Dear Colleagues and Friends,

 

A reminder that Sunday 8 August 2010 is the deadline for early registration for the Myth, Literature, and the Unconscious international conference organised by the Centre for Myth Studies at the University of Essex, UK, on 2 – 4 September 2010.

 

Registration details and the full programme for the conference are online at:

 

http://www.essex.ac.uk/lifts/events/Mythic.aspx

 

Plenary papers include the following:

 

v  Professor Steven Walker (Rutgers, US) ‘Apocalypse and Scapegoats: Moving Myth into the Modern World’ (Keynote)

v  Professor Jason Whittaker (University College Falmouth) ‘The Divine Image: Remaking Blake’s Myths’ (Bean Trust Lecture)

v  Professor Marina Warner (University of Essex) ‘The Figure of the Shaman: an Enlightenment Romance’

v  Professor Robert Segal (University of Aberdeen) ‘Myths of the Hero: Freudian and Jungian Approaches’

v  Eric Rhode (Psychotherapist and Independent Scholar, London) ‘The Boy Who Had Dreams in His Mouth’

 

Enquiries about the conference should be directed to the conference organisation committee at: [log in to unmask].

 

We look forward to seeing you at what promises to be an immensely stimulating conference.

 

Best wishes,

 

Roderick

 

Dr Roderick Main

Director, Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies

University of Essex, CO4 3SQ, UK

+44 (0)1206 874842

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http://www.essex.ac.uk/centres/psycho