The Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis’s French Psychoanalysis in Translation seminar series responds to the steady increase in interest in French psychoanalysis in translation over recent years. English readers are now much better situated to appreciate the breadth and depth of French psychoanalytic thinking thanks to the continued efforts of publishers and translators to bring more classic and contemporary texts to an Anglophone audience. In response to this, the Site is inviting translators to discuss their work and that of the psychoanalytic authors whose texts they have translated.
The second seminar in the series will focus on the work of the French paediatrician and psychoanalyst Françoise Dolto and respond to the recent retranslation of her 1971 book, Dominique: The Case of an Adolescent (Divided, 2025). Translators Lionel and Sharmini Bailly will be in conversation with Site member Nick Blackburn, discussing the timeliness of bringing her clinical case history back to the attention of English readers, and its interest to both Lacanian and non-Lacanian practitioners.
Please Note: This event is going to be recorded, and the recording will be made available to attendees for FREE.