Professor Kevin Lu
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 874971
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Location
5A.205, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
By appointment
Profile
Biography
I am currently co-supervising the following PhD candidates: -- Louise Austin --Briony Clarke --Debbie Phung
Qualifications
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PhD University of Essex, (2011)
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MA Heythrop College, University of London, (2022)
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BA (Hons) University of Toronto, (2005)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
C G Jung, analytical psychology, Jungian and Post-Jungian theory
psychoanalytic history and psychohistory, especially the application of analytical psychology to the discipline of history
oral history
historiography
transgenerational transmission of trauma
Chinese/Vietnamese Diaspora
Psychology of Religion
Conferences and presentations
Being Disenchanted with Re-enchantment: A Critical Reappraisal of the Theory of Cultural Complexes. The First Regional Conference of the International Association for Jungian Studies, SOAS, University of London, 07/2011
London, United Kingdom, 2011
Chinas Suppression of Tibetan Protests. The 2nd International Conference of the International Association for Jungian Studies, Cardiff University, 07/2009
Cardiff, United Kingdom, 2009
Adumbrations of a Jungian Psychohistory. Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society: A Postgraduate Conference, Middlesex University, 06/2009
London, United Kingdom, 2009
The Possession of Thomas Darling. Religion: New Perspectives, University of Essex, 06/2008
Colchester, United Kingdom, 2008
The Possession of Thomas Darling. Research Symposium for Postgraduate Students, Darwin College, University of Kent, 05/2008
Canterbury, United Kingdom, 2008
Toynbee and Jung: Higher Religions and the Creation of a Psycho-Global Historical Approach. CPS Research Student Week, University of Essex, 05/2008
Colchester, United Kingdom, 2008
A Response to Peter Homanss Article, C. G. Jung: Christian or Post-Christian Psychologist? The Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies Vth Annual Conference, University of Toronto, Canada, 06/2006
Toronto, Canada, 2006
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Critical Debates in Childhood and Childhood Studies (PA943)
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Key Texts of C G Jung (PA971)
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Jung in Contexts: Historical, Philosophical, Cultural (PA972)
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Research Methods and Dissertation (PA981)
Current supervision
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Psychoanalytic Studies
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 10/2/2022
Degree subject: Psychoanalytic Studies
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 24/9/2021
Degree subject: Psychoanalytic Studies
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 12/5/2020
Degree subject: Psychoanalytic Studies
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 20/1/2020
Degree subject: Psychoanalytic Studies
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 18/1/2019
Degree subject: Psychoanalytic Studies
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 18/1/2019
Degree subject: Psychoanalytic Studies
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 5/6/2018
Publications
Journal articles (10)
Lu, K., Howe, A., Jones, M. and Bowden, C., Processes of Change in a Therapeutic Community: a case study. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Merritt, D., Lu, K. and Merritt, F., Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Revisited. Psychological Perspectives
Lu, K., Kaluzeviciute, G. and Sharp, W., (2022). Things can only get Stranger: theoretical and clinical reflections on Netflix’s Stranger Things. Journal of Popular Culture. 55 (3), 611-631
Lu, K., (2020). Racial Hybridity Jungian and Post-Jungian Perspectives. International Journal of Jungian Studies. 12 (1), 11-40
Merritt, F., Merritt, D. and Lu, K., (2018). A Jungian Interpretation of the Hunger Games: a myth that defines our times. Jung Journal. 12 (3), 26-44
Lu, KK., (2014). a Jungian Psychohistory: A. J. Tonybee's use of analytical psychology in his theory of civilizations. International Journal of Jungian Studies. 6 (1), 52-68
Lu, K., (2013). Can individual psychology explain social phenomena? An appraisal of the theory of cultural complexes. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society
Lu, K., (2013). Reply to Thomas Singer. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society. 18 (4), 416-422
Lu, K., (2012). Jung, History and His Approach to the Psyche. Journal of Jungian Scholarly Studies. 8 (9), 1-24
Lu, K., (2009). The Possession of Thomas Darling: Adumbrations of a Jungian Psychohistory. Rebus: A Journal of Art History and Theory. 3, 1-32
Book chapters (6)
Lu, K., (2021). Preface. In: The Plural Turn in Jungian and Post-Jungian Studies The Work of Andrew Samuels. Editors: Carpani, S., . Routledge. 1000346994. 9781000346992
Lu, K., (2018). Teaching Jung in the Academy: the representation of comic book heroes on the big screen. Editors: Hockley, L., . Routledge. 9781317213109
Lu, KK., (2017). Piecing the Story Together: the Political and Psychological Aspects of Oral History Interviewing in the Chinese/Vietnamese Diaspora. In: Analysis and Activism: Social and Political Contributions of Jungian Psychology. Editors: Kiehl, E., Saban, M. and Samuels, A., . Routledge. 97- 104
Lu, K., (2014). Foreword. In: Analytical Psychology Its Theory and Practice. Routledge. 1317677692. 9781317677697
Lu, KK., (2014). Foreword. In: Analytical Psychology: Its Theory and Practice. Routledge. x- xvii. 9780470656860
Lu, K., (2010). Jung and History: Adumbrations of a post Jungian approach to psychoanalytic history. In: Sexual Revolutions: Psychoanalysis, History and the Father. Editors: Heuer, G., . Routledge. 11- 34. 9780415570435
Other (1)
Lu, K., (2014).Foreword in Carl Gustav Jung's Analytical Psychology: Its Theory and Practice, Routledge Classics edition,Routledge
Contact
Academic support hours:
By appointment