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CALL-FOR-PAPERS: Please submit your proposal before March 26, 2012—to
present a paper at this exciting conference on the psychology of the
self. For complete information on how to submit a proposal, please click
here:

http://www.libraryofsocialscience.com/cfps/cfp-2012_iapsp.html

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35th Annual Int’l. Conference on the Psychology of the Self:

“Is Self an Illusion?”

Presented by the International Association for
Psychoanalytic Self Psychology (IAPSP)

Thursday, October 18 - Sunday, October 21, 2012

Washington Marriott — Washington, DC, USA

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Dear Colleague,

We are pleased to invite you to submit a proposal for the 35th Annual
Conference on the Psychology of the Self, coming up October 18, 2012, in
Washington, D.C. While IAPSP’s foundational purpose is the study,
research, development and practice of self psychology as developed by
Heinz Kohut, their Annual Conference also explores self psychology in
its relationship to infant research, neurobiology, philosophy and other
psychoanalytic theories.

IAPSP’s conference brings together psychoanalysts, psychiatrists,
psychologists, social workers, scholars, psychiatric nurses, family
therapists, and professional counselors in a dialogue between their
fields and the theory of self psychology. The IAPSP’s collegial
atmosphere provides maximum opportunity for dialogue between audience
and presenters.

We welcome proposals on the conference theme, and on all topics relevant
to Self Psychology and Psychoanalysis.

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The deadline is March 26, 2012, but we will be grateful if you can
submit your materials as soon as possible—to facilitate conference
planning. For complete information on how to submit a proposal, please
click here:

http://www.libraryofsocialscience.com/cfps/cfp-2012_iapsp.html

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Among panels and papers presented at the 2011 IAPSP conference: When
Therapy Works – And When It Doesn’t; Applying Self Psychology to
Couples Therapy; Clinical Generosity: A Deeply Embedded Attitude of
Contemporary Self Psychology; A Creative Clash of Cultures: the
Dialectical Tensions between Self Psychological and Relational
Sensibilities; Psychoanalysis and Motivational Systems; Psychoanalysis
and Combat Trauma; Blues and Emotional Trauma: a Musical Tribute to
Kohut’s Observations on the Psychological Functions of Music; Why It
Is Good to Be Good: Ethics, Kohut’s Self Psychology, and Modern
Society; Experiencing Gender: A Systems View; Psychoanalysis, Culture,
and the Legacy of Individualism; Interplay between
Intersubjective-Systems Theory and Heidegger’s Existential Philosophy

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Buddha on Self: “Where self is, truth is not. Self is the fleeting
error of samsara; it is individual separateness and that egoism which
begets envy and hatred.”

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To see the 2011 conference brochure—including the complete
program—please click here:

http://www.iapsp.org/conference/2011_Conference_Brochure.pdf

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We hope you will consider submitting a proposal and/or attending this
exciting meeting.

With regards,
Orion Anderson, Communications Director
Library of Social Science
718-393-1104

P. S. For questions and additional information, please call Conference Manager
Nilou Mostofi at 858-270-3503.