Women Histories in Photos – Julia Deming

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Olga Umansky, MLIS, is a librarian and archivist of the Hanns Sachs Library at BPSI. Her remarks below originally appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of the library newsletter, which can be read here. Julia Deming and John M. Dorsey, circa 1937. Bibring Photograph Collection, BPSI Archives Julia Deming, MD (1892-1968) was one of BPSI’s founding members, appointed a faculty member in 1943, vice president in 1946-1948 and treasurer in...

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Psychoanalysis, History and Radical Ethics – Book Review

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by Rita K. Teusch, PhD Rita Teusch, PhD, is a Faculty Member of BPSI. Her remarks below also appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of the Hanns Sachs Library Newsletter. Orange, D.M. (2020). Psychoanalysis, History and Radical Ethics: Learning to Hear. Routledge, 182 pp. Donna Orange, PhD, PsyD, is a psychoanalyst and philosopher well known to analysts through several books and articles in which she masterfully explicates her philosophical and...

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Meet the Author – Nancy Chodorow – VIDEO

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Nancy J. Chodorow, PhD, discussed her recently published book The Psychoanalytic Ear and the Sociological Eye: Toward an American Independent Tradition (Routledge, 2020) with Dan Jacobs, MD, Director of BPSI Library, and the online audience at our Meet the Author Webinar recorded on May 4, 2021. Click here or on the player above to watch. You can order the book directly from Routledge. You can also order a recent tribute publication Nancy...

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Edward Shapiro on IPA’s “Off the Couch” Podcast – AUDIO

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BPSI Psychoanalyst Member Edward Shapiro, MD, appeared on a past episode of the IPA’s Off the Couch podcast to discuss his book, Finding a Place to Stand: Developing Self Reflecting Institutions, Leaders and Citizens, with the program host, Steven Rolfe. Click on the link below to listen to the program on the podcast web page. Episode 25: Citizenship and the Psychoanalyst with Edward R. Shapiro M.D. Edward Shapiro, MD, is a graduate...

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