All courses listed here may be counted towards the PSYS minor.  Note that, in any semester, students may propose an Independent Study for full course credit.  For information on how to set up an Independent Study course, contact Dr. Larry Blum at ldb@lawrenceblum.com.

Fall 2022

  • ENGL 0052.401 Introduction to Psychoanalysis: History, Theory, Practice (Susan Adelman and Max Cavitch)
  • ANTH 309 Psychoanalysis & Anthro (Lawrence Blum)
  • ENGL 0021/COML 0021/CIMS 0021 Study of a Theme: From the Uncanny to Horror: Film and Psychoanalysis (Jean-Michel Rabate)
  • GRMN 1060/COML 1060/GSWS 1060 The Fantastic and Uncanny in Literature: Ghosts, Spirits & Machines (Liliane Weissberg)
  • HIST XXXX Marx, Nietzsche, Freud: Masters of Suspicion (Warren Breckman)
  • Additional Courses TBA.

FORTHCOMING

Spring 2023

  • ENGL 28XX Mourning and Sexuality in the English Elegy (Max Cavitch)
  • Additional Courses TBA.

Previous Course Offerings

Spring 2022

  • PSYS/ANTH 329 Psychoanalytic and Anthropological Perspectives on Childhood (Larry Blum and Barbara Shapiro)
  • SWRK 792 Psychodynamic Theory in Clinical Practice (Jane Abrams) CANCELED FOR 2022
  • GRMN 253 Freud: The Invention of Psychoanalysis (Liliane Weissberg)

Fall 2021

  • PHIL 526 Philosophy and Psychoanalysis: Freud and the Interpretation of Culture (Steve Steinberg)
  • ENGL 102/COML 245 Introduction to Psychoanalysis: History, Theory, Practice (Susan Adelman and Jean-Michel Rabate)
  • ENGL 395 / COML 397 / GSWS 389 Psychoanalysis and Autobiography (Max Cavitch and Mark Moore)
  • ANTH 279 Theorizing the Role of Affect in Society and Culture (Greg Urban)
  • ENGL 573/COML 573/PSYS 573 Graduate Seminar: Lives of the Death Drive (Max Cavitch)
    (Undergraduates may enroll in this course if they are eligible upperclassmen in the PSYS Program; interested students should contact Prof. Cavitch at cavitch@english.upenn.edu)
  • Additional Courses TBA.

Spring 2021

Fall 2020

  • ENGL 102/COML 245 Introduction to Psychoanalysis: History, Theory, Practice (Susan Adelman and Jean-Michel Rabaté)
  • ANTH 309 Psychoanalysis & Anthro (Greg Urban and Lawrence Blum)
  • ANTH 741 Anthropology of Affect (Greg Urban)

Spring 2020

  • PSYS/ANTH 329 Psychoanalytic and Anthropological Perspectives on Childhood (Larry Blum and Barbara Shapiro)
  • SWRK 792 Psychodynamic Theory in Clinical Practice (Jane Abrams)

Fall 2019

  • ENGL 102/COML 245 Introduction to Psychoanalysis: History, Theory, Practice (Susan Adelman and Max Cavitch)
  • ENGL 065 Love in an Age of Cynicism (Jean-Michel Rabaté)
  • SWRK 786 002 Social Work Practice and Trauma (Jane Abrams) *Students may enroll in SWRK 786 with permission from the instructor. Interested students should contact Dr. Jane Abrams at jbabrams@upenn.edu.

Spring 2019

  • ENG 94 Introduction to Psychoanalysis and Film (Jean-Michel Rabate)
  • GRMN 253 Freud: The Invention of Psychoanalysis (Liliane Weissberg)
  • SWRK 792 Psychodynamic Theory in Clinical Practice (Jane Abrams)

Fall 2018

 Spring 2018

Fall 2017

  • DYNM 607 Psychodynamics of Organizations (Larry Hirschhorn)

Spring 2017

  • GRMN 253 Freud: The Invention of Psychoanalysis (Liliane Weissberg)
  • ENGL 269 Mourning and Sexuality in the English Elegy (Max Cavitch)
  • SWRK 792 Psychodynamic Theory (Jane Abrams)

Fall 2016

  • ANTH – 309-401 Psychoanalysis & Anthro (Greg Urban & Lawrence Blum)
  • PHIL: 536 Philosophy and Psychoanalysis: Freud and the Interpretation of Culture (Steve Steinberg)* admission to this class is with LPS permit, provided there is space
  • DYNM 607 Independent Studies (Larry Hirschhorn)
  • ENGL 102 Literatures of Psychoanalysis (Max Cavitch)
  • ENGL 102 From the Uncanny to the Horror: Literature, Film and Psychoanalysis (Jean-Michel Rabate)

Spring 2016