Tuesday, February 21, 2012
7:30pm – 9pm
What: In his book The Question of God, Dr. Armand M. Nicholi, Jr. writes, “Did Freud and C.S. Lewis ever meet?” Nicholi’s speculation sparked the writing of Freud’s Last Session, the award-winning play, now in its second year of performances.
The New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is pleased to present a discussion and Q&A with Mark St. Germain, the playwright of Freud’s Last Session; Jack Thomas, a producer of the play; The Rev. Daniel Simons of Trinity Wall Street; and psychoanalyst and NYPSI member Dr. Fred Sander. NYPSI member Dr. Daniel Prezant will moderate.
How: $10 donation
RSVP to admdir@nypsi.org
Why: Freud’s Last Session centers on Freud who invites a young, little-known professor, C.S. Lewis, to his home in London. Lewis, expecting to be called on the carpet for satirizing Freud in a recent book, soon realizes Freud has a much more significant agenda. On the day England enters World War II, Freud and Lewis clash on the existence of God, love, sex and the meaning of life – only two weeks before Freud chooses to take his own. For more information please visit freudslastsession.com
Where: The New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
247 East 82nd Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
second floor auditorium
New York
psychoanalysis.org
6 Train to 77th Street
4-5-6 Train to 86th Street
The New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute’s (NYPSI) position as the oldest psychoanalytic organization in the Americas parallels its global leadership role in the history of psychoanalysis and its influence on the cultural and intellectual life of New York City. The Society was founded in 1911 by A.A. Brill, one of the first practicing psychoanalysts in the United States and the first translator of Freud into English. In 1931, the Institute was established to oversee formal training. NYPSI was recently recognized as one of the twenty best lecture series and venues in the city by TimeOut New York. NYPSI’s mission is to provide the highest level of psychoanalytic training to mental health professionals, promote excellence in psychoanalytic research and offer a range of educational, advisory and affordable therapeutic service programs to the New York community.