The Political Mind Series 2023

Please note: These seminars will be recorded and available for 1 week to all registered participants. This is to allow international attendees to enjoy the event at a more appropriate time in their time zone. After this time, the recording will no longer be available. 

**To book any individual seminar, please click the relevant link in the programme outlined below**

Event Programme:

22nd July | Justice: When Law and Psychoanalysis Meet... What the unconscious and irrational have to do with judicial functioning - Rakesh Shukla

PAST EVENTS

16^th May | “The loss of the Capacity to Care and the Link to Ideology: when certainty replaces the uncertainty of enquiry” - Phil Stokoe, chaired by David Morgan.

23^rd May | Mourning idealisation and mending ideals in the human climate - Sally Weintrobe, chaired by Rob Stuart.

30^th May | Marching Under the Banner of the Superego: Notes on ‘the Mania for Reproaching - Prof Don Carveth, chaired by David Morgan.

6^th June | From disdain to appreciation: unwelcome immigrants and psychic borders - Dr Constanza Aranguren, chaired by Narendra Keval.

13^th June | War…Psychoanalytic reflections on the conditions of the possibility of human destructiveness - Dr David Bell, chaired by Rachel Gibbons.

20^th June | 'Antisemitism and Magical Thinking' - Dr Renée Danziger, chaired by Ruth McCall.

27^th June | ‘I’m beyond caring’. Pressure on front-line staff in the NHS - Marcus Evans, chaired by Phil Stokoe

4^th July | 'Political Action, Psychoanalytic Action' - Prof Bob Hinshelwood, chaired by Phil Stokoe

11^th July | Apocalyptic Times and The Missing Debate. The evil of modernity begins with the disappearance of the community of listeners. Walter Benjamin (1995 [1970]) - Dr Jonathan Sklar, chaired by Ruth McCall

18^th July | The Psychoanalytic Debate about Race and Racism. Different Perspectives Compared - Prof Michael Rustin, chaired by Dr Anuradha Menon

REFUND POLICY: Tickets are fully refundable until 14 days before the lecture, after which time no refunds will be issued. For full series bookings, tickets are fully refundable 14 days before the first lecture in the series.

Concession tickets are available, for students, BPAS candidates and NHS trainees. Please email outreach@iopa.org.uk if you are unsure if you qualify for a concession ticket.

Views and opinions expressed by speakers are their own and do not represent the views or opinions of the Institute, event organisers or other speakers. We expect delegates to respect the confidentiality of clinical material discussed in our events. The content must not be recorded, conveyed or disseminated in any format and participants must not share access to the event with non-registered participants.