University of Essex C.G.Jung Lecture 2026

WHAT HAS CHANGED IN ACADEMIC JUNGIAN STUDIES AND CLINICAL JUNGIAN ANALYSIS SINCE 1995? HAS ANYTHING CHANGED? DOES ANYTHING NEED TO CHANGE?

PROFESSOR ANDREW SAMUELS

The relationship between the Jungian clinic and the Jungian academy deserves critical review. Jungian and post-Jungian studies didn’t actually begin when Renos Papadopoulos and Andrew Samuels were appointed to professorships at Essex in 1995. And Jungian analysis has a history divorced from universities. Whatever, let’s look at how these two entities have interacted. Is there a special role for the all-rounder, someone clinically qualified with an academic track record? Or does the traditional prejudice that clinicians can’t think and academics lack emotional connection hold water? Is the academy still the best therapist for the clinic, as Andrew wrote in his application for the job? He will take these late-career reflections into diverse areas where his work has been influential - such as politics (including activism), sexuality and spirituality. These are by no means ‘Jungian’ themes. For the intention in the lecture is to interest people in the arts, the human and social sciences, all clinical projects – and in the histories of these fields.

Andrew Samuels is a relational Jungian psychoanalyst, former Essex professor, activist and political consultant (including to the National Health Service). He co-founded Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility and the Jungian political interest grouping Analysis and Activism. His books have been translated into 21 languages and include Jung and the Post-Jungians, The Political Psyche and, in 2025, Reflecting Critically on the Political Psyche: Therapy, Testament and Trouble in Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis. His 1985 book The Father was reissued in a new edition also in 2025. A selection of videos may be found at www.andrewsamuels.com

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