italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies VICISSITUDES: histories & destinies of psychoanalysis Thu 17 - Sat 19 Jan 2008 Concluding Conference of the 15-month IGRS Network Psychoanalysis & the arts and humanities: a multilingual perspective at the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies Stewart House, 32 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DN Each session will comprise a keynote speaker, an artist and a report on the 2007 seminars Thursday 17 January 9-10 register+ coffee 10-12 ARTS Mark Nash: 'What does the work of art want?' Artist: Sharon Kivland Report: Malcolm Quinn 12-1.30 lunch (own arrangements) 1.30-3.30 PEDAGOGY & PRACTICE: Sander Gilman: 'Psychoanalysis, the university, and creativity' Artist: Zoë Laughlin Report: Amy Wygant 3.30-4 tea 4-6 HISTORY & TRANSMISSION Mariano Plotkin: 'Psychoanalysis, modernity & national habitus in comparative perspective: the early reception of psychoanalysis in Argentina and Brazil' Artist: Uriel Orlow Report: Andrew Webber 7-8.30 Joglaresa (music/storytelling) & buffet supper Friday 18 January 9.30-10 register + coffee 10-12 POLITICS Juliet Mitchell: 'Delusions, siblings and "historical truth"' Artist: Jaspar Joseph-Lester Report: Ahuvia Kahane 12-1.30 lunch (own arrangements) 1.30-3.30 FRENCH Christine Anzieu: 'The coming of a sense of humour during psychoanalysis in traumatized young children' Artist: Stéphane Le Mercier Report: Julia Borossa 3.30-4 tea 4-6 HISPANIC Hugo Vezzetti: 'El psicoanálisis en la cultura argentina. Una hermenéutica de la sociedad y la política' Artist: Juan Cruz Report: Alison Sinclair 6-7 drinks 7.30 conference dinner Saturday 19 January 10-10.30 register + coffee 10.30-12.30 GERMAN Inge Scholz-Strasser, 'The temporality of space in the Sigmund Freud Musem' Artist: William Cobbing Report: Martin Liebscher 12.30-2 lunch (own arrangements) 2-4 ITALIAN Claudio Magris: 'The unity of the ego in biography' Artist: Marcella Vanzo Report: Lesley Caldwell 4-4.30 tea 4.30-6 plans for the future 7.30 wine reception at Freud Museum Grateful thanks for support of this conference & the Network go to the: Arts & Humanities Research Council Austrian Cultural Forum British Academy Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities Embassy of France Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Freud Museum Italian Cultural Institute Modern Humanities Research Association Scottish Institute of Human Relations Society for French Studies Society for Italian Studies Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies School of Advanced Study, University of London Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Tel: 020 7862 8677; fax 020 7862 8672 Web: http://igrs.sas.ac.uk ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join italian-studies YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave italian-studies to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/italian-studies.html