Participants will view and discuss the movie “My Dinner with Andre.” In this movie, two old friends talk about their life experiences and ideas about art in ways that encapsulate two fundamental approaches to existence: the romantic/Dionysian, and the classical/Apollonian. These different approaches have developmental roots in infancy and express very different self-states. The vicissitudes ... Read more

Participants will be introduced to existing approaches to race in psychoanalysis. In order to address a dearth of psychoanalytic theorizing on multiracial identities and experiences of racial passing, Dr. Chavez will use an interdisciplinary lens to consider these topics while integrating case material and personal reflections and suggest new directions for conceptualizing work with patients ... Read more

Sponsored by The Svenson Lectureship Fund for Psychoanalysis and the Arts in collaboration with Xavier University of Louisiana and The Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) is considered to be one of the greatest literary artists of the 20th century. His genius as a playwright, however did not save him from tragic emotional ... Read more