From:   "Caroline Bainbridge" <[log in to unmask]>

Culture and the Unconscious:
Psychoanalysts, Artists and Academics in Dialogue

July 11th and 12th 2003
School of Oriental and African Studies, London WC1

Jointly organised by the British Psychoanalytic Society, the Tavistock
Clinic and the University of East London

Confirmed Keynote Speakers Include:
Prof. Slavoj Zizek, internationally renowned cultural critic
Fiona Shaw, actor, writer and theatre director
Eva Hoffman, author of Lost in Translation
Nicholas Wright, award-winning playwright - Van Gogh in Brixton
Helen Taylor Robinson, psychoanalyst
David Bell, psychoanalyst

Outline of Conference
Psychoanalysis has always wandered beyond the consulting room.
Alongside clinical texts, Freud and his followers wrote speculatively
on art and artists, politics, war and civilisation, and this cultural
engagement has been fully sustained by later analytic generations.  The
creative arts and literature have been widely admired by
psychoanalysts, many of whom believe that creative artists have
conveyed the deepest of all understandings of unconscious mental life. 
More recently, psychoanalysis in many hues has permeated cultural
criticism and the universities, influencing studies of film,
television, the visual arts, biography, fiction, theatre and poetry,
and other art forms.  Although psychoanalysts and academics are often
drawn to the same painting, film or play, their approaches commonly use
psychoanalysis differently and address different audiences.

Until now, conversations between these three worlds of psychoanalysis,
the academy, and the creative arts have rarely taken place.  Such
conversations will form the basis of Culture and the Unconscious, an
international interdisciplinary conference that will bring together
psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, artists and academics to discuss
such fields as film and television, literature, drama and poetry, the
visual arts, and biography.  Through these conversations, Culture and
the Unconscious will bring together the worlds of psychoanalysis,
academia, and the creative arts.  It will produce a lively,
illuminating and thought-provoking event that should be of interest to
all those interested in psychoanalysis and culture.

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
The following themes are of particular interest:
· Affect and Culture
· The difference between psychoanalytic and academic approaches to
culture
· Creativity and the Unconscious
· The tendency of psychoanalysis to moralise on ‘goodness’ or ‘taste’
in relation to culture.

Our first call for papers produced a large number of papers concerned
with film.  In light of this, the organising committee would like to
call for further proposals dealing with other cultural forms. 
Proposals should be submitted to the organising committee by e-mailing
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Please complete the attached form and return it with payment and, where
necessary, proof of concessionary status to:

Culture and the Unconscious Conference
c/o Ms Paula Taylor
Institute of Psychoanalysis
112a Shirland Rd
London W9 2EQ
UK.
 
Early Bird Rates (for registration before 1st May 2003)

Full Conference:

Standard Rate:                      £110
Concessionary Rate:             £55

One Day:

Standard Rate:                      £60
Concessionary Rate:              £30


Late Registration Rates (for registration after 1st May 2003)

Full Conference:

Standard Rate:                      £125
Concessionary Rate:             £60

One Day:

Standard Rate:                      £65
Concessionary Rate:              £35


Please Note: Proof of concessionary status must be provided with
registration details.


CULTURE AND THE UNCONSCIOUS

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM

Name:

Address:




& postcode

E-mail:

Telephone:

Fax:

Please indicate the rate at which you wish to register:

Early Bird Rates (must be booked and paid in full before 1st May 2003)
Full Conference Standard Rate:                     £110
Full Conference Concessionary Rate*:         £55
One Day Standard Rate:                                   £60
One Day Concessionary Rate*:                       £30

Late Booking Rates
Full Conference Standard Rate:                     £125
Full Conference Concessionary Rate*:         £60
One Day Standard Rate:                                   £65
One Day Concessionary Rate*:                       £35
*Please include proof of status

Please delete as appropriate:
I am / am not giving a paper at the conference.

If you are giving a paper at the conference, please indicate the title
of your paper and any audio-visual requirements that you may have
below.






The organisers are unable to provide accommodation.  However, a
detailed list of hotels in central London is available online.

Tea, Coffee and Refreshments will be provided on both days.


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Dr Caroline Bainbridge
Senior Lecturer, Psychosocial Studies
University of East London
Longbridge Road
Dagenham, Essex RM8 2AS