New Info:

This newsletter is going out to anyone registered for the Linking Seminar. Several new names have been added to this list (i.e., people I don't know).

I look forward to meeting you at the seminar if you are one of the new people!

I've got two new bits of information for everyone, along with all the general info below.

First, I made an orientation podcast for the Linking Seminar. You can listen to it by clicking here or using the button below.

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Second, I'm going to host a Digital Open House (a fancy name for a Zoom meeting) where anyone interested in the Linking Seminar can attend and ask questions.

This will take place on Monday, 9/16, at 8:30 pm CT.

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Last Thing:

The early registration fee of $80.00 will be available until Monday, 9/15. After that, it will increase to $100.00.

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Linking Seminar III

The Clinic & The School: Two sides of a Mobius strip

Somewhere in the Chicagoland area! (We are still selecting a venue.) October 5th 2024

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Count Down to the Event:

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Guest Speaker:

This year, we will welcome Isolda Alvarez, who attended our linking seminar last year.

The idea for this year's Linking Seminar came to me as an image and two signifiers. The image was a Mobius strip, with the word "clinic" written on one side and "school" written on the other.

The seminar will broadly focus on the link between our work in the clinic, our work within the school, and the Freudian field.

More specifically, we will focus on formulating and constructing a case as a point where our work in the clinic and the school come together.

Location:

The event is being held at The Garrett Seminary on the campus of Northwestern University.

The address of the building we will be in is:

2121 Sheridan Rd Evanston IL 60201

Room: 205 (upstairs)

Registration & Cost:

This is the third year of organizing this event, and like everything, the costs have increased over the past two years. The current EARLY REGISTRATION fee is $80.00.

The early registration fee is valid until 9/15. After that date, it will increase to $100.00.

I am offering a $10.00 STUDENT DISCOUNT, which brings the cost down to $70.00 during the early registration period and $90.00 if used after 9/15.

You will need a promo code to use this discount, which you can get by emailing me at neil@surplusjouissance.com or clicking the button below.

To Prepare / Syllabus:

To prepare for the seminar, become familiar with the orienting texts below.

• Assef, Jorge. The Pass and the End of Analysis, via Lacan Circle of Australia.
• Lacan, Jacques. There are Four Discourses, in Culture Clinic 1.
• Laurent, Éric. Institution of the Phantasm, Phantasm of the Institution. Courtil Papers.
• Miller, Jacques-Alain. The Turin Theory of the Subject of the School, via NLS webpage.
• Palomera, Vincente. What May I Expect from Psychoanalysis?, in LC Express Vol. 5, Issue 3.

We will host digital events (e.g., Zoom meetings) where some of these texts will be discussed before the Linking Seminar. In future emails, more information on when those will be held will be available.

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