Apologies for cross posting -----Original Message----- From: Lene Auestad [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 24 October 2011 13:01 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Call - Shared Traumas - Silent Loss, Public and Private Mourning Dear all, We aim to continue the stimulating and enjoyable conversations we have had thus far by sending you our next call for papers, from Psychoanalysis and Politics. Please do forward it to your colleagues and to others you think may be interested. Title: Shared Traumas - Silent Loss, Public and Private Mourning Dates: 9th to 11th of March 2012 Venue: Swedish Psychoanalytical Association, Västerlånggatan 60, Stockholm This is an interdisciplinary conference - we invite theoretical contributions and historical, literary or clinical case studies on these and related themes from philosophers, sociologists, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, literary theorists, historians and others. Perspectives from different psychoanalytic schools will be most welcome. Presentations are expected to take half an hour; another 30 minutes is set aside for discussion. Please send an abstract of 200 to 300 words to [log in to unmask] by December 10th 2011. We will respond by, and present a preliminary programme on, December 15th 2011. If you would like to sign up to participate without presenting a paper, please contact us after this date. This is a relatively small symposium where active participation is encouraged. Researchers, clinicians, students and others who are interested are invited to attend and present their work in a friendly and enjoyable social atmosphere. Lene Auestad/Jonathan Davidoff Organisers, Psychoanalysis and Politics Lene Auestad Research Fellow, Dept. of Philosophy, IFIKK,University of Oslo/Centre for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities/currently London http://uio.academia.edu/LeneAuestad -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302). ----- End forwarded message -----