The Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research is sponsoring a symposium entitled Pleasure Beyond the Pleasure Principle: Developmental and Psychoanalytic Concepts of Affect on April 4, 1987, at the Society for Ethical Culture Meeting House at 2 W. 64th Street, New York, N.Y., from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Speakers for the morning panel on development include: Drs. Daniel Stern, Myra Hofer and Robert Emde with moderator Arnold Cooper. The afternoon panel on theoretical considerations of adult maturation includes: Drs. Otto Kernberg, Charles Brenner and Eugene Mahon with moderator Ethel Person. Admission is $10 and you may obtain tickets by writing to: Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, 722 W. 168th Street, New York, N.Y. 10032. Checks should be made out to: Friends of Columbia University Psychoanalytic Center.
The Library of the late Herman Nunberg, which includes complete German editions of early works and journals, is available for donation to a qualified institute, society or academic institution. Contact: Henry Nunberg, M.D., 31 Beach Avenue, Larchmont, N.Y. 10538.
Congratulations to Gail S. Reed, Ph.D., for her recent graduate Journal prize for “Rules of Clinical Understanding in Classical Psychoanalysis and in self Psychology: A Comparison”; and the senior analyst award to Evelyne Albrecht Schwaber, recipient of the Journal prize for “Reconstruction and Perceptual Experience: Further Thoughts on Psychoanalytic Listening”. Papers were chosen for their outstanding treatment of the topics presented and each of the winners received a $750 cash award.
The 18th Annual Margaret S. Mahler Symposium will be held at Dunfey's City Line Motel on Saturday, May 30th, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The speakers will be Drs. Virginia Clower, Jon Meyer and Henri Parens. The topic: The Relationship of Early Development to Gender Identity. For information, contact: Selma Kramer, M.D., The Medical College of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychiatry/EPPI, 3300 Henry Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 19129; or call (215) 842-4145
The Asociacion Psicoanalitica de Buenos Aires wishes to add to its library and would be grateful to published members of the American if they would send a copy of their books to them. Send books to Estela M. de Rosenfeld or Susana Dupetit at Asociacion Psicoanalitica de Buenos Aires, Maure 1852/72, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Named by the American as official travel agency for the 35th International Psychoanalytical Congress, Simone Travel Bureau, Inc., was recommended to the Executive Committee by members. Including a trip to the USSR, Mme. Simone Bassous-Smith, President of Simone Travel, offers a number of attractive post-congress tours, designed for members of the American, as well as preferred air fares to Montreal.
The 35th IPAC will be held July 26-31, 1987, Palais des Congrés, Montreal, Canada. Programs for the Congress have been mailed to members, and additional copies are available upon request from the Central Office. Simone will be pleased to respond to queries: 2112 Broadway, Suite 500, New York, New York 10023, (212) 496-1900.