Conference Overview

Psychoanalysis has much to say about the issues that face us as members of local and global communities.  In this conference, we will explore some of the ways that psychoanalysis helps us to better understand and to address the challenges facing our communities, looking at how psychoanalytic theory and practice help us to think about and also to work towards the formation, development and change of communities.

Please think broadly about the roles psychoanalysis plays or might play in the community, keeping in mind some of the difficulties we face, such as the break-down of communications among factions with ostensibly different views and goals; ongoing challenges facing those with fewer resources, such as the poor and minorities; new challenges we face with diminishing resources in our educational and mental health systems. What does psychoanalysis have to contribute to appreciating and mitigating the forces that work against community?  How might psychoanalysis help to address the social questions that challenge or reconfigure our views of community today? How are people using psychoanalytic theory, principles, and ideas in their communities to promote growth and change?

Submissions

Individual papers will be grouped into panels.  full panel or roundtable submissions are also welcome.  All submissions should include a title page with contact information and affiliations of all participants.  Please designate general topic and type of submission.  All overviews and abstracts should be less than 300 words.

Submissions may be of three types (please designate on title page):

Roundtables: Each participant will give a 5-10 minute overview of his or her position in preparation for the discussion.  These may be on a general topic or theme, or may be discussion of paper(s) offered to participants in advance.

Panels: Each participant will give a 15-20 minute paper in preparation for a discussion.

Posters:  Participants may present research, programs, or other material amenable to this type of format, as a way of stimulating individual discussions on topics of interest.

For full Roundtable (discussions) or Panel (paper presentations) submissions, please send an overview along with an abstract for each contribution.

Please think about the nature of community and how psychoanalytic thoughts and ideas are or may be utilized to explore and enhance our well-being as members of our various communities.  Possible topics may include theories, applications and interventions in various domains, such as in education, organizations, mental health, prisons, and also particular dilemmas we face in communities, such as issues of differences in race, ethnicity, politics, or religion; the role of art and the artist in articulating community dilemmas; psychosocial models.

Send proposals as Word.docs and also in body of email to:
Marilyn Charles, Ph.D., at: mcharles@msu.edu

Registration

Registration forms are available in PDF format or as a Word.doc
 

Accommodation

Conference accommodations may be booked at either

The Hyatt Hotel @ http://newbrunswick.hyatt.com/groupbooking/apcs

The University Inn @ 732.932.9144 or at http://univinn.rutgers.edu/
 

Rutgers Visitor Information

Visit the Rutgers Website for Maps, Directions and Visitor Information: VISIT RUTGERS

Book Exhibit

SPECIAL APCS BOOK EXHIBIT ORGANIZED BY LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

 This year's Annual Meeting of the  ASSOCIATION FOR THE PSYCHOANALYSIS OF CULTURE AND SOCIETY once again will feature a special book exhibit organized and managed by LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE. The exhibit will provide a comprehensive collection of the latest and most significant titles on the psychoanalysis of  culture and society. clinical psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic theory--and will contribute substantially to the excitement and intellectual value of our conference. The book exhibit will be open throughout the conference. Please stop by early and often--say hello to onsite managers Mei Ha Chan and Richard Klein--and browse to your heart's content. All books are on sale at special, discounted rates.