Starts August 1
Lacan Circle of Australia Seminar
Reading Seminar IX:
Identification
Presented by Russell Grigg & Serena Smith.
1 August – 10 October 2026
Ten Saturdays 10:00am – 12:00pm
Melbourne time AEST (UTC+10)
The Lacan Circle Rooms, Brunswick.
In person, on Zoom & recorded.
Register below.
We return to the beginning of Lacan’s use of topology and how he uses it to get out of the impasses of two dimensional thinking or the cul de sacs of imaginary and symbolic as fields of representation.
He returns to Freud’s theory of identification and finds within it the indication of a beyond to the field of the imaginary and symbolic other:
“I am going to put the accent on what it is in identification that posits itself directly as making identical, as being founded on the notion of “the same” and even of the same as the same…” (2022, 3)
From this generative trait we will see how Lacan builds a critique of the limits of philosophies of self and inserts his conception of the dependence of the formation of a subject on the effects of the signifier as such…
A copy of Ben Hooson’s 2022 published draft translation of the seminar will be provided to registrants. This document is for private use only and is not an official translation.
Schedule
Week 1: Saturday, 1 August
Week 2: Saturday, 8 August
Week 3: Saturday, 15 August
– 22 Aug BREAK –
Week 4: Saturday, 29 August
Week 5: Saturday, 5 September
Week 6: Saturday, 12 September
Week 7: Saturday, 19 September
Week 8: Saturday, 26 September
Week 9: Saturday, 3 October
Week 10: Saturday, 10 October
Location
Melbourne: The Lacan Circle Rooms
Unit 4 / Nine Wilson Avenue, Brunswick.
(Entry via rear alley, off Black St)
3 hour free parking @ Barkly Square Carpark
Online: All sessions are streamed live on Zoom, recorded, and will be available for the duration of the semester.
Zoom info will be available after registration. Supplementary readings will be made available in the seminar’s Google drive & Discord server.
Attendees in Melbourne are encouraged to attend in person.
Contact us here with any queries.
Art by Pierre Bonnard. Detail from Le concert Lamoureux (1895)
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