seminars
Louise Nevelson, Cascade VII
The Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis provides an unstructured opportunity to study the Lacanian psychoanalytical approach for anyone who is interested in learning more. The School’s purpose is to transmit psychoanalytic theory and offer a school within the historical context of the psychoanalytic movement to conduct education, research, and treatment for the benefit of the community.
Unless specifically noted, LSP Seminars and Events are open to the general public with no commitment to or enrollment in the School. The fee for a Seminar or Event that requires one is split 50/50 between LSP and the facilitator(s), and a symbolic donation to the School is requested in the case of a Seminar or Event that is free. If the fee of a Seminar or Event is prohibitively expensive for you, please contact the facilitator(s) to see if an accommodation can be made. For Seminars and Events, this is determined on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the facilitator(s).
While there is no formal application to attend the many seminars and conferences open to the public, most seminars or events require registration, often simply by sending an email request to the facilitator. You will find registration, fees, and contact information in the description of each event or seminar below. All payments or donations for seminars and events are accepted on the Payments page.
If you are interested in analytic formation through the School, please review the different tracks of formation available through LSP on the page regarding Psychoanalytic Formation.
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LSP Seminars and Events are open to the general public with no commitment to or enrollment in the School unless otherwise indicated.
ONLINE SEMINARS
Cinema Lacan
Faculty: Garrett Tanner
Dates/Times: 1st Friday of the month at 11-1pm CT, September 2024 - May 2025
Location: Online
Contact: jgtannerphd@gmail.com
Fee: $100 (suggested, none turned away) or tuition
Contemporary Lacanian Approaches to Psychosis
Faculty: Richard Reinhardt and Shanna Carlson de la Torre
Dates/Times: January – May 2025, 2nd Saturday, 10am-12pm PST
Location: Zoom
Contact: Richard Reinhardt (rhreinha@umich.edu) and Shanna Carlson de la Torre (shannat99@gmail.com)
Fee: $200 or LSP School Tuition
Dream, Symptom, Fantasy: a Clinical Cases Seminar in the Aftermath of Lacan’s Return to Freud
Faculty: Christopher Meyer, PhD, Analyst of the School
Dates/Times: Second and fourth Tuesdays of the month, October 8, 2024 through June 20, 2025, 7-8:20 pm Pacific Time, with a break following the December 10 class until classes resume January 21, and no class April 8. Classes resume April 22.
Location: Online via Zoom
Contact: Christopher Meyer, PhD, (323) 930-9662, cmeyerwoeswar@gmail.com
Fee: $40.00 per meeting, or LSP Tuition
Graphing Desire, Writing Dreams
Faculty: Diana Cuello, PhD, Analyst of the School, and Annie Rogers, PhD, Analyst of the School
Dates/Times: Monthly, September to May, 1st Fridays, 9-11am Pacific Standard time
Location: On Zoom, by invitation
Contact: Diana Cuello at dianacuellophd@gmail.com; Annie Rogers at anniegrogers@gmail.com
Fee: $500.00 or School Tuition
Introduction to Lacan: Basic Concepts
Faculty: Marcelo Estrada & Diana Dopchiz de Martin
Dates/Times: Saturday 10/19/24 and 10/26/24 – 10am-12pm PST
Location: Zoom
Contact: Marcelo Estrada marcelo.estrada@gmail.com; Diana Dopchiz de Martin ddmartinmft@gmail.com
Faculty: Matthew Seidman, Candidate Analyst
Dates/Times: Monday 5:30-7:30 pt, 8:30-10:30 pm et. Sept 9th, 2024 - April 7th, 2025
Location: Online bi-weekly via Zoom
Contact: half.outside.it@gmail.com
Fee: $25 per session suggested. None turned away.
Faculty: Gardner Fair, MFT, PhD, Candidate Analyst of LSP & Matthew Lovett, PhD, Precandidate Analyst of the LSP
Dates/Times: Second Saturday of each month, 10am-12pm Pacific Time beginning September 14th 2024 and running through June 2025
Location: Online via Zoom, by invitation
Contact: gardnerfair@yahoo.com and matthew.t.lovett@gmail.com
Fee: $60 per class/Students $40 or LSP Tuition (Please contact facilitators to discuss any financial burden – you won’t be turned away!)
Lacan's Seminar XVIII (1970-'71): Of a discourse that would not be a semblance
Faculty: Benjamin Davidson
Dates/Times: Wednesdays 5—7 pm PST beginning 8 January, 2025 (second and fourth Wednesdays)
Location: online
Contact: Benjamin Davidson (benjamdavidson@me.com)
Fee: Free-of-charge
Lacanian Clinical Workshop, From the first session to the last
Faculty: Dr. Cécile Gouffrant, Analyst of the School
Dates/Times: The 3rd Saturday of each month, September 2024 to June 2025. 2024 - 9/21, 10/19, 11/16, 12/21, 2025 - 1/18, 2/15, 3/15, 4/19, 5/17, 6/21. 10 am-12 pm Pacific Time, 1 pm-3 pm Eastern Location: Zoom
Contact: Dr. Cecile Gouffrant, cecilepsyd@gmail.com
Psychic structure, subject, and object of psychoanalysis
Faculty: Christopher Meyer, Analyst of the School
Dates/Times: Every 4th Saturday of the month, September 2024 through May 2025, 10:30 am-12 noon Pacific Standard Time. No October meeting, November sessions on 11/2 and 11/29.
Location: Online via Zoom
Contact: Christopher Meyer, PhD (323) 930-9662 at cmeyerwoeswar@gmail.com
Fee: $60.00 per session/$40.00 students, or LSP tuition
Psychoanalytic Training in the School of Lacan - Part 6
Faculty: Marcelo Estrada
Dates/Times: 5:30– 8:00pm Pacific Time, last two Thursdays each month, September 2024 to June 2025; no classes in December 2024
Location: Online via Zoom
Contact: Marcelo Estrada marcelo.estrada@gmail.com
Fee: $500.00 or LSP Tuition
Putting voice to Lacan’s writings
Faculty: Roberto Lazcano, Ph.D. & Jonathan Fishman, Ph.D.
Dates/Times: Saturdays 1-3 PST, Dates TBD, Begins August 2024- May 2025
Location: Online via Zoom
Contact: Jonathan Fishman, Ph.D. at jlouisfish@gmail.com
Fee: Free of charge, donation to The School encouraged
Reading Lacan reading Freud: Seminars I & II
Faculty: Casey Butcher, Candidate Analyst of the School
Dates/Times: Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month, September 2024 through May 2025, 5-7pm Pacific Time
Location: Online via Zoom, by invitation
Contact: Casey Butcher at butcher.casey@gmail.com
Fee: $200 or tuition to the school
Temporality and Causality in Psychoanalysis
Faculty: Ruonan Liu, Candidate Analyst at LSP
Dates/Times: 8:30-11:00 am (The Fourth Saturday every month, Beijing Time, From September to April, no sessions in February)
Location: Online via Voov
Contact: Ruonan Liu at immanuelliu006@gmail.com or WeChat: Plague_them
Fee: 2000Yuan (RMB)/ 300 USD or LSP Tuition
Note: This seminar will be in Mandarin Chinese
Don’t see your LSP seminar listed above? See an error or need to make an update to your course? Reach out to the current website coordinator Courtney Douds.
For LSP members interested in helping to shape the curriculum and program for future years of LSP, reach out to the Program Committee chair Diana Cuello to see how you can get involved.