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The Ethics of Inisherin: Seminar on Ethics of Psychoanalysis (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2023, May). The Ethics of Inisherin: Seminar on Ethics of Psychoanalysis. Presented at Irish Council for Psychotherapy seminar, Dublin

In this talk, Calum Neill will explore Lacan’s four propositions on ethics from his Seminar on the Ethics of Psychoanalysis and seek to illustrate his arguments through Martin McDonagh’s 2022 film The Banshees of Inisherin. This will allow us to exam... Read More about The Ethics of Inisherin: Seminar on Ethics of Psychoanalysis.

Psychosis and Extreme States: An Ethic for Treatment (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C., & Fimiani, B. (2023, February). Psychosis and Extreme States: An Ethic for Treatment. Presented at Online event at The Freud Museum, London [online]

The Freud Museum welcomes psychoanalyst Bret Fimiani, who will be in discussion with the Palgrave Lacan series editor, Calum Neill, for his latest publication Psychosis and Extreme States: An Ethic for Treatment (2021, Palgrave). The book offers a ne... Read More about Psychosis and Extreme States: An Ethic for Treatment.

‘Raw Sex?’: An Exploration of the Political Potential of Lacan’s Non-conclusive Binary (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2023, January). ‘Raw Sex?’: An Exploration of the Political Potential of Lacan’s Non-conclusive Binary. Presented at International Psychoanalytic University Berlin, Berlin

The Lecture will explore Lacan’s reformulation of two of Freud’s key myths- that of Oedipus and that of the primal horde- and will show how Lacan fruitfully offers us a radically new conception of gender. This new conception not only contests the nat... Read More about ‘Raw Sex?’: An Exploration of the Political Potential of Lacan’s Non-conclusive Binary.

Stuck in a Revolving Door (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2023, January). Stuck in a Revolving Door. Presented at Invited Workshop, Ruhr Universitat, Bochum

Between his 16th and 19th seminars, Lacan introduced and played with the notion of what has come to be known as the four discourses. This quasi-algebraic schema can be understood as a mechanism to describe the structures and functioning of social di... Read More about Stuck in a Revolving Door.

Putting Lacan's Four Discourses to Work (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2022, October). Putting Lacan's Four Discourses to Work. Presented at Lacan: Clinic & Culture, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh

While Lacan’s teaching is directed much of the time toward a clinical application and the training of analysts, his writings and seminars are also replete with references to cultural objects and discussions of extra-clinical matters. This inclusive r... Read More about Putting Lacan's Four Discourses to Work.

Virtual Enjoyment - Close Reading (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2022, July). Virtual Enjoyment - Close Reading. Presented at Virtual Enjoyment, Amsterdam

This session will provide an opportunity to explore two chapters from Lacan’s Seminar XVII. The primary aim of the session is to engage collectively in a slow reading of the seminar working together to disentangle and shine some light on Lacan’s deve... Read More about Virtual Enjoyment - Close Reading.

Virtual Enjoyment - Introduction (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2022, July). Virtual Enjoyment - Introduction. Presented at Virtual Enjoyment, Amsterdam

This introductory session will provide an overview and context for the sessions ahead. It will provide a gloss of the two seminars, Seminar XVI From an Other to the other, and Seminar XVII The Other Side of Psychoanalysis, on which we will focus over... Read More about Virtual Enjoyment - Introduction.

Lacan's Seminar XVII (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2021, September). Lacan's Seminar XVII. Presented at Ghent University Intensive Doctoral School, Ghent University

This two day seminar will be dedicated to reading Jacques Lacan's Seminar XVII, The Other Side of Psychoanalysis, including an overview of the text and focused close readings.

Eating the Ecrits (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2019, October). Eating the Ecrits. Presented at Ecrits Conference, Pittsburgh, US

The Only Good Father (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2018, July). The Only Good Father. Paper presented at The Fragile Phallus, The Freud Museum, London

The Ethics of Destitution (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2018, April). The Ethics of Destitution. Presented at Grand Rounds, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University

Ethical dilemma: codes of practice, why they don't work and why we need them. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2017, March). Ethical dilemma: codes of practice, why they don't work and why we need them. Presented at Can I Really Do This?, London

The very term ‘ethics’ falters unhelpfully in its usage. On a common sense level, we all know what we mean when we hear or use the term but in practice it signifies both a mode of responding and, increasingly, a set of guidelines or strictures which... Read More about Ethical dilemma: codes of practice, why they don't work and why we need them..

How evil people choose their victims: The Dark Triad and perceptions of personality traits and vulnerability (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li Chung, K., Charles, K., Neill, C., & Willis, A. (2016, July). How evil people choose their victims: The Dark Triad and perceptions of personality traits and vulnerability. Poster presented at 18th European Conference on Personality

The Dark Triad (DT) – Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy – is associated with grandiosity, insensitivity, and exploitation. Some people are found to be more sensitive to verbal and non-verbal language, making them skilled at judging others... Read More about How evil people choose their victims: The Dark Triad and perceptions of personality traits and vulnerability.

Dangling above the swamps of nothingness. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2015, September). Dangling above the swamps of nothingness. Paper presented at 2015 SEP-FEP Joint Annual Conference: New Frontiers, Dundee University

‘Ethics, discourse, experience’. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2015, May). ‘Ethics, discourse, experience’. Presented at Association for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Ireland, Dublin

Through a glass darkly: the fantasmatic figure of the immigrant. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2015, March). Through a glass darkly: the fantasmatic figure of the immigrant. Paper presented at Psychoanalysis and Politics Spring Symposium, Migration, Exile and Polyphonic Spaces, Spanish Psychoanalytic Society, Barcelona