READING SEMINAR

Lacanian Compass hosts a Reading Seminar for Members and othe specially invited colleagues. The Seminar is intended to provide a space to close reading Lacan’s texts and other relevant psychoanalytic works.

* Reading Seminar Coordinators: Isolda Álvarez and Alícia Arenas.

Text: KANT WITH SADE (J. Lacan, Ecrits, pg. 645. W.W.Norton)

During this year 2026 we will be elaborating on the text Kant with Sade, in which Lacan brings these two authors together within a single framework of reference, presenting them as expressions of imperatives that govern the speaking being: an inescapable law structuring jouissance beyond conscious choice.

What can be said about these reflections in our times? Are these imperatives present today? In what way?

Structure of the Seminar – Calendar:

This activity will be held following the structure proposed by Jacques-Alain Miller to the Freudian Field in 1991, which organizes the reading in four sections:

1.The Argument: This section unfolds the themes of the text in their broadest scope.
Speakers: Isolda Alvarez and Alicia Arenas – Wednesday April 15^th. 8.00PM- 9.30PM Eastern Time.

2.The Discipline of Commentary: This focuses on the textual detail of a selected passage no longer than 10 lines.Speakers: Thomas Svolos and Liliana Kruszel – Wednesday May 27^th, 8.00PM – 9.30PM   Eastern Time.

3.The Logic of the Treatment: A change of register is introduced through the presentation of clinical vignettes that reflect the issues highlighted by the text.
Speakers: Juan Felipe Arango and Maria Cristina Aguirre – Wednesday August 26^th, 8.00PM-9.30PM Eastern Time.

4.The Perspective of the Concept: The same themes are revisited from other moments in Lacan’s teachings, or from practices beyond psychoanalysis (philosophy, literature, science, etc.) to expand the concept through new points of reference.
Speakers. Nancy Gillespie and Samya Seth – Wednesday October 21^st, 8.00PM-9,30PM Eastern Time.

The Speakers are members of the World Association of Psychoanalysis (WAP), the New Lacanian School (NLS), and the Lacanian Compass.

❗ The Seminar will be held by Zoom. To join please register in advance sending an email with your information (name, email, phone number, profession, and location) to arenasalicia24@gmail.com and you will receive the link in a timely manner.