July 7, 2024
9:30 am – 12:30 am México City time
4:30 pm London Time
Cost: Free
Wilfred Bion made an outstanding contribution to psychoanalysis, both clinical work and metapsychology. Unlike so many with his level of achievement he has not left a legacy of any formal organisation or school of thought. This reflects his efforts to bridge diverse schools of psychoanalytic thought rather than to contribute a new one. Despite this, his achievement and lasting reputation do seem to warrant a lasting memorial. As 2029, and the 50th anniversary of his death (in 1979) approaches, we propose to commission a bronze bust of Bion in order to celebrate him. Thus, his will join those of Freud and Klein in the London Institute. A maquette for that bust was made by the portrait sculptor Billie Bond.
As part of the Commemoration, please join us to the CONFERENCE on JULY 7, 2024 entited:
“These old ghosts, they never die”: The enduring experience of the First World War in Bion’s late literary and autobiographical writing.
SPEAKER – TOBIAS JENKINS ( UK)
Vic Sedlak , President, British Psychoanalytical Society: ”Tobias Jenkins not only provides a brilliant description of the way Bion struggled throughout his life to come to terms with his terrible experiences in the First World War, he also indicates how these struggles informed his psychoanalytical contributions. The paper is also a very timely reminder of the devastating consequences of war that continue to disturb the psyche long after war’s end. Rudi Vermote and Howard Levine will be the discussants. It promises to be a very interesting and relevant conference.”
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