Introductory remarks by the issue editors: A story of beginnings and continuities

Abstract

The “Freud in Příbor” publication represents the unique record of all the papers presented at the historical symposium “Psychological Birth and Infant Development,” held on August 4–5 2013 in Freud's birthplace, the town of Příbor, Czech Republic. The papers are preceded by a word from the symposium chair, an address by the President of the IPA, and an interview with Stefano Bolognini. These “Introductory remarks by the issue editors: A story of beginnings and continuities” provide the historical-cultural and dynamic context for all the ensuing chapters. This paper reviews the objectives of the symposium, the core ideas of the individual contributions in relation to the unique beginnings of Sigmund Freud in Příbor, and the unique history of psychoanalysis in the Czech Republic. The backdrop of the multidirectional complexity of development, events, and the memory of the back and forth “après-coup” deferred action reverberates throughout.

Key words:

• Příbor
• introductory remarks
• symposium “Psychological Birth and Infant Development”

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Notes on contributors

Eva D. Papiasvili

Authors

Eva D. Papiasvili, PhD, ABPP, is senior clinical faculty and supervisor on the doctoral program in clinical psychology, Columbia University, New York, a training and supervising analyst, and former executive director of the Institute of the Postgraduate Psychoanalytic Society, New York.

Linda A. Mayers

Linda A. Mayers, PhD, a training and supervising analyst, is former director of training at the Institute of the Postgraduate Psychoanalytic Society, and also associate adjunct professor at LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York.