Second Fridays – October
Exile, Mourning, and the Psyche: Jeanne Carstensen’s A Greek Tragedy
Jeanne Carstensen, Discussant: Annika Sridharan MSW, PsyD, Moderator: Reyna Cowan, PsyD, LCSW
Friday Oct 10, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
2nd Friday Series
Join us as we explore the book A Greek Tragedy by Jeanne Carstensen. Carstensen’s gripping nonfiction account of the October 28, 2015, shipwreck off Lesvos—the deadliest single-day loss in the Aegean refugee crisis. This gathering will offer a space for reflective, nuanced dialogue—intertwining the personal, political, social and unconscious dimensions of Carstensen’s work. In this salon, we will examine the psychological undercurrents of exile, grief, displacement, and resilience. Carstensen’s narrative speak to collective social trauma and individual psychic survival. We will explore how activism, empathy, witnessing, and personal narrative play in the psychic integration of these catastrophic experiences. Drawing from psychoanalytic understanding we will unpack not only the content of the book but the emotional responses it evokes.
CE Credits offered: 2
Course Objectives
After completing this course participants will be able to:
- List elements that capture the psychological impact of displacement and loss on refugees, particularly focusing on the trauma of forced migration and the subsequent racism and intense negative responses to the refugees arrival in European countries.
- Examine the emotional, cognitive, and somatic responses of refugees before, during, and after the traumatic event of the boat disaster and their ways of coping and managing with such trauma over time.
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CA
United States
| No fee | $0.00 |
| Suggested donation | |
| General | $20.00 |
| Member | $10.00 |
| Student | $5.00 |
| CE Credits (2) | $20.00 |