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BERTRAMJ.COHLERMEMORIALCONFERENCE

TheUniversityofChicago

June13-14,2013

BertCohlerwasanextraordinaryacademicwithalonganddistinguishedcareer,influencingthe

intellectualdebateinthesocialsciencesontheproblemsofagingandhumandevelopment,familyand

thelifecourse,narrative,sexuality,theShoah,resilience,wellbeing,mentalillnessandpsychoanalysis.

Bertwasenormouslyproductive,authoringandcoauthoringhundredsofpapersandseveralbooks.

Bertslegacycanbemeasurednotonlybyhisscholarlywritingsbutalsobyhowhisideashavebeen

takenupandusedbyhisstudentsandclosecolleagues.

OneyearafterBertsdeath,thetimeisrighttotakestockofBertsimpactonthedirectionofthesocial

sciencesthroughhisstudentsandcolleagues.WiththesupportoftheDepartmentofComparative

HumanDevelopmentatTheUniversityofChicago(formerlytheCommitteeonHumanDevelopment),

Bertsacademichomefor40years,wewillpaytributetoBertslegacy.Whathasbeentheimpactof

Bertsscholarlywork?Whatistheenduringvalueofhismostpivotalideas?HowhasBertsteaching,

counsel,mentorship,andfriendshipinfluencedthedirectionofourthinking?Whatarethenextstepsto

promotehislegacy?

Allarewelcomefreeofcharge.

StuartHall,Room105

5835S.GreenwoodAvenue

Chicago,IL60537

PROGRAM

Thursday,June13

1:15-1:45PM Registration

1:45-2:00PM WelcomefromtheDepartmentofComparativeHumanDevelopment(Richard

P.Taub,Chair)

2:00-4:00PM Panel1:OPENINGPERSPECTIVES

(Chair:MarkFreeman)

DevelopmentsStoryinTimeandPlace

BrianSchiff,AmericanUniversityofParis

DialogueasEpistemology:BertCohlersRadicalDefianceofDisciplinarityinthe

SocialSciences

PhillipL.Hammack,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz

CohleronMethod:JohnDeweymeetsHermantheNewt

RobertGalatzer-Levy,UniversityofChicagoandInstituteofPsychoanalysis

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GenerationalStakeandMentorshipinLife-CoursePerspective:ATributeto

BertramJ.Cohler

AndrewHostetler,UniversityofMassachusetts,Lowell

4:00-4:15PM Break

4:15-5:45PM Panel2:PERSPECTIVESONPSYCHOANALYSIS(Part1)

(Chair:RobertGalatzer-Levy)

AssessmentofChangeinPsychoanalysis

PhilS.Lebovitz,ChicagoInstituteforPsychoanalysisandRosalindFranklin

UniversityofMedicineandScience/TheChicagoMedicalSchool

Dissociation,Dialogue,andNarrative

PaulM.Gedo,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity

MetaphorandNarrativeasBiologicalConstructsinPsychoanalysis

JoshuaKellman,UniversityofChicago

Friday,June14

9:30-11:00AM Panel3:PERSPECTIVESONNARRATIVE

(Chair:PhillipHammack)

TheTurntoNarrativeinPsychologicalSciences

DanP.McAdams,NorthwesternUniversity

PersonalNarrativeandtheLifeCourseRevisited:BertCohlersLegacyfor

NarrativePsychology

MarkFreeman,CollegeoftheHolyCross

We-nessinCoupleStories:TheRoleofPositiveNarrativesinCoupleTherapy

JeffersonSinger,ConnecticutCollege

KarenSkerrett,NorthwesternUniversity

11:00-11:15AM Break

11:30AM-12:30PM Panel4:PERSPECTIVESONPSYCHOANALYSIS(Part2)

(Chair:RobertGalatzer-Levy)

SomeThoughtsonWhatChildrenTellThemselvesAboutThemselvesDuring

InfancyandEarlyChildhood

MollyWitten,InstituteofPsychoanalysis

TheIdentityofthePsychoanalyst:AMeditation

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BarrieRichmond

12:30-2:00PM Breakforlunch

2:15-4:15PM Panel5:PERSPECTIVESONHUMANDEVELOPMENTANDTHELIFECOURSE

(Chair:AndrewHostetler)

ErikEriksonsAnalysiswithAnnaFreudandItsConsequences

JamesWilliamAnderson,NorthwesternUniversity

TrajectoriesofSexualityfromAdolescencetoYoungAdulthood

JohnnyBerona&CherylKing,UniversityofMichigan

AmbivalenceinTwinRelationshipsinMiddleandLateAdulthood

VictoriaBedford,IndianaUniversity

PaulaSmithAvioli,KeanUniversity

AlzheimerDisease:ConversionPointsinLong-TermMultiphasicDiseaseCourse VirginiaOlgaKennick-BeattieEmery,DartmouthMedicalSchool

4:15-4:30PM Break

4:30-5:10PM Panel6:REFLECTIONSONMENTORSHIPANDPEDAGOGY

(Chair:BrianSchiff)

BertCohlerandtheProteanSelf:MaintainingaSenseofCoherenceina

TroubledWorld

DaviddeBoer,LoyolaUniversityChicago

BertCohlersContributionasaShepherdofDialogicCommunities

MikeKaufman,UniversityofChicago

5:10-5:40PM ClosingReflections

BrianSchiff,PhillipHammack,RobertGalatzer-Levy,&AndrewHostetler

JohnLucy,DepartmentofComparativeHumanDevelopment,Universityof

Chicago