Public Seminars
Timetable for Autumn term 2026
Venue: Institute of Education – ROOM NUMBER MAY VARY
20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL.
The seminars will be a combination of in person and Zoom sessions
If you would like to join a seminar via Zoom then make a payment by the Friday before the seminar date. Once payment has been received your name will be put on the list and a link will be sent to you for the seminar(s) booked.
Entrance fees:
£10 for one seminar (£7 concessions)
£15 for two seminars attended on the same day (£12 concessions)
£22 for three seminars attended on the same day (£18 concessions)
** NB: SHORT COURSE: £100 for all four seminars or £27 per seminar **
Health and Safety
Please note that all matters relating to Health and Safety while on the premises are the responsibility of the venue provider.
If you are unable to do this then please contact the administrator ([email protected]) who will provide BAC payment details.
Saturday 26 September (Room 728)
Add to Google Calendar| 03:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Round Table: Sublimation, Phantasy and Creativity | SOUKAINA AMIRA, ARTURO BANDINELLI, ASTRID GESSERT |
Saturday 3 October (Room 728)
Add to Google Calendar| 11.00 am – 12.45 pm | Introductory Lecture: The Unconscious from Freud to Lacan | ANDREW HODGKISS | |
| 1.45 – 3.15 pm | Freud’s Work in the 1890s | ANNE WORTHINGTON | |
| 3.30 – 5.15 pm | Short Course: Hysteria & Obsession | ASTRID GESSERT |
Saturday 10 October (Room 728)
Add to Google Calendar| 1.45 – 3.15 pm | Beginning the Treatment | CHRISTOS TOMBRAS | |
| 3.30 – 5.00 pm | Freud Seminar: Studies on Hysteria | ALISTAIR BLACK | |
| 5.15 – 6.30 pm | When Does Creativity Start? | VINCENT DACHY |
Saturday 17 October (Room 728)
Add to Google Calendar| 11.00 – 12.45 pm | Introductory Lecture: The Mirror Phase | DANY NOBUS | |
| 1.45 – 3.15 pm | Short Course: Hysteria & Obsession | LAURA TARSIA | |
| 3.30 – 5.00 pm | Sublimation, Phantasy and Creativity | BERJANET JAZANI |
Saturday 31 October (Room 728)
Add to Google Calendar| 1.45 – 3.15 pm | Short Course: Hysteria & Obsession | ANNE WORTHINGTON | |
| 3.30 – 5.00 pm | Freud Seminar: Three Essays on Sexual Theory | DANY NOBUS | |
| 5.15 – 6.30 pm | The Subject of Redirection | STUART CUMBERLAND |
Saturday 7 November (728)
Add to Google Calendar| 11.00 – 12.45 pm | Introductory Lecture: The Oedipus Complex from Freud to Lacan | LUCIA CORTI | |
| 3.30 – 5.00 pm | Sublimation, Phantasy and | JAMES TOWN |
Saturday 14 November (Room 780/777)
Add to Google Calendar| 1.45 – 3.15 pm | Short Course: Hysteria & Obsession | DARIAN LEADER |
Saturday 21 November (Room 728)
Add to Google Calendar| 11.00 – 12.45 pm | Introductory Course: The Real, The Symbolic and The Imaginary | LUCA BOSETTI | |
| 1.45 – 3.15 pm | Sublimation, Phantasy and Creativity | CHRISTOS TOMBRAS | |
| 3.30 – 5.30 pm | Louise Bourgeois on Psychoanalysis and Sublimation: Space, Material, and Repetition | JAMIESON WEBSTER |
Saturday 28 November (Room 728)
Add to Google Calendar| 1.45 – 3.15 pm | Freud Seminar: The Rat Man | EVE WATSON | |
| 3.30 – 5.00 pm | Child Analysis Working Group | BICE BENVENUTO |
Saturday 5 December (Room 728)
Add to Google Calendar| 11.00 – 12.45 pm | Introductory Lecture: Identification | DARIAN LEADER | |
| 1.45 – 3.15 pm | With What Do We Create? | VINCENT DACHY | |
| 3.30 – 5.30 pm | Round Table: Sublimation, Phantasy and Creativity | DANIELA OLIVEIRA GRUND, HENRIK LYNGGAARD, CONOR MCCORMACK |
Saturday 12 December (Room 728)
Add to Google Calendar| 1.45 – 3.15 pm | Freud Seminar: On Narcissism | CARMEN WRIGHT | |
| 3.30 – 5.30 pm | Lacan’s Writing: For the 60th Anniversary of Écrits | DANY NOBUS |