Previous conferences

In 2014, the group met in London for the first International Association for Analytical Psychology conference on Analysis and Activism: Social and Political Contributions of Jungian Psychology organized by Andrew Samuels and Emilija Kiehl. After the conference, the group decided to continue the discussion on a listserv and A&A´s listserv was created. A book was published, edited by Kiehl, E., Saban, M., and Samuels, A., titled Analysis and Activism: Social and Political Contributions of Jungian Psychology (London, New York: Routledge, 2016). 

 

In 2015, the group meet in Rome for the second International Association for Analytical Psychology conference on Analysis and Activism: Social and Political Contributions of Jungian Psychology organized by the Italian Association for Analytical Psychology in the person of Stefano Carta, with the support of IAAP. A book was published, edited by Carta, S., Adorisio, A., and Mercurio, R., titled The Analyst in the Polis. Vol. I , II (Ebook, 2017).

 

In 2017, the group met in Prague for the third International Associations for Analytical Psychology conference on Analysis and Activism titled More social and political contributions of Jungian psychology organized by the Czech Association for Analytical Psychology in the person of Martin Scala. A book was published, edited by Carta, S., and Kiehl, E., titled Political Passions and Jungian Psychology. Social and Political Activism in Analysis. (London, New York: Routledge, 2016).

 

In 2020, because of the spread of Covid pandemic, the fourth International Association for Analytical Psychology conference on Analysis and Activism titled The Reality of Fragmentation and the Yearning for Healing: Jungian Perspectives on Democracy, Power and Illusion in Contemporary Politics, was held online in association with the “U.S. Presidency Conference” organized by the Carl Gustav Jung Institute of San Francisco – by Andrew Samuels, Lynn Alicia Franco and Tom Singer. A book was published, edited by Singer, T., and Samuels, A., titled The Reality of Fragmentation and the Yearning for Healing: Jungian Perspectives on Democracy,  Power and Illusion in Contemporary Politics. Online Book, available at https://aras.org/analysis-and-activism (2020).

 

In 2023, the fifth International Association for Analytical Psychology conference on Analysis and Activism titled Do we Really Have the Answer? A Psycho-Political Aagenda for Interdependence: Bridging ´Wish and Actuality´ in an Unhinged World took take place from 1-3 September 2023 in Ljubljana/Slovenia (organized by the Slovenian Association for Analytical Psychology – Stefano Carpani, Monica Luci, Tine Papic, Lilijana Rudolf, Alex Sierck and Manca Švara).