Meetings | The Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts

Mark your calendars and get ready for the 2026 Invitation Conference!

CALL FOR PAPERS

Deadline for Submission is Friday, July 10, 2026

“The secret of cultural development is the mobility and disposability of psychic energy.” (From Jung, 1912/1956, par. 17)

2 ways to submit:

Submit your application HERE.
Download the application HERE, then email the application to info@irsja.org
If you have questions after you submit, be sure to direct those to mcoadyleeper@gmail.com

The Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts (IRSJA) again offers its invitational on October 23-24, 2026. This tradition continues every other fall. This year’s theme considers the cacophony of voices in the culture—many muted, ignored, diminished, or misunderstood. Some voices lack an audience or are silenced by the limits imposed by psychological and cultural development, affecting our ability to speak, listen, and understand. Other voices are loud and intrusive. Invariably, there is a power dynamic at work. The topic invites us to investigate these dynamisms and to be curious about what is being expressed or needs to be expressed in the individual and collective psyche.

Jungians offer a distinct approach to the individual and collective psyche, emphasizing the role of dreams, symbol formation, and imagination in revealing the mythic patterns that shape contemporary life. We are seeking to gather perspectives from the analytic, clinical, and academic Jungian communities to reflect on the anxiety, fear, uncertainty, and hope constellated in the present cultural moment. Always, we are interested in sustaining the tension these conditions evoke. At the same time, we will listen to emergent possibilities for meaning, psychic transformation, and a deeper adaptation to the demands of the age.

In planning your presentation, we suggest the following questions:

How do the above dynamisms (matriarchy, patriarchy, oligarchy) appear in the culture? How does the prevailing cultural/political power structure shape psychological experience?
How has patriarchy shaped psychological experience?
How have these dynamisms silenced the voices of women and harmed men?
How might we understand these dynamisms and their intersections with race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and religion?
What modern books, movies, music, art, current events, pastimes, etc., reflect the impact of any one of these archetypes?
How does the power of language affect what we hear and understand?
How is Jungian Analysis relevant today in receiving, understanding, and interpreting messages from the collective unconscious?

In putting together the conference program, we will seek themes that reflect historical/cultural pressures and that deepen understanding of current cultural dynamics. These presentations will demonstrate the relevance of Jungian psychology in today’s world. A panel of analysts will draw together the threads of all the presentations into a coherent whole for the final presentation.

Proposals should include the following format:

35–40-minute paper followed by a 15-20-minute discussion.
Joint presentation by two or more individuals on a related topic followed by a 15–20-minute discussion.
Preference will be given to proposals that include PowerPoint, video, film, arts, poetry, music, or that offer an experiential component.
Please consider how your topic relates to voices that have often been silenced: people of color, women, the disabled, the disenfranchised, immigrants, LGBTQ populations, etc.

A small committee, including the Vice President, the chair of the CE committee, and others, will review the proposals. The committee will choose the presentations by August 1, 2026.

HOTEL

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The reservation cut-off date is September 26.

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Past Meeting Details are below:

Spring 2026 (Boulder): View Schedule HERE
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FALL 2025 (Omaha): View Schedule HERE
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SPRING 2025 (Boulder): View Schedule HERE
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FALL 2024 (Minneapolis) Invitational: View Schedule HERE
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SPRING 2024 (Santa Fe): View Schedule HERE
SESSION DETAILS WITH OBJECTIVES

FALL 2023 (Pittsburgh): View Schedule HERE

SPRING 2023 (Santa Fe): View Schedule HERE