The Columbia Psychoanalytic Center announces a symposium for mental health professionals entitled Psychoanalysis: The Second Century; Recent Advances and New Directions. It will be held at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on April 27 & 28, 1985. The meeting is the last of a series of events celebrating the Columbia Center's fortieth anniversary.
Panels will present recent advances and new directions in three major areas of psychoanalysis. Culture and Psyche will examine the relationship between culture and psychic structure; Drives and Desires will explore newer conceptions of motivation; Ego and Self will discuss changing models of the mind.
Participants include Arnold Cooper, Aaron Karush, Otto Kernberg, Steven Marcus, Helen Meyers, Robert Michels, Lionel Ovesey, Ethel Person, Joseph Sandler, Roy Schafer, Daniel Stern, and Milton Viederman.
For further information, contact Joan Jackson, Columbia Psychoanalytic Center, 722 W. 168th Street, New York, New York 10032. 212-927-5000.
The Eighth Workshop on Empirical Research in Psychoanalysis will be held in Ulm, West Germany on July 26 & 27, 1985. The conference will be conducted in English, and will provide a unique opportunity to catch up on the latest developments in the field on the two days before the Hamburg International Congress. There will be extensive discussion of different research strategies for studying psychodynamic processes. Topics include the use of short-term treatment models, transference and its assessment, psychoanalytic clinical assessment, manuals for assessing psychoanalytic process, artificial intelligence models, and computer data bases.
American and European researchers will participate, and include Wilma Bucci, N. Cheshire, Hartvig Dahl, Merton Gill, Irwin Hoffman, R. Hohage, H. Kaechele, Howard Koenigsberg, R. Krause, M. Leuzinger, Lester Luborsky, Charles Marmar, E. Mergenthaler, A.E. Meyer, U. Moser, George Silberschatz, Donald Spence, Hans Strupp, Virginia Teller, and H. Thomae.
For further information, contact Hartvig Dahl, Box 88, Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11203. 718-270-1452.
Theodore Shapiro, Editor of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, reminds our readers of two prizes supported by the Journal. One prize of $750.00 is for an outstanding contribution to the literature. The articles will be chosen from among submissions to the Journal that have been accepted for publication. There is no restriction as to author or topic.
The second prize is for a clinical contribution derived from a supervised analysis that has led to a significant observation and contribution to our knowledge. This second prize of $750.00 is specifically designed for new graduates of an institute approved by the American Psychoanalytic Association. To be eligible, these papers must also be submitted to the Journal for publication.