FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS Speech, Signifier, Letter Alain Vanier Saturday, May 30, 2020 10:00 am – 1:00 pm To register, click here.

We will study the difference between signifier and letter without overlooking the sign, a notion Lacan rethought at various points of his teaching. Particular attention will be paid to their relation to the act of speech and the subject of language.

Suggested readings: Lacan: Écrits: “The Freudian Thing” (1955), “The Instance  of the Letter in the Unconscious” (1957); Autres écrits: “Lituraterre” (1971).

Alain Vanier is a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist in Paris, emeritus professor of Université Paris 7 Diderot, a faculty member of Après-Coup, and the author, in English translation, of the monograph Lacan (Other Press, 2000).

General fee: $30

For students with ID: $20

With 3 CE Credits

Licensed Psychoanalysts and Social Workers: $75.00

For Members, AFs and Yearly Participants of Après-Coup: No fee

Attendance is free for all members of Après-Coup as well as for the faculty and students of the School of Visual Arts but registration is required to receive the Zoom link.

NOTE: This seminar will be conducted online. Registration ends at 6 pm (Eastern Daylight Time) on Friday, May 29, 2020. Information about signing in to the Zoom meeting will be emailed to you immediately after you register. If you don’t receive an email, first check your spam folder. If you still don’t see it, email apres.coup@yahoo.com.

We recommend you sign into Zoom 15 minutes before the start of the workshop.
Continuing Education

Three (3) CE credits will be granted to Licensed Social Workers and Licensed Psychoanalysts who have registered, have documented evidence of attendance of the workshop, and complete the evaluation form. Upon completion of the evaluation form, a Certificate of Completion will be emailed to all participants who comply with these requirements. Credits cannot be given for partial attendance.

Workshop fee with 3 CE Credits: $75.00

(There is no fee for CE Credits for Members, AFs, and Yearly Participants of Après-Coup.)

Social Workers: Après-Coup Psychoanalytic Association is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (#SW-0597).

Licensed Psychoanalysts: Après-Coup Psychoanalytic Association is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Licensed Psychoanalysts as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts (#P-0044).

Learning Objectives: After the presentations, participants will be able to:

1) Differentiate the modes of inscription of the elements of the unconscious

2) Identify the Lacanian notion of the letter and its function in treatment

3) Describe the Lacanian hypothesis of early development in relation to the notions of the sign and object
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