Anna Freud and Play conference
Friday 15 September 2017
King’s College London
Following an exhibition on Play and its relationship to psychoanalysis, including the work of Anna Freud, at the Freud Museum London running from 19 July 2017 – 10 September 2017 curated by Sophie Leighton, curator at the Freud Museum London, and Dr Alicia Kent, King’s College London, we will be holding a one day conference on play in the theories and practice of Anna Freud at King’s College London. Confirmed participants include Inge-Martine Pretorius (Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families), Nick Midgley (Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families /UCL), and Carol Seigel (Freud Museum London)
We invite proposals looking at Anna Freud’s work, its reception, and legacy across different national contexts and disciplinary boundaries. We hope to attract scholars and practitioners working in different fields (psychoanalysis, psychology, psychotherapy, education, women’s studies, childhood studies, gender studies, modern languages, Arts and Humanities, neuroscience, and others). Interdisciplinary approaches are especially welcome.
Topics could include, but are not limited to:
• Anna Freud, psychoanalysis and play
• Theories of play in Anna Freud’s work
• Play in the practice of Anna Freud
• Anna Freud as a playful observer/practitioner/theoretician/child analyst
• The legacy of Anna Freud’s playfulness
• Play and the (normal) development of the child in Anna Freud’s work
• Play, Anna Freud, and early years learning
• The mother-child relationship and play in Anna Freud’s work
• Play and mothers and/or motherhood in Anna Freud’s work
• Refugees and/or migration, play, and Anna Freud
• Anna Freud, language, and play
• Anna Freud’s work in translation
• The play of Anna Freud’s work across disciplinary boundaries, e.g. neuroscience
We invite proposals for 20-minute papers. Please send your proposals of no more than 250 words, together with a short biographical statement, to [log in to unmask] Deadline for receiving proposals is Friday 21 July 2017. We will be in touch shortly after the deadline to confirm speakers.
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