The Literature Prize Committee of the Margaret S. Mahler Psychiatric Research Foundation is now accepting papers to be considered for the 1984 annual prize of $500 which will be awarded to the author of an original paper judged to be the best by the Committee.
Papers should deal with clinical, theoretical, or research issues related to Dr. Mahler's concepts of separation-individuation in child development.
Prepublished papers may be submitted provided that they have been published within the year in which the prize is awarded. Papers must be received by December 31, 1984 to be considered for this year. The prize will be conferred at the annual Margaret S. Mahler Child Development Symposium held in Philadelphia in April or May, 1985.
Six copies of the paper should be submitted for consideration to Dr. Marjorie Harley, Chairperson, Literature Prize Committee, 201 St. Martins Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21218.
The Southern California Psychoanalytic Society and the Walter Briehl Human Rights Foundation announce a weekend conference in memory of Dr. Walter Briehl (1897-1982), an indefatigable champion of human rights.
It is entitled “The Violation of Human Rights: The Quest for Understanding,” and will be held on September 22 and 23, 1984 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
Psychoanalysts and psychiatrists making presentations are Drs. Saul Brown, Samuel Eisenstein, Luis Feder of Mexico, Inge Kemp Genefke, Medical Director of the International Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims in Copenhagen, Robert J. Lifton, Peter J. Loewenberg, Judd Marmor and Louis J. West. Among the featured speakers will be Mr. Ramsey Clark, former Attorney General of the United States, Dr. Muriel Gardiner, Beate Klarsfeld, the indomitable Nazi hunter, Rabbi Marshall Meyer, rescuer of victims of Argentinian persecution, and Jacobo Timerman, former Argentinian publisher, victim of persecution, and human rights advocate.
Information can be obtained by writing the Southern California Psychoanalytic Society or by calling Mrs. Carol Ziff, Executive Secretary of the Society (213) 655-1634.
The Virginia Psychoanalytic Society announces the George Kriegman Memorial Symposium to be held on October 19-20, 1984 at the Holiday Inn, Richmond, VA. The theme of the symposium will be “Attitudes of Entitlement.” The presenters will be Drs. D. Wilfred Abse, Cecil C. H. Cullander, Robert M. Dorn, Jarl E. Dyrud, Robert Michels, and Michel Silberfeld.
For registration and further information contact Wm. W. McDonough, M.D., Arrangements Chairman, 209 Culpepper Road, Richmond, VA 23229.
Members are encouraged to submit presentations for the next meeting of the American Psychiatric Association. There is strong interest in the contributions of psychoanalysis and dynamic psychiatry. Participation forms can be obtained from the APA or Ellen Fertig at the Central Office. Deadline for submissions is September 5, 1984. Excellent opportunities exist for the membership to contribute to the APA meetings.
Distinguished humanists from many disciplines, including psychoanalysis, psychology, history, philosophy, theology, and ethics, will join together in a one-day interdisciplinary symposium sponsored by the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. The meeting is the first of a series of events to be held in the coming year to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Center.
The topic is “Lasting Attachments: The Fragile but Enduring Nature of Romantic Love.” Panelists will discuss the nature of love and the problems establishing and maintaining love relationships in contemporary life. The participants include Stanley Cavell, Richard Druss, Willard Gaylin, Carol Gilligan, Otto Kernberg, William May, Robert Michels, and Lawrence Stone.
The meeting will be held on November 10, 1984, at the Ethical Culture Auditorium in New York City. For further information, contact Joan Jackson, Columbia Psychoanalytic Center, 722 W. 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, (212) 927-5000.
The Franz Alexander Archives of Psychoanalytic History has been established at the Institute for Psychoanalysis in Chicago. The Institute is in the process of gathering material on all aspects of psychoanalysis and its history and welcomes donations of manuscripts, correspondence, tapes, photographs, etc. (original and copies). Contributions are tax-deductible.
The Alexander family has most generously donated the material that forms the basis of this multifaceted collection, which will be made available to all serious researchers and students of psychoanalytic history.
For further information, contact the librarian of the Institute for Psychoanalysis, 180 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601; 312-726-6300.
The San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute and Society is pleased to announce the Anna Maenchen Award for an outstanding clinical paper or book on child or adolescent analysis. Papers may be submitted at any time by fully qualified child analysts or child analysts in training. A paper or book may also be selected from the current published literature by the Award Committee. The award includes a documenting certificate and a prize of $500.00. When possible, arrangements will be made for the awardee to make a presentation at a Scientific Meeting of the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Society and to be the guest analyst at a Child Analysis Colloquium.
Please submit your paper to Calvin Settlage, M.D., Chairman, Anna Maenchen Award Committee, San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute, 2420 Sutter Street, San Francisco, Ca., 94115.
The Study Group on Antisemitism of the Psychoanalytic Research and Development Fund would like to hear presentations of data concerning patients who have exhibited an active kind of antisemitism, as distinguished from occasional verbal comments.
Any one who has such a case and who would be willing to present it to the group at one or a series of monthly meetings in New York City should communicate with Mortimer Ostow, M.D., 5021 Iselin Avenue, Riverdale, New York 10471. The group is able to pay expenses and an honorarium.
Film art is borrowed from Fifty Great American Silent Films 1912-1920 A Pictorial Survey, Anthony Slide and Edward Wagenknecht, 1980, Dover Publications, Inc., New York.