RE-READING FREUD 4
The Israeli Society of Neuropsychoanalysis and the Neuropsychoanalysis Open School proudly announce the launch of the Fourth Seminar of Re-Reading Freud, now open for enrollment.
We are pleased to continue our engagement with the Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, a long-awaited milestone in the field of psychoanalysis.
This year-long theoretical seminar constitutes Re-Reading Freud, Part 4 and focuses on Freud’s later works, addressing central questions of anxiety, culture, femininity, the limits of analysis, and Freud’s final synthetic vision of psychoanalysis. These texts will be re-examined through the lens of contemporary neuroscience.
Participants will engage in 10 seminars dedicated to selected works from the Revised Standard Edition.
The seminar will be recorded, and recordings will be available to participants for two years via the website: neuropsychoanalysis.co.il
Seminar Structure
Each session follows a structured format designed to foster in-depth discussion and critical engagement:
90-minute presentation by Prof. Mark Solms, editor of the Revised Standard Edition
20-minute interactive discussion with participants
10-minute reflection on seminar structure and participant needs
In addition, once a month, one week prior to the meeting with Prof. Solms, a guided reading seminar will be held. This preparatory session will be led by Dr. Irith Raveh-Barzel and will be dedicated to close reading, discussion, and conceptual analysis of the texts to be addressed in the upcoming seminar.
This intellectually enriching series offers a unique opportunity to remain at the forefront of psychoanalytic thought and to contribute to shaping its scientific evolution in the 21st century.
All papers will be sent in advance. Participants are invited to submit questions either via the WhatsApp group using the link below or privately by email.
WhatsApp group:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/LIIWDNlpFUE1VTgvJV8dmd?mode=gi_t
Email:
irbarzel@gmail.com
All meetings will be recorded and accessible on neuropsychoanalysis.co.il. Each meeting page includes a “READ” button containing the Freud text and Prof. Solms’ notes.
Upcoming Readings
Re-Reading Freud, Part 4
1. Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety (1926), RSE 20 — Two seminars
2. Civilization and Its Discontents (1930), RSE 21 — Two seminars
3. Femininity (Lecture 33 of the New Introductory Lectures, 1933), RSE 22 — One seminar
4. Analysis Terminable and Interminable (1937), RSE 23 — Two seminars
5. An Outline of Psychoanalysis (1940), RSE 23 — Three seminars
Lecturers & Moderator
Lecturer
Prof. Mark Solms
Prof. Mark Solms (born 17 July 1961) is a South African psychoanalyst and neuropsychologist, who is known for his discovery of the brain mechanisms of dreaming and his use of psychoanalytic methods in contemporary neuroscience. He holds the Chair of Neuropsychology at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital (Departments of Psychology and Neurology) and is the President of the South African Psychoanalytical Association. He is also the former Research Chair of the International Psychoanalytical Association (since 2013).
Solms founded the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society in 2000 and he was a Founding Editor (with Ed Nersessian) of the journal Neuropsychoanalysis. He is Director of the Arnold Pfeffer Center for Neuropsychoanalysis at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute.[2] He is also Director of the Neuropsychoanalysis Foundation in New York, a Trustee of the Neuropsychoanalysis Fund in London, and Director of the Neuropsychoanalysis Trust in Cape Town. He is a trustee of the Loudoun Trust.
He has published widely in both neuroscientific and psychoanalytic journals, including Cortex (journal), Neuropsychologia, Trends in Cognitive Sciences and Behavioral and Brain Sciences. He is also frequently published in general-interest journals, such as Scientific American . He has published more than 250 articles and book chapters, and 6 books. His second book, The Neuropsychology of Dreams (1997), was a landmark contribution to the field. His 2002 book (with Oliver Turnbull), The Brain and the Inner World was a best-seller and has been translated into 13 languages. His latest book, on the hard problem of consciousness, is entitled The Hidden Spring. He is the authorised editor and translator of the forthcoming Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (24 vols) and the Complete Neuroscientific Works of Sigmund Freud (4 vols).
Moderator
Dr. Irith Barzel-Raveh
Dr. Irith Barzel-Raveh is a Senior Clinical Psychologist and supervisor in Psychotherapy. She is the Founder and Chairwoman of the Israeli Neuropsychoanalytic Society, and a founder member and a Board member of the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society. She coordinated the course “Normalcy in Infancy” at the Tel Aviv University Medical School. She taught Infant Observation in collaboration with Tavistock to a range of professionals from multiple disciplines. She was a head clinical psychologist of the Neuropediatric infant development center for the Tel-Aviv area and was head of 26 well-baby transdisciplinary clinics. She is a specialist in Professor Heinz Prechtel’s method of functional assessment of fetus General Movement (functional assessment of the brain). She is enrolled in a Ph.D. program in Psychoanalysis and Hermeneutics at Bar-Ilan University, where she is working on her dissertation under the guidance of Dr. Aner Govrin and Professor Mark Solms. She also works at her private clinic.