Reading Seminar 18 – On a Discourse That Might Not Be a Semblance

Starts 14 March 2026

Lacan Circle of Australia Seminar

Reading Seminar 18:
On a Discourse That Might Not Be a Semblance

Presented by Presented by Russell Grigg, David Ferraro,
Kate Briggs, and Jonathan Redmond.

14 March – 23 May 2026
Ten Saturdays 10:00am – 12:00pm
Melbourne time AEDT UTC + 11
The Lacan Circle Rooms, Brunswick.

In person, on Zoom & recorded.
Register below.

Lacan’s 18th seminar marks an inflection point as he moved from the ‘discursive’ aspect of psychoanalytic experience and the articulation of surplus-jouissance, to a teaching that came, increasingly, to focus on logic, topology, sexual difference, poetics and language, and the limits of the Oedipal paradigm.

We aim to take readers through the seminar, chapter by chapter, giving readings of key themes delivered by several psychoanalysts working in the Lacanian tradition, and each with their own particular interests.

Whilst the course will not be aimed at beginners, minimal prior knowledge will be assumed, and all interested in the study of Lacan are welcome

Schedule

Week 1: Saturday, 14 March
Week 2: Saturday, 21 March
Week 3: Saturday, 28 March

– 4 April BREAK –

Week 4: Saturday, 11 April
Week 5: Saturday, 18 April
Week 6: Saturday, 25 April
Week 7: Saturday, 2 May
Week 8: Saturday, 9 May
Week 9: Saturday, 16 May
Week 10: Saturday, 23 May

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.