the Social Mission of Psychoanalysis.
Recording access to an international online conference exploring socially engaged psychoanalytic practices from across the world.
Psychoanalysis for the People: Free Clinics and the Social Mission of Psychoanalysis
An international online conference exploring socially engaged psychoanalytic practices from across the world.
September 2021
Psychoanalysis and The Public Sphere: Social Justice
A 3 day conference organised by David Morgan and Kurt Jacobsen of Free Associations Journal in conjunction with Freud Museum
November 2021
Why have there been no great (Jewish) women artists?
Memory and Erasure Vienna-London 1930s-1980s.
An online symposium.
January 2022
Turning towards Psychoanalysis in the 21st Century: A Tribute to André Green (Cairo, 1927- Paris, 2012)
A Bilingual Event – English/French with real-time translation, with Litza Guttieres-Green, Fernando Urribarri, Rosine Perelberg, Jean-Claude Rolland, Steven Jaron & Howard Levine.
March 2022
Freud’s Chinese Things: Contexts and Interpretations
International online symposium.
This event is part of the 'Freud and China' exhibition programme.
May 2022
The Thinking Heart: Relationships and Mental Health in China
International online symposium.
Held as part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2022.
June 2022
Situating Pierre Fédida
An Evening Symposium at The Freud Museum London exploring the work of influential French Psychoanalyst Pierre Fédida
September 2022
Psychoanalysis and the Public Sphere: Politics of Identity
A 2 day online conference organised by David Morgan and Kurt Jacobsen of Free Associations Journal in partnership with the Freud Museum
March 2023
Shame: Interdisciplinary Applications and Therapeutic Approaches
An interdisciplinary online conference exploring the theme of Shame, organised in partnership with Bournemouth University’s Centre for the Study of Conflict, Emotion and Social Justice (CESJ).
July 2023
Curating Freud’s Antiquity: Object, Idea, Desire
An online conference that explores our current exhibition and digital archive, Freud's Antiquity: Object, Idea, Desire
September 2023
Psychoanalysis and the politics of climate change
Online symposium with Susie Orbach, Sally Weintrobe and Paul Hoggett, in partnership with the British Psychoanalytic Council.
Psychoanalysis and the Public Sphere: Authoritarianism
A 2 day online conference organised by David Morgan and Kurt Jacobsen of Free Associations Journal in partnership with the Freud Museum
October 2023
IN PERSON Money and Psychoanalysis: Economies of Care
Two-day conference by FREEPSY in collaboration with The Freud Museum London. Friday 13 and Saturday 14 October 2023. Attendees can buy tickets to join in person or online.
ONLINE Money and Psychoanalysis: Economies of Care
Two-day conference by FREEPSY in collaboration with The Freud Museum London. Attendees can buy tickets to join in person or online.
Friday 13 and Saturday 14 October 2023.
December 2023
Fathoming the Beginnings of Psychoanalysis in Greece
Online panel with the Hellenic Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
April 2024
