Family histories, IBM in WWII, art and music and the brain from Sasha Rolde on InternationalPsychoanalysis.net

*Dear colleagues,

There is much activity on the international psychoanalytic website, dovetailing with similar kind of rising ante everywhere – whether it finally be winter in the northeast, heat in the Republican primaries, tornadoes in the Midwest, elections in APsaA or horrors in the middle east.*** I will attempt to guide you on the website with some suggestions of my own, as well as with the usual list of contents for this week.

To begin with my choices:

*1) A century later we continue to learn about Sigmund Freud’s family life.* This week* I* am moved by the extremely short and tragic life story of S. Freud’s niece, nee Marta , children’s book illustrator, Tom Seidmann-Freud (she took a man’s name – read about the reason) whose surreal, whimsical art was saved by her Continue reading Family histories, IBM in WWII, art and music and the brain from Sasha Rolde on InternationalPsychoanalysis.net

On Site: Being at the Scene of Conflict

 

We invite you to attend the Spring Symposium on March 24th, 8:30 – 12:45, Yale Child Study Center.
On Site: Being at the Scene of Conflict

This year’s symposium looks at vicariously experienced trauma that mental health workers, news correspondents and photojournalists, victim advocates and international rescue workers share.  The professionals in these disciplines Continue reading On Site: Being at the Scene of Conflict

Psychoanalysts on the Left and the Far Left

Psychoanalysts on the Left and the Far Left 
Thursday 22 March 2012 at 12:30 pm
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION   
Full program description coming soon.
Jonathan Brent, Arnold Richards, and others will discuss the cohort of psychoanalysts in the United States who belonged to the Communist Party in the 1930s and 1940s, and their impact on both clinical practice and theory.

Admission: FREE
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Venue: YIVO Institute at the Center for Jewish History  |  15 West 16th Street – NYC   view map
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All public programs are wheelchair accessible. A limited number of assistive listening devices are available for deaf and hard of hearing individuals upon request. 

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