Cfp: "After Freud Left: Centennial Reflections on his 1909 Visit to the United States," New York Academy of Medicine, October 3-4, 2009.

Leading scholars in the history of psychoanalysis and American intellectual history will reflect on what happened to Sigmund Freud’s ideas in the United States in the century after he left New York following his only visit to the New World, a visit that became an iconic event in American history. The eight main speakers will be: Ernst Falzeder, Universität Innsbruck and Philemon Foundation Elizabeth Lunbeck, Vanderbilt University George Makari, Weill Medical College of Cornell University Louis Menand, Harvard UniversityDorothy Ross, Johns Hopkins University Sonu Shamdasani, Wellcome History of Medicine Unit, University College, London Richard Skues, London Metropolitan University Hale Usak, Universität Innsbruck Invited commentators include: Jean-Christophe Agnew, Yale University James Anderson, Northwestern University Raymond Fancher, York University James Gilbert, University of Maryland More details, including instructions for registration and for reserving a luncheon on Saturday, will be available in the coming months at http://www.nyam.org/events/?id=448&clickk=. Or contact the outside coordinator, John Burnham, at Ohio State University, burnham.2@osu.edu.