Media Source: Biz Today (Pakistan)
Date: 15 April 2025
In an ambitious effort to cultivate psychoanalytic thinking in Pakistan, the Aga Khan University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) has partnered with the Department of Psychology at the University of Exeter, to host an international conference titled “Journeying Beyond the West: Can Psychoanalysis Find New Roots in…
In an ambitious effort to cultivate psychoanalytic thinking in Pakistan, the Aga Khan University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) has partnered with the Department of Psychology at the University of Exeter, to host an international conference titled “Journeying Beyond the West: Can Psychoanalysis Find New Roots in Pakistan?”. “Psychoanalysis is often assumed to belong solely to the West, but its emphasis on speech, subjectivity, and the unconscious knows no borders,” said Dr Duane Rousselle, Associate Dean of Research and Associate Professor at FAS and lead organiser of the conference. Psychoanalysis is a type of therapy that not only gives relief from mental health issues, but also helps people know more about themselves, and make better choices in life.