Welcome

The special theme of this year is "Trauma – 80 Years After Freud".

Papers should deal with any application of psychology—including psychoanalysis, object relations, feminist, Jungian, or Lacanian approaches, cognitive psychology, or neuroscience–to the study of literature, film and visual media, painting, sculpture, music, performance, or the other arts. Our conference is small (maximum 75 papers), convivial, and draws scholars from around the world. We also welcome conferees who do not present papers.

The registration fee of $375 includes sessions, coffee breaks, opening reception (evening of June 26^th), two tours (June 27^th afternoon walking tour of Vienna's historical city center; June 30^th afternoon bus tour of main tourist attractions in Vienna), and Sunday evening June 30^th closing banquet in Vienna.

For an additional charge, to be announced later, there will be an optional one-day cruise on the Danube River to the Wachau wine-growing region.

The registration fee is reduced to $190 for graduate students; for accompanying children under 18; and for partners, friends, or family who attend June 30^th only (the bus tour and banquet).

Wednesday, June 26^th

Welcome reception in the evening at the University of Vienna.

Thursday, June 27^th

Morning welcome at the Sigmund Freud University. Parallel sessions at the Freud University. Afternoon: walking tour of Vienna's historical city center. Please wear comfortable shoes.

Friday, June 28^th

Morning and afternoon sessions at the Freud University. Directors’ meeting in the late afternoon (Directors only).

Saturday, June 29^th

Morning and afternoon sessions, Freud University.

Sunday, June 30^th

Final sessions in the morning, followed by Members’ meeting (all conferees invited) and group photos. Lunch. Afternoon bus tour of main tourist attractions in Vienna followed by closing banquet.

Monday, July 1^st

Departure or optional all-day post-conference tour.

Papers should be short, 20 minutes at most. Please observe the time limit. Normal speaking rate is 140 words per minute, and, for clarity, a scholarly presentation should be somewhat slower. Our standard 20-minute limit allows you to speak about 2400 words or eight to ten pages maximum. An additional ten minutes are allotted for discussion for each paper, usually at the end of the session. The moderator is responsible for keeping speakers to 20 minutes. The moderator speaks last, and it is therefore to his or her interest to maintain the schedule.

If you submit your paper for publication after the conference, at that time it can be as long or short as you like.

English is the primary conference language, although we sometimes have sessions in French, German, or other languages if there is sufficient interest. We recommend that speakers in English who are not native speakers of English accompany their talks with PowerPoint.

Please prepare an abstract, 150 words maximum, and add it to the registration form below.

The deadline for sending us your title and abstract is May 1^st, 2019 or when we have 75 accepted abstracts, registration forms, and registration fees, whichever comes sooner. Once you receive notice that your abstract is accepted, you can pay your fees to be assured a slot on the program.

For each person attending the conference, please fill out a separate online form and pay the registration fee. Please indicate clearly "No Paper" if that is the case. Otherwise indicate the title and abstract below.

For a complete registration, we require three items:

1. A completed registration form (see below) including paper title.
2. Brief abstract of paper (150 words maximum), if you are giving a paper. These abstracts enable us to decide if your paper is acceptable for the conference and then to place your paper in an appropriate session. We also publish them online and distribute the abstracts at the conference.
3. A registration fee of $375 U.S., to be paid after acceptance of your abstract, which includes admission to all sessions, two tours, reception, coffee breaks, and banquet. The $375 fee must also be paid by those not presenting a paper and by accompanying family or friends who wish to have a conference badge and to participate in conference events. Graduate students; conferees from Russia, Central or Eastern Europe; children (under 18) of conferees; and partners, friends, or family wishing to attend only on June 30^th pay $190. Any payments received after April 15^th must include a late fee of $35, and no payments will be accepted after May 15^th. The registration fee includes a $25 tax-deductible donation to the PsyArt Foundation. The registration fee is refundable (except the $25 donation) for any reason until June 1^st, but not thereafter for any reason. The donation makes you a member of PsyArt, entitled—and encouraged—to attend and to vote at the annual meeting of PsyArt, which will take place at the conference on June 30^th. You will find instructions for payment after the registration form below.

Important: Include your e-mail address below. It will not come through to us automatically from this form, and, if we don't have it, our communications with you will be impossible. Make sure it is typed correctly.

If, by April, you are not getting e-mail from us, let us know. Do not assume that some currency arrangement you made the previous year is still effective. Do not leave your registration for some friend to do. Make sure that we have your complete registration (all three items) and your correct e-mail address. Fill out a separate form and pay for each person attending.

If you require a travel visa, please let us know right away, as you will need a special letter of invitation from Sigmund Freud University Vienna (Austria is the host country), not from the PsyArt Foundation, and the visa application process sometimes takes months.

Last-minute changes in titles, abstracts, and schedule cause great difficulty for the organizers. We will not accept changes in title or abstract after June 1^st nor changes in the schedule after one week from the time the organizers e-mail the schedule.