Global Summer School Program

Screening Desire, Projecting Anxiety: Psychoanalysis of Film

June 2 - June 19, 2025

1549 USD

3 US / 6 ECTS Credits

English

Prague

Dr Joseph Dodds

*Rolling application

Everyone has an experience of film, a film you love or hate, a film which makes you feel good, bad, or ugly. A film to make you laugh, cry or fall in or out of love. A film that makes you think. This course studies the psychology of cinema from a psychoanalytic perspective and in addition explores what we can learn about the mind, culture and society through the movies

Introduction to psychoanalytic film theory, studies of desire and dread, theories of spectatorship, analyses of horror, comedy, and sci-fi, and topics such as Surrealism in film, mourning and melancholia, and the representation of various diagnostic categories
of mental illness on film. In addition, this course will introduce the new technique of Cinema Therapy.

Excursions

  • Gems of the old town of Prague
  • Karlstejn Castle visit

“Going to Prague was one of the best experiences of my life. It was an amazing way to immerse myself in a different culture and truly see how big the world is. Every aspect of the city is mesmerizing, from the delicious food to the beautiful buildings. There was never a dull moment while I was there!”

 

Jaelyn Campbell, Kent State University Student