UN COMMITTEE SECURE IMPRESSIVE MEDIA COVERAGE FOR IPA
Vivian Pender and the IPA’s United Nations committee were featured in an impressive and glowing article in the newsletter of the American Psychiatric Association.
To read the article click here
PRAGUE CONGRESS – PLACES FILLING UP FAST
Thanks to strong interest from Members and IPA Candidates, registrations are approaching 2,000, just as the Early Bird period has closed.
If you have already registered but have not reserved your free place at one of the Post-Panel morning Discussion Groups: Depression (Thursday), Affect Regulation (Friday) or Symbolization (Saturday) you can do so by writing to karina@ipa.org.uk giving your name and which ONE of these three Post-Panel Discussion Groups you wish to attend and in which IPA language.
To register for the Congress now click here . You can join a Discussion Group when you register. Due to pressure of space it is possible to register for one Discussion Group only
IPA BUSINESS MEETING 2013 – MEMBERS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND
The IPA Business Meeting, for IPA Members only, will take place at the Hilton Prague, Congress Hall 2 on Thursday 1 August 2013 from 16.30 – 19.30.
Please note that IPA Members do not need to be registered for the Congress to attend.
NEW IPA MEDIA INITIATIVE – FUNDS AVAILABLE
The IPA’s Public Information Committee is announcing the availability of funds at projects aimed at securing more effective promotion of psychoanalysis in the media.
This new initiative seeks to
Respond to local needs for media exposure
Have measurable outcomes
Involve appropriate PR professionals
Work in partnership between PIC and the successful applicants
Applications are welcomed from the Board of all IPA Societies. For an application form click here
IPA/KARNAC PUBLISH NEW TITLE: On Freud’s ‘Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety’
Edited by Samuel Arbiser and Jorge Schneider, this book attempts to show, through its chapters written by psychoanalysts from different parts of the world and sustaining varied paradigms, the enriching heterogeneity coupled with the invisible thread which binds together the diversity on which it is based.
One of the characteristics of the Freudian opus highlighted in this context is the fact that when we are able to study it in perspective, it is possible to glimpse a path of incessant improvement, where ideas and concepts are constantly reformulated and become more complex as clinical facts and methodological and epistemological resources demand. This new book is the irrefutable proof of this affirmation.
For more details and to buy the book click here.
THE SIGOURNEY AWARD TRUST IS ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2013 SIGOURNEY AWARD
Nominees must be citizens and residents Europe (also includes Australia, Israel, India and South Africa), or an entity located in Europe, whose significant contributions have generated new interest and activity in psychoanalysis and related disciplines.
Judges look for major contributions to clinical psychoanalysis or psychoanalytical research, including its application to the fields of medicine, psychiatry, or other sciences, the humanities, or the public good. The Award also recognizes work that increases the public awareness and the study of psychoanalysis. All nominees are evaluated for contributions during the past ten years. The award includes a substantial cash prize. Nominations will be accepted until July 15, 2013.
Please use the nomination form found at sigourneyaward.org under “Submit A Nomination”. Recipients will be announced at sigourneyaward.org in October 2013.
OUTREACH
Add-on curriculum for Psychoanalysis at the University of Vienna
The Vienna Psychoanalytic Association is working with the University of Vienna on two add-on curricula for psychoanalysis open to all students. For more details click here.
Hanna Segal Celebration
The life and work of Hanna Segal will be celebrated on 17-18 May 2013 at a conference organised by the British Institute of Psychoanalysis. For more details click here.
Psyalpha – a website for psychoanalysis
Psyalpha is a wide-ranging website featuring biographies of psychoanalysts, histories of psychoanalytic Societies and an archive of the early history of the discipline. Psyalpha is a project of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Academy,