New and Noteworthy
ISFN Book Presentation Series
In support of The Network Edition of the Complete Psychoanalytic Writings of Sándor Ferenczi
Women in the Budapest School of Psychoanalysis: Girls of Tomorrow
Saturday, February 3, 2024
With: Anna Borgos
14th International Sándor Ferenczi Conference
Psychoanalysis between Catastrophe and Creation: Emerging Perspectives
May 29 – June 1, 2024
Hosted by the GBPSF in São Paulo, Brazil
Official languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish
We invite proposals to be considered in the sessions of the São Paulo conference. Both clinical and theoretical papers are encouraged, and students, if they prefer, may also submit a poster presentation. Presenters, as all participants, have to register for the conference.
The Deadline for Proposal Submissions is Sunday, October 15th, 2023.
Please go to www.ferencziconference14.com for more detailed information and guidelines of proposal submissions.
2023-2024 – ISFN Book Presentation Series In support of The Network Edition of the Complete Psychoanalytic Writings of Sándor Ferenczi
Various Dates
November 17-18, 2023 – APdeBA – CONFERENCZI SANDOR FERENCZI BUENOS AIRES 2023, “Psicoanálisis entre catástrofes y creación. Perspectivas emergentes”
June 9–11, 2023 – Ferenczi 150th Anniversary International Conference
Organized by the Sándor Ferenczi Society in collaboration with the Hungarian Psychoanalytical Society and Free Association Lisbon
Budapest
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2022-2023 – ISFN Book Presentation Series, In support of The Network Edition of the Complete Psychoanalytic Writings of Sándor Ferenczi
ISFN Members Can Visit Our Video Library to Watch or Listen to the Sessions
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Ferenczi Towards Psychoanalysis: Preanalytic Writings, 1897–1908, Edited by Judit Mészáros
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April 1, 2023 – The Inauguration of André Haynal Memorial Collection at Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Education and Psychology
The inauguration ceremony of the André Haynal Memorial Collection, an event organized conjointly by Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Education and Psychology and the Hungarian Psychoanalytical Society.
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6-7 Maggio 2023 – LA FRAMMENTAZIONE DELLA VITA PSICHICA
Congresso organizzato dalla SIPeP-SF in occasione dei 150 anni dalla nascita di Sándor Ferenczi
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Fall 2021 – ISFN Weekend Webinars: Listening to Ferenczi
Co-sponsored by The Sándor Ferenczi Centre and the American Journal of Psychoanalysis.
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March 2021 – Éva Brabant-Gerö (1935 – 2021)
We announce with great sadness the passing of our friend and colleague, Éva Brabant-Gerö, editor of Le Coq Héron.
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November 2020 – The Network Edition of the Complete Psychoanalytic Writings of Sándor Ferenczi
After many months of careful work, the Board of the International Sándor Ferenczi Network approved the editorial project of a new English edition of the complete works of Ferenczi, The Network Edition of the Complete Psychoanalytic Writings of Sándor Ferenczi. This project is consistent with the objectives of the International Sándor Ferenczi Network and a valuable and worthy development in the “Ferenczi renaissance.”
Learn More About this Fundraising Project and the Convocation of ISFN Extraordinary Assembly
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October 24, 2020 – Brazilian Member Society Book Launch
Our Brazilian member society, Grupo Brasileiro de Pesquisas Sándor Ferenczi, launched its first book on Saturday, October 24th. Ferenczi: clinical and political disquiet was organized by Daniel Kupermann, Jô Gondar, and Eugênio Canesin Dal Molin and gathers papers presented at the group’s meetings during 2019.
Carlo Bonomi, president of the International Sándor Ferenczi Network, gave an opening message on Ferenczi’s Renaissance during the online event. The role event was broadcasted live on Youtube:
Lançamento do livro Ferenczi: Inquietações Clínico-Políticas
February 2020 – Memorial, Ferenc Erős
The members and Board of the International Sándor Ferenczi Network mourn the passing of our dear colleague and friend Ferenc Erős.
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April 2-4, 2020 – International Association for Spielrein Studies
International Conference, Sabina Spielrein and the Early Female Pioneers of Psychoanalysis
Warsaw, Poland
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December 13-14, 2019
The Sándor Ferenczi Center at The New School for Social Research, Ferenczi Center Presents: The Emigré Analysts and American Psychoanalysis: History and Contemporary Relevance
New York, New York
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November 2019 – Memorial, André Haynal
It is with great sadness that we share the news on the passing away of Professor André Haynal, father of the Ferenczi Renaissance and honorary member of the ISFN.
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November 1-2, 2019
2º Encontro do Grupo Brasileiro de Pesquisas Sándor Ferenczi, Ferenczi: A clínica nos confins
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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September 11-15, 2019
21st International Balint Congress, Seeing Medicine Through Other Eyes
Porto, Portugal
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June 22, 2019
TORNERANNO I PRATI? LA GRANDE GUERRA: TRAUMI E NEVROSI
Incontro tra gruppi di studio su Ferenczi coordinati da Luis Jorge Martín Cabré presso la Biblioteca “Sigmund Freud” nel Centro Congressi di Lavarone
Trento, Italy
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June 7-8, 2019
1º. Encontro do Grupo Brasileiro de Pesquisas Sándor Ferenczi, Soltar as linguas na Psicanálise
São Paulo, Brazil
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May 11, 2019
IPAA Conference 2019: The Budapest School of Psychoanalysis from Ferenczi, the Balints and Beyond
Dublin, Ireland
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February 2019 – Memorial, Lewis Aron
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear colleague and friend, Lewis Aron.
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December 8-9, 2018
International Conference, The Balints and Their World: Object Relations and Beyond
Freud Museum, London
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December 7, 2018
The Balints and Their World: A Musical Celebration
University College School, Frognal, London
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September 28, 2018
Centennial Conference, Psychoanalysis and Society – Then and Now 1918-2018
Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest
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May 2018 – Memorial, Jeremy Safran
With great sadness we send you the terrible news of the sudden and tragic death of our colleague Jeremy Safran.
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May 3-6, 2018
Ferenczi in Our Time and A Renaissance of Psychoanalysis, International Sándor Ferenczi Conference
Florence, Italy
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July 8-12, 2017
FERENCZI IN FIRENZE, Summer Course
A program of seminars in preparation of the next International Sándor Ferenczi Conference, Florence May 3-6, 2018.
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May 2016
Dr. Pierre Sabourin – Présentation du livre de Judith Dupont Son itinéraire analytique, « Au fil du temps …»
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January 2016
Montreal Prepares for Florence 2018 / Montréal se prépare pour Florence 2018
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November 2015
La disparition de John Forrester
Nous avons la tristesse de vous annoncer la mort de John Forrester, éminent historien de la psychanalyse.
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December 4-5, 2015
Giornata Nazionale di Studi Psicoanalitici
Genova, Palazzo Ducale
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November 13, 2015
Psychoanalysis Behind Iron Curtains – Ferenc Erős
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
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September 19, 2015
Ferenczi, Elizabeth Severn and the Origins of Mutual Analysis
The Sándor Ferenczi Center at The New School for Social Research
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July 2015
The Grupo de Estudios Internacional Sándor Ferenczi and the Hungarian Imago Association, have applied to become members of ISFN.
Luis Martín Cabré inform us that the Grupo de Estudios Internacional Sándor Ferenczi has just been constituted in Madrid. “Our group,” says Luis Martín Cabré “aims to promote the study and development of Ferenczi’s work through courses, study groups, publications and collaborations with diverse scientific initiatives on Ferenczi’s thought that may be proposed. At the moment, our group is integrated by the following persons: Jose Jimenez Avello, Carlos Castillo Mendoza, Agustín Genovés Candiotti, Alba Gasparino, Ana Carrazón Atienza, Maria Teresa Martín Laguna, Santiago Sanchez Palencia, Javier Lara Abeza, Ariel Liberman, Maria del Caemen González de Vega, Maria Virué Kasten, Carmen Acedo Manteola, Manuel Martinez.”
The Hungarian Imago Association was founded in 2008 as sister organization of the International Imago Association. The Association has 48 members (psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, researchers, academics, students etc.), holds regular public meetings and every second year organizes a conference in Pécs on the topics of psychoanalysis and film. The Association publishes a review “Imago Budapest,” which was founded in 2010, and as of 2015 is published in electronic form. The founder and president is Ferenc Erös, professor emeritus and director of the doctoral program in psychoanalytical theory at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pécs, in Hungary. Effective September 2015, the newly elected president of the Imago Association is Dr. Anna Borgos.
June 12, 2015
Vortrag zur Ur-Geschichte der Psychoanalyse – The Freud-Ferenczi controversy in light of Emma Eckstein’s circumcision
International Psychoanalytic University
Berlin, Germany
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June 4, 2015
Book Launch: The Legacy of Sandor Ferenczi: From Ghost to Ancestor (edited by Adrienne Harris and Steven Kuchuck)
Sponsored by the Sandor Ferenczi Center at the New School for Social Research
New York, New York
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May 5-7, 2015
Heritage of a Psychoanalytic Mind – International Sándor Ferenczi Conference
Toronto, Canada
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October 18 – 20, 2013
A studio conference inspired by Ferenczi’s Clinical Diary, Sincerity and Freedom held at the Freud Museum, London.
June 12, 2013
The Sándor Ferenczi Society invites you to the lecture “I am Boiling with Rage”: The tangled triangle of Freud, Ferenczi, Rank held by Robert Kramer, Ph.D.
Budapest, Hungary
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May 22, 2013
The Sándor Ferenczi Society invites you to the lecture Contemporary Psychoanalysis and the Legacy of the Third Reich held by Emily A. Kuriloff, Psy.D.
Budapest, Hungary
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May 17 – 19, 2013
The Italian Sándor Ferenczi Association invites you to the week-end meeting Il Diario Clinico Oggi.
Firenze, Italy
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May 31 – June 2, 2012
Sándor Ferenczi International Conference Faces of Trauma
Budapest, Hungary
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November 13, 2011
Pedro Boschan, the president of the Argentinian Ferenczi Association has suddenly passed away.
June 27th, 2011
Circular letter to donors about the purchase of the “Ferenczi House”.
May 27th, 2011
On the occasion of the purchase of the “Ferenczi House”, the first Ferenczi House Lecture entitled “The Future of the Irma Dream, The overwhelming task of standing trauma” was held by Carlo Bonomi inside what once was Ferenczi’s villa in Budapest.
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May 27th, 2011
The Ferenczi House has been purchased.