CALENDAR / EVENT LISTING
When:
Thursday, October 31, 2013
8pm
What:”The Conscious Id”
New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute’s Scientific Program Committee, in association with NYPSI’s Arnold Pfeffer Center for Neuropsychoanalysis, presents internationally acclaimed psychoanalyst Mark Solms.
Who:Mark Solms is best known for his discovery of the forebrain mechanisms of dreaming, and for his pioneering integration of psychoanalytic theories and methods with those of modern neuroscience. Currently he holds the Chair of Neuropsychology at University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital (Departments of Psychology and Neurology). His other current positions include Honorary Lecturer in Neurosurgery at St. Bartholomew’s & Royal London School of Medicine and Director of the Arnold Pfeffer Center for Neuropsychoanalysis at New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute (NYPSI). He was awarded Honorary Membership to NYPSI in 1998. Other awards include the George Sarton Medal of the Rijksuniversiteit Gent (1996) and the Sigourney Prize (2012).
Solms has published widely in both neuroscientific and psychoanalytic journals, and has authored five books. His latest book (with Oliver Turnbull) The Brain and the Inner World (2002) is a best-seller and has been translated into 12 languages. He is the authorized editor and translator of the forthcoming Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (24 vols), and Complete Neuroscientific Works of Sigmund Freud (4 vols). He is a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society and South African Psychoanalytical Association (of which he is President).
How:
Free and Open to the Public
RSVP encouraged to admdir@nypsi.org or 212-879-6900
Donations accepted.
Where:
New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute
Marianne & Nicholas Young Auditorium
247 East 82nd Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
New York
www.nypsi.org
6 Train to 77th Street
4-5-6 Train to 86th Street
New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute’s (NYPSI) is recognized by Time Out New York as offering one of the twenty best lecture series in the city. NYPSI’s mission is to provide the highest level of psychoanalytic
training to mental health professionals, promote excellence in psychoanalytic research and offer a range of educational, advisory and affordable therapeutic service programs to the New York City community. NYPSI’s position as the oldest psychoanalytic organization in the Americas parallels its global leadership role in the history of psychoanalysis and its influence on the cultural and intellectual life of New York City . The Society was founded in 1911 by A.A. Brill, one of the first practicing psychoanalysts in the United States and the first translator of Freud into
English. NYPSI is a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible organization.
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