CALENDAR OF EVENTS
A curated listing of international critical psychology conferences and events. Email us at [email protected] if you’d like to suggest an event.
The week's events
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September 19, 2022
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September 20, 2022(1 event)
MIA Online Parent Support Group: US/CanadaMIA Online Parent Support Group: US/Canada –
Time:Ā Weekly, Tuesdays from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm, U.S. Mountain time (5:00 pm Pacific, 7:00 pm Central, 8:00 pm Eastern).Ā Next meeting: June 21, 2022 A space where families can exchange information and share experiences to foster a dialogue that goes beyond the predominant mainstream medical treatment model.Ā Welcome! This Mad in America (MIA) forum hosts online parent support groups. We have started these groups in response to the many inquiries we get from parents who are skeptical of conventional drug-based treatments for children struggling with mental health issues and are now looking for alternatives. We currently offer two groupsāone in Europe and one in the United States/Canada; all are conducted in English. This initiative, begun in the fall of 2018, has generated strong interest, and we hope to accommodate as many people as possible. Therefore, the U.S./Canada group now operates on a weekly, drop-in basis, as your schedules and needs allow. The support groups, which last 90 minutes, are moderated and provide a confidential space where people can share information and experiences that foster a dialogue about psychiatric diagnosis, the use of psychiatric medications, and non-drug alternatives. We hope these groups will help parents and other family members to feel less alone as they struggle to best help the children in their lives. Everyone in the group has the opportunity to speak, and everyone is expected to be respectful of others. The moderators occasionally invite guest speakers to the meetings. Although MIA is hosting these forums, the moderators do not represent MIA. Their opinions and suggestions are their own. Please write to me with any questions you may have about the support groups. You may also want to visit ourĀ Family ResourcesĀ section, which provides information about drugs, blogs written by both professionals and parents, Q&As, research news, and other informational links. To sign up for a support group, pleaseĀ clickĀ āsign up hereāĀ at the bottom of the page and then complete the form. āMiranda Spencer, Parent Resources Editor |
September 21, 2022
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September 22, 2022
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September 23, 2022
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September 24, 2022
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September 25, 2022(1 event)
Psychoanalysis and the Public Sphere: Politics of IdentityPsychoanalysis and the Public Sphere: Politics of Identity –
This conference will take place online on 24th September 12.30pm ā 6pm and 25th September 12.30 pm ā 6pm BSTĀ Who or what decides who we reckon we (and others) are? Are we the architects of our own identities or else the pliable outcomes of internal and external forces, both conscious and unconscious? How should we navigate the wide medley of rival theories between those two stark positions? Psychology revolves around these core questions for which the repertoire of answers has never been entirely value-free, satisfactory or settled. Freudian psychoanalysis posits a primal ingredient of autonomy in the newborn as an inherently unruly creature, and later some autonomy is gained insofar as a person works through their acquired demons and delusions. For Erikson, identity is a āfundamental organizing principle which develops throughout a life spanā and consists of experiences, relationships, values, beliefs, memories, that make up a personās subjective sense of self, which can remain stable even as new aspects of self are added. For Lacanians, by contrast, identity appears to be the ultimate objet petit a. In any case, the way one conceives of identity, and its (de)formation, has consequences for how one views the wider world and its varied occupants. Modern identity politics, whatever its merits may be, seems geared to drown out issues of class and of economic advantage. This online conference examines these questions in several interrelated arenas, (1) in the realm of theory, (2) in the treatment room and group, and (3) in the public sphere, where āidentity politicsā is prominent and often operates as a divisive instrument socially. |