Speaking of Lacan

Psychoanalytic Group


CALENDAR OF PAST EVENTS

Program Calendar 2009 - 2010

CLINICAL GROUP

Presenter:  Dr. Mavis Himes
Dates:          Wednesdays: January 26, February 24, March 23, April 27, May 25, 2011
Times:         7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Location:    Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
                     252 Bloor St. W., 4th Floor, Room 4-420
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GUEST PRESENTATIONS

Presenter:  Marc-Leopold Levy (Paris)
Title:             Les Corps du Sujet, le Corps de l'Individu
                      The Bodies of the Subject, the Body of the Individual
Dates:          Saturday, February 26, 2011
Times:         10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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SYMPOSIUM

Presenter:  Drs. Sheila Cavanagh, Patricia Elliot, Patricia Gherovici and Mavis Himes
Title:             Sexuation: Encounters with Sexuality
                      A Symposium on Lacan, Trans Studies, and Queer Theory
Dates:          Saturday, April 2, 2011
Times:         9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE ARTS
In Conversation


Presenter:  Norbert Palej (composer, U of Toronto) and Mavis Himes
Title:             For the Love of Music
                      The Particular and the Universal
Dates:          Saturday, March 26, 2011
Times:         9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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In Conversation

Presenter:  Diego Matamoros (actor, Soulpepper Theatre) and Mavis Himes
Title:             The Actor, The Performance and The Other Scene:
                      Truth and Reality in Theatre and Psychoanalysis
Dates:          Saturday, June 4, 2011
Times:         9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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SEMINARS

Presenter:
  Mavis Himes
Title:             Desire and Its Interpretation
Dates:          Thursdays, March 3, 10, 2011
Times:         7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
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BOOK PRESENTATION

Book Title:  Freud and the Invention of Jewishness
Presenter:  Dr. Betty Fuks (Rio de Janeiro)
Discussant:Dr. Dan Merkur (Toronto)
Dates:          Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010
Times:         7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Location:     The Women's Art Association,
                      23 Prince Arthur Ave.
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Program Calendar 2009 - 2010

SEMINAR and READING GROUP

Title:             The Ethics of Psychoanalysis, Book VII
Presenter:  Dr. Mavis Himes
Dates:          Thursdays: April 15 and 22, May 6, 13, and 27, 2010
Times:         7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Location:    Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
                     252 Bloor St. W., 4th Floor, Room 4-420
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GUEST PRESENTATIONS

Presenter:  Dr. Denise Maurano (Brazil)
Title:             On a Question of the Feminine: Psychoanalysis and Creativity
Time:            Monday, November 9, 2009 (7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.)
Location:     University of Toronto Art Centre, 15 King's College Circle (art lounge, main floor)
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SYMPOSIUM

Title:             The Body of Desire: Psychoanalysis, Subjectivity, and Arts
Speakers:   Tamara Landau (Paris)
                      Paola Mieli (New York)
                      Denise Maurano (Rio de Janeiro)
                      Jean-Michel Vives (Nice)
                      plus a number of artists from the
                      fields of dance, music, theatre, and visual arts
Time:            Friday, November 6, 2009 (6:00 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.)
                      Saturday, November 7, 2009 (9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.)
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GUEST PRESENTATIONS

Presenter:   Dr. Denise Maurano (Brazil)
Title:             On a Question of the Feminine: Psychoanalysis and Creativity
Time:            Monday, November 9, 2009 (7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.)
Location:     University of Toronto Art Centre, 15 King's College Circle (art lounge, main floor)
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Program Calendar 2008 - 2009

GUEST PRESENTATIONS

Presenter:  Dr. Mavis Himes
Title:             Psychoanalytic Intervention: An Act of Listening or Reading
Time:            Saturday, November 29, 2008 (10:00- 12:30)
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Presenter:  Dr. Marc-Leopold Levy (Paris)
Title:              Le Ludopath, le Pedophile et lâ Enfant Merveilleux
                       (The Player, the Pedophile and the Marvellous Child)
Time:            Saturday, November 1, 2008 10:00-4:30 p.m.
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Program Calendar 2007 - 2008

GUEST PRESENTATIONS

Presenter:  Dr. Rene Lew (Paris)
Title:             The Littoral: At the Intersection of Multiple Fields of the Unconscious
Time:            Friday, February 29, 2008 (7:00-9:30 p.m.) Saturday, March 1, 2008 (10:00-4:30                       p.m.)
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Presenters:Gustavo Klurfan, Lillian Ferrari, Ann McLellan, Mark Stafford
                       (New York/Philadelphia)
Title:              Anguish, Angustia and the Other
Time:            Saturday, January 12, 2008 (10:00-4:30)
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Presenter:  Dr. Pascale Hassoun (Paris)
Title:             Clinical Case Presentation
Time:            Saturday, November 10, 2007 (10:00- 4:30)
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Presenter:  Dr. Claude Rabant (Paris)
Title:              The Unconscious ö Sedentary and Nomadic
                      (Reading Freud: The Unconscious)
Time:            Tuesday, October 9, 2007 (7:00-9:30 p.m.)
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SEMINARS

Presenter:  Dr. Mavis Himes
Title:             The Name of the Father and the Paternal Metaphor
Time:            Fridays, October 19, 26, November 9, 23, 2007 7:30-10:00 p.m
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Presenter:  Dr. Mavis Himes
Title:             The Nature of Knowledge and the Desire of the Analyst <
Time:           Fridays, 2008 TBA
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