Featured events
‘I saw the Spring Return: on Wordsworth and Loss’ with Ronald Britton
The second in the series of talks 'On Loss and Creativity', which coincide with the exhibition 'Breathe' by artists Fay Ballard and Judy Goldhill.
June 12, 2018 - 7:00 pm
On the Couch: A Repressed History of the Analytic Couch from Plato to Freud
The Freud Museum's most iconic item is undoubtedly Freud's psychoanalytic couch, but where did the couch originate?
June 20, 2018 - 7:00 pm
A Weekend of Discontent
Academics, psychotherapists, poets and performers challenge conventional wisdom by engaging with Freud's landmark study Civilization and Its Discontents (1930) to ponder some of the difficult questions it raises and investigate the relevance of Freud's views to our troubled times. What are the discontents of civilised life today?
June 23, 2018 - 12:00 pm
Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego
A marathon reading of Sigmund Freud’s classic text 'Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego'.
June 24, 2018 - 1:00 pm
Psychoanalysis and Religion: Freud, Jung, Kristeva
Day course exploring a range of psychoanalytic interpretations of religion, examining different views of its function and significance in the lives of human beings.
June 30, 2018 - 10:00 am
The Fragile Phallus
How might psychoanalysis enrich popular notions of ‘fragile’ and ‘toxic’ masculinity?
July 1, 2018 - 9:00 am
Dreams: The Unconscious Revealed
This short introductory workshop is intended to provide a brief overview of Sigmund Freud’s theory of dreams using your own dream as a vehicle to illustrate some of his key ideas and concepts.
July 8, 2018 - 2:30 pm
The Place of Breath in Cinema
A cultural history of breath in art and moving image studies.
July 9, 2018 - 7:00 pm
PROJECTIONS: Science Fiction Cinema – Outer Space as Inner Space
Science fiction films portray phenomena that reach beyond the provable realms of mainstream science, featuring artificial intelligence, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, advanced technology and intergalactic travel. These stories sometimes produce political or social commentary, expressing complex philosophical concerns related to the human condition.
July 14, 2018 - 9:00 am
Relationships: An Introduction to Transactional Analysis
A One-Hour Interactive Workshop with Psychotherapist Laura Smith.
July 15, 2018 - 2:30 pm
Lacan/Foucault: Author, Subject, Vitalism/Materialism
A one-day intensive course examining subjectivity in the works of Jacques Lacan and Michel Foucault.
July 22, 2018 - 10:00 am
Stress: External Threat or Internal Conflict?
A One-Hour Interactive Workshop with Psychotherapist Laura Smith.
July 29, 2018 - 2:30 pm