12th Annual Annette Overby Conference

NATIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS

In Conjunction With

ASIAN/PACIFIC/AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM AND INSTITUTE
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

WALKING THE BICULTURAL TIGHTROPE:
PSYCHOANALYTIC AND LITERARY PERSPECTIVES ON THE NEW AMERICAN

Saturday, November 22, 9 AM - 5:30 PM
LOCATION: Randolph Somerville Theatre, Room 703, Simon Silver Building, 100 Washington Square

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW ON IMMIGRATION IN NEW YORK CITY
John Kuo Wei Tchen, Ph.D.

THE FISH WHO CHOSE TO LIVE ON A TREE: IDENTITY TRANSFORMATION UPON IMMIGRATION
Salman Akhtar, M.D.

THE BICULTURAL SELF: PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY WITH IMMIGRANTS AND THE SECOND GENERATION
A Roundtable Discussion

PARTICIPANTS: Salman Akhtar, M.D., Rosemarie Perez Foster, Ph.D., M. Nasir Ilahi, Paola Mieli, Ph.D., Loveleen Posmentier, M.A., Dorothy Yang, C.S.W., MODERATOR: Alan Roland, Ph.D.

CULTURAL SELVES AND THE LITERARY IMAGINATION
Two Roundtable Discussions

First Roundtable Discussion: D. H. Melham, M.D., Bharati Mukerjee, PhD., Frederick Turner, PhD., Sonia Rivera-Valdez, MODERATOR: Frederick Feirstein, M.A.

Second Roundtable Discussion: Meena Alexander, PhD., Annecy Baez, PhD., Fay Chiang, Nelly Rosario, M.F.A., MODERATOR: Eric Garnalinda

CULTURAL SELVES IN PSYCHOANALYSIS AND LITERATURE: REFLECTIONS ON THE CONFERENCE
DISCUSSANTS: Salman Akhtar and Frederick Feirstein

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