100 Year Anniversary IPA 2010
November 18, 2009
PSYCHOANALYSTS WORLDWIDE STAGE EVENTS TO MARK CENTENARY OF INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOANALYTICAL ASSOCIATION (IPA)
The IPA, founded by Sigmund Freud and other eminent psychoanalysts at the end of March 1910, is celebrating its centenary with a series of events across five continents. The IPA is the world’s primary accrediting and regulatory body for psychoanalysis. Its mission is to assure the continued vigour and development of psychoanalysis for the benefit of patients and the community in general.
The centennial celebrations – designed to reach out to all those interested in mental health issues – include two events taking place on 27 March to mark the exact month in which the IPA was founded:
London, UK 27 March 2010
Hosted by the European Psychoanalytic Federation
Speakers: Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, René Roussillon, David Bell.
‘Contemporary Perspectives on Psychoanalysis’
http://www.ipa.org.uk/Public/Page.php?ID=5804&language=eng&websiteID=3270
Houston, Texas, USA 27 March 2010
Hosted by the Houston-Galveston Psychoanalytic Society
"Thinking and Working Ethically" seminar, led by Rion Hart.
http://www.hgpsas.org/events/calendar09.html
A centerpiece of the celebrations will be Asia’s first-ever international conference on psychoanalysis, held in Beijing from 21 to 24 October 2010. The event, “Freud and Asia – Evolution and Change: Psychoanalysis in the Asian Context” is hosted by the China Mental Health Association in association with the IPA.
The concluding international celebration will take place at the IPA Mexico Congress in August 2011. It promises to be a brilliant Congress where core analytic concepts linking sexuality, dreams and the unconscious will be explored, while the glories of Mexican art, archaeology and hospitality will be enjoyed.
Other major events for the centenary include:
Melbourne, Australia
17 April 2010
“Women & Psychoanalysis - 100 years on, what's changed?”
Taormina, Italy
27 – 30 May 2010
“14th National Congress of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society”
Hosted by the Italian Association and Society
Toronto, Canada
4 – 6 June 2010
Hosted by the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society
“Therapeutic Action 100 Years Later, Implicit & Explicit Theories of the Analyst”
Sydney, Australia
30 - 31 July 2010
Hosted by the Australian Society
“Through a glass darkly: A Psychoanalytical exploration of trauma, perversion and violence”. Speakers include Don Campbell.
Vienna, Austria
23 – 26 September 2010
Hosted by the Vienna Society
German-speaking international psychoanalytical conference ”The power of Love – perverse modalities”
Bogotá, Colombia
23 September 2010
Hosted by Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies of Latin America (FEPAL)
“Challenges for Psychoanalysis and the IPA today”
Luxembourg
26 - 27 November 2010
Hosted the Belgian and Paris Societies
“Pratiques psychanalytiques: clinique et éthique du soin“
Further events to be arranged include meetings in Atlanta and San Francisco (USA), Jerusalem (Israel), Brisbane and Perth (Australia), Auckland (New Zealand) as well as in Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Uruguay, Brazil, Peru and Chile.
IPA President, Prof. Charles Hanly said “Psychoanalysis has contributed to the transformation of our social values and has been active in shaping the world we live in. It has changed our attitudes towards children and the family unit, towards sexuality, the body, the individual and mental health. The IPA centenary is not only about celebrating the many achievements of our association over the past century. It is also an opportunity for renewed outreach activities to ensure that in the next one hundred years, psychoanalysis will continue to flourish and to serve our communities.”
NOTES FOR EDITORS
ABOUT THE IPA
The IPA is the world’s primary accrediting and regulatory body for psychoanalysis. Its mission is to assure the continued vigour and development of psychoanalysis for the benefit of patients and the community in general.
The IPA works in partnership with 70 constituent organizations in 60 countries to support over 12,000 members. Its aims include creating new psychoanalytic groups, stimulating debate, conducting research, developing training policies and establishing links with other bodies (groups). It organizes a large biennial Congress which is open to all.
The IPA was founded in Nuremberg in March 1910 by Sigmund Freud, Ernst Jones, Karl Abraham, Max Eitingon and Sandor Ferenczi. Sigmund Freud believed that an international organization was essential to advance and safeguard his thinking and ideas.
For more information about events celebrating the IPA’s centenary, go to
http://www.ipa.org.uk/Public/SubMenu.php?ID=5658&ancestor1=3333&language=eng&websiteID=3270
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE IPA
Contact:
Robert Stein
Broomhills
Woodside Lane
LONDON N12 8UD
UK
tel: +44 20 8446 8324
web: www.ipa.org.uk
Please see below link/s for further details regarding upcoming seminars and lectures in celebration of the 100 year anniversary.
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