Past Events › Talks
July 2022
Cancelled: F for Flânerie: The Spell of The Senses
A seminar exploring Ecology, Consciousness, Dreams in the Cinema of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, with Davina Quinlivan.
Freud, Wagner and Reik: From the Oceanic to Oedipus
Online presentation with audio and video examples, with Tom DeRose.
September 2022
Uneasy Listening: On Hearing and Being Heard
In-house panel discussion with Anouchka Grose and Robert Brewer Young, chaired by Devorah Baum. Complemented by a performance by Matthew Barley.
POSTPONED – Author’s talk: Sigmund Freud, a biography
Online talk: Matt Ffytche in conversation with Dany Nobus.
October 2022
SOLD OUT – Love Lucian: The letters and early life of Lucian Freud
Hannah Rothschild in conversation with Martin Gayford and David Dawson.
Refugees, Primitiveness and the Eurocentric Gaze
Online event with Beverly J. Stoute and Fakhry Davids for World Mental Health Day 2022.
Every Family Has A Story: How we inherit love and loss
Julia Samuel in conversation with Stephen Grosz
On Not Knowing, with Emily Ogden and Josh Cohen
Online event celebrating author Emily Ogden's latest publication, in conversation with author and psychoanalyst Josh Cohen.
The Ceiling Outside: The Science and Experience of the Disrupted Mind
Online talk. Lisa Appignanesi in conversation with author, Noga Arikha.
December 2022
SOLD OUT – Lucian Lates: Bella and Esther Freud in conversation with Hannah Rothschild
In-house discussion and after-hours chance to see the exhibition, 'Lucian Freud: The Painter and his Family'. This event is sold out.
Analysis and Exile: Peter Heller and the early history of child psychoanalysis
A special event marking Anna Freud's birthday - with author Vivian Heller in conversation with Nick Midgley [online]
January 2023
SOLD OUT Lucian Lates: Naked Portrait – A Memoir of Lucian Freud
In-house talk and Q&A with Rose Boyt, plus special after-hours viewing of the exhibition, 'Lucian Freud: The Painter and his Family'.
Saving Freud: A Life in Vienna and an Escape to Freedom in London
Holocaust Memorial Day online lecture with author Andrew Nagorski.
Psychoanalysis and the Culture-Breast (1): Conceptual Art, Jennifer Rubell
The first in a series of three public conversations around our experiences with cultural objects
February 2023
Psychosis and Extreme States: An Ethic for Treatment
Online event. Author Bret Fimiani will be talking about his book with Palgrave Lacan series editor, Calum Neill.
Kaffee & Kuchen with Freud
Join us for a very special coffee morning in the home of Dr Sigmund Freud!
SOLD OUT Freud/Lynch book launch: A Twin Peaks Day event
Celebrate the launch of 'Freud/Lynch: Behind the Curtain' with short talks, donuts, damn fine coffee, and a quiz!
Psychoanalysis and the Culture-Breast (2): Literature, Sue Rainsford
The second in a series of three public conversations around our experiences with cultural objects
March 2023
Marginalia (When did you start having those feelings? She wrote).
In-person International Women's Day Event, with Artists Sharon Young and Sharon Kivland
Princess Marie Bonaparte: Friendship, Psychoanalysis, and Feminism
An International Women's Day event. An online panel discussion with Rémy Amouroux, Lisa Appignanesi & Dany Nobus, chaired by Shilyh Warren.
When Words are Not Enough: Creative Responses to Grief
Online Author's Talk: Jane Harris in conversation with Dr. Kathryn Mannix
Milton & Freud: Adam Phillips interviews Joe Moshenska
A fundraising webinar in collaboration with Milton's Cottage, former home of writer John Milton.
Psychoanalysis and the Culture-Breast (3): Performance Art, Amanda Coogan
The final in a series of three public conversations around our experiences with cultural objects
April 2023
Landscapes of Silence
Online author's talk: Hugh Brody in conversation with Lisa Appignanesi