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Conferences
Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society (APCS) 2025 Annual Conference
October 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM to October 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM Eastern
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Vivian Chan, DO, MS, and Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, present at the APCS Annual Conference, The Psychoanalytic Subject in a Fractured World: Culture, Power, and the Politics of Existence.
Vivian Chan, DO, MS, and Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, present at the APCS Annual Conference, The Psychoanalytic Subject in a Fractured World: Culture, Power, and the Politics of Existence.
Conference organizers state, "In our increasingly polarized and fragmented world, marked by social unease and political division, this conference seeks to critically re-examine the ways in which we can understand the interplay of power, politics, and culture in shaping the psychoanalytic subject. We propose to explore the intricate dance between individual experience, the powerful forces of society, and the ever-present influence of the unconscious, asking how a psychoanalytic lens can illuminate and help us navigate the complex challenges of our time."
October 24
- Vivian Chan, DO, MS, co-chairs "The Digital Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Reflections On Subjectivity In The Age Of Digital Culture"
- Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, chairs "Parallel Session 4: American Dreams/Nightmares"
- Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, chairs the symposium, Tales from the Dark Continent: Resurgence of the Romance (and Love?) in the Era of AI and presents "Feelings into Form: Women and Writing"
October 25
- Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, chairs the Film Screening and Discussion for Learning to Speak (by Michele Beck)
- Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, chairs and presents at "Roundtable 4: A Witches' Coven: Convening Wild Women"
- Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, chairs Parallel Session 31: The Death Drive: Three Perspectives and presents "The Death Drive Reformulated Through Aulagnier’s Primal Layer of Experience"
- Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, chairs "Social Dreaming"