18th Annual Day in Applied Psychoanalysis
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STRANGE LANDS: LOCATION AND DISLOCATION:
THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE
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September 15, 2012
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Immigration, whether forced or voluntary, temporary or permanent, may disrupt one’s
sense of reality and ego identity. The loss of primal familiarities—the nuances of
language, food, smells, music, ideals—can foster regression and dissociation. Defensive
splitting often shapes the immigrant’s valued and devalued perception of the old and
new cultural landscapes. While painful and disintegrative, dislocation may also enrich the
self and promote a “third individuation”.
This year’s Annual Day in Applied Psychoanalysis welcomes eminent writer and analyst,
Salman Akhtar, to reflect on the psychological complexities of immigration, dislocation
and relocation, and psychiatrist, Timur Oguz, to explore dissociative patterns of
adaptation as identified in his clinical work with immigrants to Canada.
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Dr. Salman Akhtar is a psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, published poet and author, and professor at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. His extensive publications include a focus on exile, immigration, acculturation, and identification. _ Dr. Timur Oguz is a psychiatrist practicing at the Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Health Centre where he also teaches in the faculties of Political Science and Psychology. He worked extensively with immigrants in Toronto for 9 years. _Location: George Ignatieff Theatre (U of T), 15 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON
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PROGRAM
8:15 Registration
9:00 Introductions
9:15 Salman Akhtar interviewed by Timur Oguz
10:45 Coffee Break
11:00 Discussion & Audience Participation
12:00 Dramatic excerpt from “Bejide”
12:15 Lunch provided
1:15 Timur Oguz interviewed by Keith Haartman
2:15 Panel discussion
3:30 Closing Remarks
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To register, call Liz Konigshaus at (416) 586-4800 ext. 8436.
Early Registration: $150
Residents/PsyA Canditates: $75
Full Time Students: $50
After September 1st: $165