ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: The English Speaking Weekend Conference is open to members and candidates of the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA) and its component societies, and also to members of the British Psychoanalytic Association (BPA), the European Psychoanalytic Federation (EPF) and full British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) registrants.
Psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists, who are not members of these organisations may register if supported by an IPA member. A brief supporting letter from the IPA member should be sent to [email protected] before registering for the conference.
Listening to Antigone
Friday 10th October - Sunday 12th October 2025
Hybrid: at the Institute of Psychoanalysis & Regent's University London, Inner Circle, NW1 4NS or Online
This conference will be recorded and available to view for 2 weeks.
The figure of Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, is the focus of the 2025 English-Speaking Conference. The final play in Sophocles’ Theban trilogy centres on Antigone, child of the incestuous union between Oedipus and Jocasta. The tragedy unfolds in the wake of civil war as Antigone resolves to bury her dead brother, in defiance of her uncle Creon’s prohibition. Sophocles’s play weaves together a number of psychoanalytic concerns: transgenerational trauma, femininity, the sibling axis, grief and the obstacles to mourning, masochism and death. Sophocles confronts us with the tragic consequences of turning a deaf ear. Our challenge now is to listen to Antigone, to hear her story, and what it brings to a contemporary psychoanalysis.
Friday 10th October | The Institute of Psychoanalysis
Live dramatic reading of Antigone by Isobel Hanson and cast, followed by a reception.
Click here to view a sneak preview of the writer/performer Isobel Hanson as Antigone in Anne Carson’s translation of Sophocles' play.
Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October - Main Conference | Regent's University, Inner Circle.
Speakers in dialogue:
Angela Joyce and Joshua Durban, Chair: Margaret Rustin
Michael Parsons and Catherine Chabert, Chair: Jan Abram
Rosemary Davies and Denis Flynn, Chair: Liz Allison
Full programme coming soon
Early Bird rates are available until June
Image: © Ellie Swartzentruber
Cancellation policy for this event:
Up to and including 1st August: full refund on cancellation
Between 2nd August up to and including 8th September: 50% refund on cancellation
From 9th September 2025 onwards: no refunds
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.
Inner Circle
Regents Park
London NW1 4NS
United Kingdom
| Early Bird Tickets | |
| Early Bird - Standard | £ 255.00 |
| Early Bird - Candidate | £ 215.00 |
| Online Ticket | £ 220.00 |
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