CFAR Annual Conference
WHY CAN’T WE SLEEP?
Psychoanalysis and Insomnia
Saturday 8 July 2017
10:00am – 5:15pm (Registration from 9:30am)
Tuke Hall, Regents College Conference Centre, Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4NS
Participant include:
Chloe Aridjis, Vincent Dachy, Marie Darrieussecq, Darian Leader and Anne Worthington
Complaints about the difficulty in sleeping have been skyrocketing in the last decade, with insomnia becoming the norm rather than the exception. Changes in the tempo and pressure of modern life no doubt play their part here, but what of the psychical sources of lack of sleep?What is it that allows us to sleep and what, then, can disrupt this? What role do dreams play as ‘guardians of sleep’ and what is it that wakes us up?
Entrance fee: £60 Concessions: £40
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| 9:30 – 9:45 | Registration and coffee | Anouchka Grose | |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | Welcome | Anne Worthington – Chair, CFAR | |
| 10:00 – 12:00 | Chair: Kristina Valendinova (CFAR) | ||
| Psychoanalysis and Insomnia | Darian Leader – Psychoanalyst, CFAR | ||
| Cacosomnia | Vincent Dachy – Psychoanalyst, CFAR | ||
| 12:00– 1:45 | Lunch Break (NB: lunch not included) |
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| 1:45 – 3:45 | Chair: Anouchka Grose (CFAR) | ||
| Darling Insomnia | Marie Darrieussecq – Writer, Psychoanalyst, Paris | ||
| Insomnia Begins in the Cradle: Creating a Narrative | Chloe Aridjis – Writer, London | ||
| The Uncanny, Anxiety and Lack of Sleep | Anne Worthington – Psychoanalyst, CFAR | ||
| 3:45 – 4:00 | Tea break | ||
| 4:00 – 5:00 | Speakers panel chaired by Kenneth Theron (CFAR) | ||