Event

A postgraduate Masterclass in Jungian Studies

  • Tue 6 Dec 22

    17:00 - 19:00

  • Online

  • Event speaker

    Dr Mark Saban, Professor Kevin Lu, Professor Roderick Main, University of Essex

  • Event type

    Lectures, talks and seminars

  • Event organiser

    Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, Department of

  • Contact details

    Dr Mark Saban

Are you interested in studying Jungian theory or analytic psychology at a postgraduate level? Have you thought about training as a Jungian analyst or psychotherapist? Join our very first virtual Masterclass in Jungian Studies designed to introduce you to Jungian theory and practice at a Postgraduate level.

Meet leading academics who teach on our internationally acclaimed Masters in Jungian and Post-Jungian Studies, learn key concepts and their relevance in a contemporary context, and find out if studying at Essex could be a good fit for you!

Register your place

Entry is free but please register your place.

This taster session is designed for students who are currently studying at university or have a Bachelors degree and want to explore studying psychoanalytic/Jungian studies as a Masters or at a postgraduate level. 

The Speakers

Kevin Lu, PhD, is a Professor and Head of the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex. His publications include articles and chapters on C. G. Jung’s relationship to the discipline of history, Arnold J. Toynbee’s use of Jungian psychology, critical assessments of the theory of cultural complexes, sibling relationships in the Chinese/Vietnamese diaspora, racial hybridity, and Jungian perspectives on comics and film. 

Mark Saban, PhD. is Director of the MA in Jungian and Post-Jungian Studies at the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex. He worked for 20 years as an actor and performer before training with the Independent Group of Analytical Psychologists, with whom he is a senior analyst. Publications: Mark co-edited (with Emilija Kiehl and Andrew Samuels) Analysis and Activism - Social and Political Contributions of Jungian Psychology  (Routledge 2016) and wrote Two Souls Alas: Jung’s Two Personalities and the Making of Analytical Psychology (Chiron 2019) which won the International Association of Jungian Studies’ Best Book of 2019.

Roderick Main, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies and Director of the Centre for Myth Studies.  He teaches mainly on Jungian psychology, and his most recent book is Breaking the Spell of Disenchantment: Mystery, Meaning, and Metaphysics in the Work of C. G. Jung (Chiron Publications, 2022). 

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