Dear Colleagues:
The promise of spring seems to have energized the world and we are watching yet another uprising on the east/west front, end of thankfully peaceful Olympics and odd partnerships in China. As human emotions rise to boiling point, where does the international psychoanalytic website take us this week? I am listing a few of my choices, followed by the entire menu of posts, so that you can decide how we as psychoanalysts view the world at large and write your own responses.
My choices are:
1) For those of you inclined to travel at this time of year, please not the two posts int he Announcement category about a meeting in Athens, Greece and in Barcelona, Spain.
Click Here to Read: The announcement of the meeting in Athens, Greece
Click Here to Read: The announcement of the meeting in Barcelona, Spain
2) Forgiving/forgetting is a topic for psychoanalysts – reasons why may vary from those of China/Taiwan (society) to interpersonal relations. Please comment!
Click Here to Read: China Forgiving Taiwan
Click Here to Read: Forgiving in Interpersonal Relationships
3) I find it fascinating that in the ascent of globalism, there is an upsurge of nationalism (viz. Ukraine) and ethnicity/language (e.g. Yiddish). As we want to collaborate and become “one” we fight for individuality
Click Here to Read This Article
4) Why might older father’s have more mentally ill children? See the General News category.
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5) The Movies Category will acquaint you with the Berlin International Festival. I was particularly moved by the reviews of the “Beloved Sisters” and “Run Boy Run”, bringing in an early intellectual history of Germany (Schiller) in the first and a true story of a child’s survival in WWII Poland in the second. A post WWII story of a bank robbery in Romania is also interesting from psychological, political and societal point of view. Please read, enjoy and comment.
Click Here to Read This Article: On the Berlin Film Festival Part 3
Click Here to Read This Article: On the Berlin Film Festival Part 4
6) Please read the fascinating life story of Alice Herz-Sommer, a famous pianist, born in Prague, who lived thru Terezienstadt sustained by her music and who died recently at the age of 110.
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7) Please read the tributes to Jim Hall
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8) Dr.Jacob Arlow’s paper on the Proces and Meaning of Insight is assuredly worth reading – please comment on this excellent paper.
Click Here to Read This Article
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Below is the list of contents for the week:
A. In the ANNOUNCEMENTS Category:
I. Why antisemitism? Two day conference organized by the Hellenic Psychoanalytical Society
In collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Athen
With the support of the Embassy of Israel in Greece, the Central Board of the Jewish Communities in Greece, the Jewish Museum of Greece
The conference will take place in the Goethe Institute in Athens Speakers: Marilia Aisenstein, **thanassios Alexandridis, Ariella Asser, Heleni Berner, Chryssi Giannoulaki, Sotiris Manolopoulos, Stavroula
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
II. The Denial of Character Pathology in Psychotic Patients and Their Doctors with Peter B, Dunn at NYPSI
New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute
***Works in Progress*** Seminar Series
Peter B. Dunn, MD will present
The Denial of Character Pathology in Psychotic Patients and Their Doctors Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 8:00 p.m.
The Marianne & Nicholas Young Auditorium
247 E. 82nd Street, NYC (more***)
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
III. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program Lunch at NYPSI
NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY 10028
212-879-6900
www.psychoanalysis.org
www.nypsi.org
PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY PROGRAM
LUNCH, MEET, GREET & INFO
Saturday, 12:30 pm, March 1, 2014
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
IV. Meeting in Barcelona with EPF and NAPSAc
Dear Colleagues,
In the eighties, Homer Curtis and Donald Meyers observing that there was not enough clinical exchange between European psychoanalysts and Americans, decided to organize an every other year meeting with European colleagues. The model they chose was one of clinical presentation and discussion. These meetings have now occurred regularly every other year and this year they will be held in Barcelona.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
V. The Mind In Conflict with Ian Buckingham at NYPSI
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
Extension Program
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY 10028
212-879-6900
www.psychoanalysis.org
www.nypsi.org
THE MIND IN CONFLICT: Ian Buckingham, M.D.
Mondays 8:30 *** 10 pm March 10 *** April 28, 2014
(8 Sessions) Fee $80
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
VI. Psychoanalysis and Thought Control: Reflections on Cold War Culture and Clinical Knowledge*** with Daniel Pick at 7 RUE DE FLEURUS
7 RUE DE FLEURUS, A SALON MEETING
***Psychoanalysis and Thought Control:
Reflections on Cold War Culture and Clinical Knowledge***
Daniel Pick, Presenter
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
8:00 to 10:00pm
Location: TBA
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
VII. Lacan on Psychoanalytic Savoir-Faire and the Sinthome with Adriana Passini and Martin Winn at Apr**s-Coup
Apr**s-Coup PSYCHOANALYTIC ASSOCIATION
Friday, February 28, 2014, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
LACAN ON PSYCHOANALYTIC SAVOIR-FAIRE AND THE SINTHOME, Seminar
ADRIANA PASSINI and MARTIN WINN
Beginning with readings of selected classes from Lacan***s Seminar XI, The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis, we will address the notions of the unconscious, repetition, and transference, and Lacan***s idea of ***
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
B. In the ART Category:
VIII. Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture at YIVO
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and scholarship applications for the Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture close March 5. Click here to apply.
U.S. applicants not seeking financial assistance may apply until April 30.In 2014, the Uriel Weinreich
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
IX. Vienna Complex Exhibition
Open Daily, 10AM *** 6PM. Free Admission.
EXHIBITION OPENING: WEDNESDAY FEB 26, 2014, 6PM *** 8PM
Museum of Modern Art
Artists: EI ARAKAWA & SHIMON MINAMIKAWA, JOSEF DABERNIG, VERENA DENGLER, ANKE DYES & NIKLAS LICHTI, HARUN FAROCKI, TONIO KR**NER, ULLA ROSSEK, ASTRID WAGNER, FRANZ WEST, HEIMO ZOBERNIG
Curator: COSIMA RAINER
Exhibition Design: ASTRID WAGNER
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
C. In the BOOKS Category:
X. Ghosting
Ghosting by Andrew O***Hagan in The London Review of Books Vol. 36 No. 5 ** 6 March 2014 pages 5-2.
Photos: Andrew O***Hagan (left) Julian Assange (right).
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
XI. Forgiveness in Intimate Relationships: A Psychoanalytic Perspective
a) Table of Contents of Forgiveness in Intimate Relationships: A Psychoanalytic Perspective by Shahrzad Siassi.
b) Chapter One of Forgiveness in Intimate Relationships: A Psychoanalytic Perspective by Shahrzad Siassi.
c) Forgiveness in Intimate Relationships: A Psychoanalytic Perspective by Shahrzad Siass on Amazon.com
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
D. In the CHINA Category:
XII. China Forgives and Forgets Its Old Enemy
By Benny Avni on the Newsweek website on February 20, 2014.
Why is China suddenly cozying up to its nemesis? Are they preparing for war? Reuters
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
E. In the GENERAL NEWS Category:
XIII. Blitspostn, Vebzaytlekh, Veblogs: The Rise of Yiddish Online
By Ross Perlin on the Lexicon Valley website on February 27, 2014.
Idishe Velt is a popular Yiddish-language message board.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
XIV. Mental Illness Risk Higher for Children of Older Fathers, Study Finds
By Benedict Carey in The New York Times on February 26, 2014.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
XV. What Ever Happened to Plain Old Apocalypse?
by Ira Chernus on the Tom Dispatch.com website on February 25, 2014.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
XVI. Professor talks psychoanalysis and history
by David Kurkovskiy on the Yale Daily News website on February 26, 2014.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
XVII. Still Living the Dream *** and Explaining
By Matthew Blanchard and Katelyn Zmigrodski on the Teacher***s College Columbia University Website on February 24, 2014.
Psychoanalytic Fair participants, from left: Mary Birarelli,Michael Levy, Marianne Tramelli,Aurelie Athan,Marie Hansen,Naomi Naiztat, Matthew Blanchard and Megha Sardana
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
XVIII. On Why I Take Yiddish
By Dani Plung on the New Voices website on November 27, 2013.|
If you can read this, thank a Bubbe. | CC via Wikimedia Commons.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
XIX. On Washington***s birthday, 1790 letter from Jewish congregation
Permit the children of the stock of Abraham to approach you with the most cordial affection and esteem for your person and merits ~~ and to join with our fellow citizens in welcoming you to NewPort.
With pleasure we reflect on those days ~~ those days of difficulty, and danger, when the God of Israel, who delivered David from the peril of the sword, ~~ shielded Your head in the day of battle: ~~ and we rejoice to think, that the same Spirit, who rested in the Bosom of the greatly beloved Daniel enabling him to preside over the Provinces of the Babylonish ***
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
F. In the MOVIES Category:
XX. 64th Berlin International Film Festival
64th Berlin International Film Festival***Part 4 Between faith and the striving for truth: German films in competition at the Berlinale By Bernd Reinhardt on the World Socialist Web Site on February 28, 2014.
Beloved Sisters
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
XXI. 64th Berlin International Film Festival***Part 3
64th Berlin International Film Festival***Part 3 We Come as Friends and Run Boy Run: Two more films that take a serious approach By Stefan Steinberg on the World Socialist Web Site on February 26, 2014.
We Come As Friends
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
XXII. The Jewish Gang That Pulled Off the Most Famous Bank Robbery in Communist History
A new Romanian film starring Vera Farmiga recreates a notorious incident with echoes in today***s European anti-Semitism By Jonathan Levin on the Tablet website on February 20, 2014.
A still from Irene Lusztig***s film Reconstruction, 2002. (Courtesy of Irene Lusztig)
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
G. In the MUSIC Category:
XXIII. Alice Herz-Sommer, Who Found Peace in Chopin Amid Holocaust, Dies at 110
a) Alice Herz-Sommer, Who Found Peace in Chopin Amid Holocaust, Dies at 110 By Margalit Fox in The New York Times on February 27, 2014.
b) Italian pianist revives music created in concentration camps on this website.
Photo: Alice Herz-Sommer in her London apartment in 2012. Credit Yuri Dojc
To read a) & b) please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
XXIV. In Memorial Jim Hall 1930-2013
a) Jim Hall December 4, 1930 *** December 10, 2013 website.
b) In Memorial Jim Hall 1930-2013 in the New York City Jazz Record.
c) to find links to other remembrances: Jim Hall 1930-2013.
To read a),b) & c) please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
H. In the OBITUARIES Categpry:
XXV. Sigmund Freud Dies in England
a) English Translation of article titled Sigmund Freud Dies in England in the Jewish Daily Forward on September 24 or 25, 1939.
b) Original Article in Yiddish of Sigmund Freud Dies in England in Jewish Daily Forward on September 24 or 25, 1939.
To read a) & b) please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
I. In the PAPERS Category:
XXVI. The Process and Meaning of Insight in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy by Jacobs Arlow
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
XXVII. Evolutionary Origins of Human Sexual Motivation
by Dietrich Klusmann, Paper read at the International Conference, ***Trans-cultural Universals II: Sexuality, Reproduction, and Kinship***, September 27-30, 2006, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study), Delmenhorst, Germany.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
J. In the PHILOSOPHY THURSDAY Category:
XXVIII. Philosophy Thursday: A. J. Ayer
a) A. J. Ayer on Wikipedia.
b) Alfred Jules Ayer on the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy website on May 7, 2005.
c) AJ ***Freddie*** Ayer on Language, Truth and Logic on Glyn Hughes*** Squashed Philosopher***s website.
To read a),b) & c) please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
K. In the PHOTOGRAPHY Category:
XXIX. The rebellious photographer
by Oman Observer on the Oman Observer website on February 22, 2014.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
L. In the PLAYS Category:
XXX. Israeli Stage to Host Award-Winning Playwright Savyon Liebrecht
3/20-4/1 on the Broadway World Boston website on February 27, 2014.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
M. In the SCIENCE NEWS Category:
XXXI. The Brain***s Inner Language
By James Gorman in The New York Times on Febuary. 24, 2014.
When neurons in the brain of a live mouse, top, are active, they flash brightly. Dr. Clay Reid, above left, and colleagues at the Allen Institute for Brain Science are working with mice to better understand the human mind. Above center, areas of the mouse cortex related to vision, and connected to other parts involving visual perception. CreditZach Wise for The New York Times
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
N. In the SOCIOLOGY MONDAY Category:
XXXII. Sociology and Anthropology Monday: Auguste Comte
Monday, February 24th, 2014
Auguste Comte (1798-1857) was born to conservative, royalist and Catholic parents. A precocious student with a photographic memory he graduated with top honours from the Lyc**e at Montpellier at the age of 14 **. He passed the entrance examinations for the EcolePolytechnique with the highest marks in southern and central France, yet he was not yet 16 and had to wait a year to begin his studies at the Ecole. Comte became a student ***.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
O. In the UNCATEGORIZED Category:
XXXIII. Identity and Fanaticism with Chip Gagnon, Elise Giuliano, Leora Kahn, & Nathan Szajnberg at NYPSI
NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Marianne and Nicholas Young Auditorium
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY 10028
212-879-6900
www.psychoanalysis.org
www.nypsi.org
Saturday, March 1, 2014, 2:30 *** 4:30 p.m.
Identity and Fanaticism with Chip Gagnon, Elise Giuliano, Leora Kahn, Nathan Szajnberg
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
XXXIV. Sunday Salon at IPTAR: ***Close To You*** Intimacy in the psychoanalytic encounter March 16, 2014
Sunday Salon at IPTAR
Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
***Close To You***
Intimacy in the psychoanalytic encounter
Sunday March 16, 2014
3:00-5:30
Roundtable:
Isaac Tylim Ph.D. (IPTAR training analyst)
Naama Kushner-Barash Ph.D.(IPTAR training analyst)
Tuba Tokgoz Ph.D. (recent graduate) ***.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
A slightly less dense week in terms of posts, our website nevertheless gives us many topics to comment on and I look forward to your comments after you have read your favorite posts
Respectfully Submitted by
Sasha Rolde