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20 September 2010

Talks

Annual Symposium in association with the Eccles Centre and Professor Brian Cox 


Organised in partnership with the Royal Society as part of its 350th anniversary celebrations in 2010.
Professor Brian Cox, particle physicist and Royal Society Fellow, has a pulse on modern physics as well its historic roots.  In his address, he will share his expertise as a member of both the High Energy Physics group at the University of Manchester and the ATLAS experiment on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. 

Location: The British Library Conference Centre, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB

Time: 6.30pm

Tickets: £8 Adults/ £5 Friends and Concessions

Booking: Tickets are now SOLD OUT.

23 September 2010

Talks

Freud, Jung, and the Black Tide of Mud:

An Evening Talk by Gary Lachman

The talk will focus on Freud and Jung's relationship to the occult, how it affected their relationship to each other, and asks if, with a century behind us, our own attitude toward the occult has in any way changed.

Gary Lachman is the author of several books linking consciousness, culture, and the western esoteric tradition, most recently Jung the Mystic: The Esoteric Dimensions of Carl Jung's Life and Teaching (Tarcher/Penguin 2010). He is a contributor to the Independent on Sunday, Guardian, and Fortean Times and is a frequent guest on Radio 3 and 4's Night Waves and Front Row.

The talk takes place on the 71st anniversary of Freud's death.

Tickets: £8.00 /£5.00 (Friends and concessions).

To book a place please email info@freud.org.uk or call +44 (0)20 7435 20

24 September 2010

Talks

Hampstead & Highgate Festival: Russian Voices

An entertainment of poetry and prose on the theme of Dance by Diana Bishop, Piers Plowright & Valerie Sarruf.

Time: 1pm

Tickets: £6

Booking: Please call the Hampstead and Highgate Festival box office on 020 7722 9301, or www.hamandhighfest.co.uk

29 September 2010

Talks

Lady Reid Lecture- Franklin and Interiors

Franklin provides a description of 36 Craven Street's interiors in the Craven Street Gazette, his amusing tale of life with his surrogate London family that included landlady Margaret Stevenson, daughter Polly and Polly’s husband, surgeon William Hewson.  Franklin made a mark on spaces in the Georgian terrace house, including by installing a prototype Franklin Stove, which remains.  From 1764, he began instructing his wife in letters on building a house on Philadelphia's Market Street, influenced by his observations in England.

Time: 6.30pm

Tickets: £5 Adults/ £3.50 Friends and Concessions

Booking: To book call +44(0)207 839 2006 or email Info@BenjaminFranklinHouse.org. Or send a cheque made payable to 'Friends of Benjamin Franklin House' to Benjamin Franklin House, 36 Craven Street London WC2N 5NF.

30 September - 16 December 2010

Talks

Introducing Freud at the Freud Museum

An insightful 12 week evening course lead by Dr. K Barrett.

Discover the ideas that transformed the 20th Century with our fascinating introductory course. Through his intriguing case histories, groundbreaking discoveries and compelling arguments, explore how Freud developed his theories of unconscious mental life. You will be guided by an experienced tutor and no prior knowledge will be assumed. The course will be held in the unique setting of Freud’s last home.

For more information please click here

09 October 2010

Talks

Conference: The Spaces of the Unconscious

This conference invites a re-assessment of how Freud’s theory of the unconscious has been utilised and developed within surrealism, and how surrealism has influenced the cultural, inter-personal and internal worlds of therapists and their patients. We now live in a world saturated with fantasy images and 'bizarre objects'. How does this affect our sense of self and reality?

Speakers include:

• Dawn Ades 
  
• Krzysztof Fijalkowski
• Roger Cardinal
  
• David Sorfa
  
• Karl Foster
  
• Claire Pajaczkowska
  
• Majella Munro
  
• Michael Richardson
  
• Steve Pile

The conference will be preceded by a film screening on Friday 8th October 7-9pm  - venue and registration details to be announced.

Registration: £50.00 Full Price  £35.00 Students and unwaged. £5 discount for Friends of the Freud Museum

Booking: For online booking click here or email  info@freud.org.uk or call +44 (0)20 7435 2002

For more information  and to download a draft conference programme and information about speakers click here 

08 December 2010

Talks

Lady Reid Lecture- Franklin: Writer and Printer

Benjamin Franklin was a master communicator. His writing, some 250 years on, is clear and engaging and his lasting fame is in part due to the form and substance of his written words. He was equally skilled as a printer - from type and production, to marketing and distribution. Learn why the Franklin Papers are still being catalogued and why literary Franklin matters.

Time: 6.30pm

Tickets: £5 adults/ £3.50 Friends and Concessions

Booking: To book call +44(0)207 839 2006 or email Info@BenjaminFranklinHouse.org.