Patricia Gherovici: Transpoetics: From Kafka to Woolf via Preciado

This June 3, 17:30-19h, OMHP D009

This lecture introduces the concept of gender as poetic creation by analyzing Franz Kafka’s story of a human ape, Virginia Woolf’s novel of a young aristocrat undergoing a gender transformation over centuries, and Paul B. Preciado’s critical interpellation of psychoanalysts followed by his film on Orlando as a political biography.

Antonios Poulios, A body in transition: rethinking gender, theory, clinic and ethics

June 5, 15:30-17h, OMHP D009

This presentation argues that trans identities challenge both prevailing conservative social norms and core assumptions within psychoanalytic theory. It advocates for a paradigm shift in how psychoanalysis conceptualizes gender, both trans and cis. Focusing on the unconscious processes at play in clinical work with trans subjects, calls on psychoanalysts to reflect on how their own subjectivities, shaped by politics, sociocultural norms and institutional affiliations, impact therapeutic dynamics.

The Public Lectures are open to all, no registration necessary. The Summer School's public program is supported by the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis (NICA), and the research groups Sex Negativity and Queer Analysis.