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Ruptures and Utopia in Present Societies
Modern societies are in crisis. Within growing parts of the population, IPU Summer School 2020
confidence in democratic institutions is seemingly eroding and the
political discourse is increasingly characterised by emotionality. However, “Ruptures and Utopia in Present Societies:
these cracks and divisions in the political sphere are not only of
destructive nature, but possess a utopian potential as well. Emerging Psychanalytic Perspectives and Social Critique”
protest movements, such as “Fridays for Future”, point in this direction.
What exactly divides modern societies? What is the function of these
cracks? What utopian potential do they foster?
The IPU Summer School 2020 addresses these questions from
sociological, psychological and psychoanalytic perspectives. In a
multifaceted program, international scholars and students engage with
the following three topics:
1. Antisemitism and Identity Politics
2. Authoritarianism
3. Generational breaks
Intercultural reflection groups offer the opportunity to pursue own
experiences with the treated contents. The additional module of Video July 5 – 17, 2020
Documentation expects all participants to discuss, process and spread
these contents in a digital manner.
Berlin, Germany
General application deadline: May 15, 2020
Application deadline for scholarships: February 25, 2020
Price: Euro 440,– (course fees only)
Please send your application to:
summer.school@ipu-berlin.de
International Psychoanalytic University
Stromstr. 1, D-10555 Berlin
Germany
www.ipu-berlin.de/en
Application DAAD Scholarship
Who is eligible to apply for the summer school? Who is eligible to apply for the scholarship?
The course is especially designed for master and PhD students from the The summer school is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service
areas of psychology, sociology and cultural studies. Bachelor students (DAAD). All participants from abroad who apply for the summer school
have to be in their final year of study to be eligible for application. before February 25, 2020 (application deadline for scholarships) have
the option to apply for one of approx. twenty DAAD scholarships.
Students should have some pre-knowledge in at least one of the topics
addressed by the course. We will give preference to applications from Please state clearly in your application whether you still apply for
students who are writing their bachelor, master or PhD thesis in either participating in the summer school if your scholarship application is not
Psychoanalysis or Critical Theory. successful.
We accept applications from students from all around the world and do What does the scholarship cover?
not prioritize any particular region. However, it is our aim to compile an The scholarship for applicants who reside within one of the Erasmus+
as diverse group of students as possible. program countries (EU countries + Iceland, Liechtenstein, North
Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Turkey) comprises a lump sum of Euro 500,-
What is required for the application? per participant.
1. Application Form
2. Letter of Motivation (one page) The scholarship for all other applicants consists of a country specific lump
3. Transcript of Records and/or last university degree sum for travel costs. For further details, please refer to Annex I of the
4. Short CV (one page) application form.
5. Proof of English language proficiency min. B2
For all applicants who receive a DAAD scholarship, participation in the
Please send all documents together in one PDF file via e-mail to: whole two weeks of the course is mandatory.
summer.school@ipu-berlin.de
Scholarship payment
Criteria for selection The scholarship is payed in cash upon arrival at IPU Berlin only.
1. Letter of motivation
2. Academic engagement in related projects
3. Academic performance
4. Regional diversity of participants
Costs
Euro 440,- (course fee only) to be payed three weeks after acceptance.
Accommodation, meals and transportation have to be organized and
covered by the participants themselvesIPU Berlin Summer School 2020 Program – Week 1
Introductory topics Part I: Antisemitism
Sunday, July 5 Monday, July 6 Tuesday, July 7 Wednesday, July 8 Thursday, July 9 Friday, July 10
Prof. Dr. llka Quindeau Dr. Bilijana Stankovic
09:30 Lecture: Workshop:
– Introduction into Prof. Dr. Liliana Feierstein Psychoanalysis and Identity
11:00 Dr. Sonja Witte &
Psychoanalysis as Critical (tbc) Prof. Dr. Uffa Jensen Politics, Part II: Social
Johanna Müller
Theory Excursion: Excursion: Consequences
Reading Course:
Department of Cultural Center for Research on Dr. Greta Wagner
A Freudian Slip - Rupture as
11:15 Prof. Dr. Christine Kirchhoff History and Theory, Antisemitism, Technische Workshop:
– Utopia? Reading Freud
Lecture: Humboldt Universität zu Universität Berlin Critical Theory in Research
12:45 with Walter Benjamin
Introduction into Critical Berlin Practice: Self-optimization
Theory and Self-realization in a
Competitive Society
12:45
– Lunch break
14:00
Prof. Dr. Ilka Quindeau, Prof. Dr. Rainer Funk Prof. Dr. Ilka Quindeau Dr. Bilijana Stankovic
14:00 International Office Dr. Christine Kirchhoff Lecture: Lecture: Workshop:
– Scholarship Payment Workshop: The Actuality of Erich Psychological Functions of Psychoanalysis and Identity
15:30 Relations between Critical Fromm's Concept of Social Antisemitism Today Politics, Part I: Historical
Theory and Psychoanalysis Character Origins Gregor Hohberg
Excursion:
Welcome: Concept Prof. Dr. Phil C. Langer Prof. Dr. Micha Brumlik Prof. Dr. Damir Arsenijević House of One
15:45 and Program Lecture: Antisemitism, Lecture: & Elana Jacobs
Work on Video Authoritarianism and Freud, Man Moses and Intercultural Reflection
–
17:15 Video Documentation Documentation Generational Ruptures in Jewish Identity Group
and Evaluation Present Societies - Debates
Concept and Controversies
International Office Prof. Dr. Damir Arsenijević International Office
17:30 Getting to know each Optional Program:
& Elana Jacobs Work on Video Optional Program: Work on Video
– other with finger food Study and Research in
Intercultural Reflection Documentation PhD and Master Studies in Documentation
18:45 and soft drinks Germany - Scholarships & Group Germany
Financing
19:00 Excursion:
– Berlin History, a Boat
21:00 TripIPU Berlin Summer School 2020 Program – Week 2
Part II: Authoritarianism Part III: Generational Ruptures
Monday, July 13 Tuesday, 14 Wednesday, 15 Thursday, 16 Friday, 17
Dr. Frank Schumann Prof. Dr. Thomas Kühn Prof. Dr. Damir Arsenijević Prof. Dr. Annette Streeck-Fischer
Lecture: Lecture: Lecture: Lecture:
09:30 Fatalism and Rigidity. The New Authoritarianism: Love after Genocide: Between Borderland and
– Authoritarian Personality's The Brazilian Example Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Borderline Adolescent Migrants
11:00 Conception of Society Culture in Post-war Bosnia and in Crisis
Talk:
Herzegovina
Members of Fridays for Future
and Jan Feddersen
Dr. Frank Schumann Mischa Luy Prof. Dr. Andreas Hamburger Prof. Dr. Phil C. Langer
11:15 Reading Course: Workshop: Workshop: Workshop:
– Authoritarian Discourses of Prepper Social Trauma in Post-war Society Generational Struggle of Youths
12:45 Societies Today in Afghanistan
12:45
– Lunch break
14:00
Dr. Regine Lockot Dr. Ben Gook Benedikt Salfeld-Nebgen, MA Prof. Dr. Christine Kirchhoff
14:00 Excursion: Lecture: Lecture: Lecture:
– City Walk - On the Footsteps of Negative Emotions and Cultural Critical Transitions. Unconscious Fridays for Future: A critical
15:30 Walter Benjamin and Politics after 1989. Conflicts in Emerging Adulthood reflection
Prof. Dr. Andreas Hamburger
Psychoanalysis
Film and Discussion:
Leviathan (RU 2015)
Dr. Ben Gook
15:45 Workshop: Presentation of Video
– Work on Video Presentations Negative Emotions and Cultural Work on Video Presentations
17:15 Documentation
Politics after 1989.
17:30
Prof. Dr. Damir Arsenijević
Optional Excursion: Prof. Dr. Damir Arsenijević
– & Elana Jacobs
Guided Tour through Exhibition, Excursion: Teufelsberg. & Elana Jacobs
18:45 Intercultural Reflection Group
Deutsches Historisches Museum: Guided tour on Surveillance and Intercultural Reflection Group
19:00 Hannah Arendt and the 20th Mistrust
– Century.
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