First Announcement
Ferenczi 150th Anniversary International Conference
FERENCZI 150 BUDAPEST
Budapest, June 9–11, 2023
DIALOGUE
between
Theoretical and Clinical Studies
Patient and Analyst
Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society
CONFERENCE GOALS
Is it appropriate to hold an international conference when war is waging so close to Budapest? Sándor Ferenczi would certainly have answered this question in the affirmative. After all, he organized the 5th International Psychoanalytic Congress in September 1918 at the end of World War I.
Next year, in 2023, we will be paying tribute to the 150th anniversary of Ferenczi’s birth and of the founding of Budapest. Ferenczi’s clinical and theoretical work and his influence in integrating the ideas of psychoanalysis into culture, the arts and social scientific thought have created potential for development like the integration of the former towns of Pest, Buda and Óbuda to form a world city. The theme of the conference, as we intend it, offers an opportunity to approach the current phenomena and challenges of the 21st century in the spirit of Ferenczi.
THE CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON THEORETICAL, CLINICAL, AND INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
THE MAIN THEMES ARE:
- Ferenczi´s legacy in contemporary psychoanalysis: clinical and theoretical innovations
- The unwelcome child phenomena in our time
- Trauma (at individual/family/group/societal level) and resilience
- Fragmentation and integration in the development of personality
- Ferenczi and the Budapest School of psychoanalysis
- Psychoanalysis and its interdisciplinary links: literature, art, film
WIDENING THE SCOPE:
- Fragmentation and primitive mental states
- Lines of convergence: Ferenczi, Winnicott, Bion, and others
- Maintaining a psychoanalytic mind under overwhelming external threats: war, forced migration, epidemic
- The bilingualism/multilingualism in psychoanalysis: individual and professional perspectives
- Contributions of experimental approaches to psychoanalysis
TYPES OF CONTRIBUTIONS
- Paper presentation (20 min / paper)
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
We welcome submissions of papers based on the conference themes.
The abstract should include the following information:
- Contact details: e-mail address, phone
- Name of the author, institution/affiliation
- Title of the paper
- Abstract text (1250 characters incl. spaces)
- 4-5 keywords
Abstracts should be submitted at
https://ferenczi150budapest-abstract.congressline.hu/congressline/abstract/frontend
SUBMISSIONS
Abstract submission: until January 31, 2023
REGISTRATION FEE
€ 350 Early Bird before March 31, 2023
€ 420 before April 30, 2023
€ 490 after April 30, 2023
€ 190 for students, and for those with written request for a cost reduction,
which is evaluated by the Conference Committee before April 30, 2023
CONFERENCE DATE
June 9–11, 2023
VENUE
Central European University, Budapest
Nádor u. 9. 1051 Budapest, Hungary
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
Adrienne Harris, Daniel Kupermann, Hayuta Gurevich, Judy E. Eekhoff, Marco Conci, Howard Levine, Csaba Pléh
PROGRAM & ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Chair: Judit Mészáros
Co-Chair: Csongor Juhos
Members: Teresa Abreu, Márk Bérdi, Antal Bókay, Aleksandar Dimitrijevic, Irayetzin Hernandez, Krisztián Indries, Dóra Lőrik, Noemi Ford, Andrea Sinkovics, Ágnes Szokolszky, Mónika Takács, Szilvia Ternován, Tracy Simon
ORGANIZED BY THE SÁNDOR FERENCZI SOCIETY IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HUNGARIAN PSYCHOANALYTICAL SOCIETY AND THE FREE ASSOCIATION LISBON.
THE CONFERENCE IS SUPPORTED BY THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY BUDAPEST AND THE INTERNATIONAL SÁNDOR FERENCZI NETWORK.
ADDITIONAL EVENTS: EXHIBITION AND GARDEN PARTY
The conference is accompanied by an exhibition on the theme of Ferenczi, Budapest and Psychoanalysis at the Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library, Budapest. A garden party will be held at the Ferenczi House with the opening of the Severn Section of the Archive of the House with the speech of Arnold Rachman.
WEBSITE OF THE CONFERENCE:
Official website: ferenczi150budapest.org
CONTACT US
Conference Office: Congressline Ltd: Ms. Ildikó Benyhe
Email: benyhe@congressline.hu
Phone: + 36-1-4290146
congressline.hu
