Academic Frontier: CityU Holds Lectures on Confronting Subconsciousness and the Origin and History of Depth Psychology

On October 16, the academic lecture on Confronting Subconsciousness hosted by the Institute of Analytical Psychology was held at the Taipa Campus. Prof. Geoffrey Blowers, the first head of Hong Kong Jung Institute, was invited to give a keynote speech to teachers and students of CityU.

Prof. Geoffrey Blowers talked about the unconscious effects of perception and described the difference in nature of conscious effects from the perspective of the assumption of unconsciousness, “whether Freud and Jung’s cognitive psychology can be combined.” He said that experimental psychology supports the possibility of the unconscious operation of the mind, but it is still open to question as to whether it proves the Freud's and Jung’s models are correct. Prof. Blowers' arguments was impressive to teachers and students present.

Prof. Geoffrey Blowers, former Research Director at the Department of Psychology at the University of Hong Kong, has been invited to give keynote speeches at many international academic conferences. He has published more than ten professional papers in international academic journals and several monographs. This lecture allowed the students to truly appreciate and feel the depth and exploratory development of psychology.

On October 18, Dr. Paul Kugler, a senior psychoanalyst in the United States and a professor at the State University of New York, was invited to give an academic speech titled “The Origin and History of Depth Psychology” to the teachers and students of the Institute of Analytical Psychology.

Prof. Paul Kugler positioned the history of depth psychology in the academic field of psychology and psychiatry, and elaborated on the relationship among modern psychology, psychiatry and the origin of depth psychology. He said that history can provide us with a clue to learning and help us understand the development of depth psychology, thus enhancing students’ deep understanding of depth psychology.

Prof. Paul Kugler is well versed in Jungian analytical psychology and classic Freudian psychoanalysis, and has published several books that have had a tremendous impact on the psychoanalytic field. He has served as President of American Jungian Psychoanalytic Society for 15 years and served as Secretary General and Honorary Secretary General of the International Association for Analytical Psychology, and has made outstanding contributions to the development of IAAP.