The annual International Literature and Psychology Conference (ILPC), also called the International Conference on Literature and Psychoanalysis or International Conference in Literature-and-Psychology, provides a forum for the exchange of ideas on the psychological

Psychology

Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...

 study of literature

Literature

Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...

 and other arts. The conferences welcomes papers using psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis is a psychological theory developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis has expanded, been criticized and developed in different directions, mostly by some of Freud's former students, such as Alfred Adler and Carl Gustav...

 or other theoretical perspectives to explore literature, film

Film

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, or other arts. Participants come from nations around the world including France

France

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, England

England

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, Portugal

Portugal

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, Spain

Spain

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, Italy

Italy

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, the Netherlands

Netherlands

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, Germany

Germany

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, Denmark

Denmark

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, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, Hungary

Hungary

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, Serbia

Serbia

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, the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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, Greece

Greece

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, Cyprus

Cyprus

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, Turkey

Turkey

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, Japan

Japan

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, Canada

Canada

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, and the United States of America. The PsyArt Foundation, IPSA (at the University of Florida

University of Florida

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), along with various other universities, the University of Helsinki

University of Helsinki

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, the University of Paris

University of Paris

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 VII and X, the University of Freiburg

University of Freiburg

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, the Instituto Superior de Psicologia Applicada in Lisbon

Lisbon

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, and other institutions, have for a number of years sponsored the annual International Conference in Literature and Psychology.

International conference history

• 1st: Pècs, Hungary. 1983.
• 2nd: Montpellier, France.
• 3rd: Aix-en-Provence, France.
• 4th: Kent, Ohio, U.S.A.
• 5th: Kirchberg, Austria.
• 6th: Janus Pannonius University. Pècs, Hungary. July, 1989.http://www.hum.ucy.ac.cy/ENG/people/byles.htm
• 7th: Centre International de Semiotique et de Linguistique. Urbino, Italy. July, 1990.http://www.hum.ucy.ac.cy/ENG/people/byles.htm
• 8th: London, England. July, 1991.http://www.hum.ucy.ac.cy/ENG/people/byles.htm
• 9th: Lisbon, Portugal. July, 1992. http://www.hum.ucy.ac.cy/ENG/people/byles.htm
• 10th: University of Gröningen. Amsterdam, Holland. June–July, 1993.http://portal.uni-freiburg.de/ndl/personen/ehemalige/dokumente/pietzcker_publikationen.html/http://www.hum.ucy.ac.cy/ENG/people/byles.htm
• 11th: Sandbjerg, Denmark. June, 1994.
• 12th: Freiburg, Germany.
• 13th: Bentley College. Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.A. July 2–6, 1996.http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/2459/ijpi1096.html&date=2009-10-25+11:23:25
• 14th: Avila, Spain. July 2–6, 1997. http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/1997.htm
• 15th: 1998. St. Petersburg Hotel. St. Petersburg, Russia. July 2–6, 1998. http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/1998.htm
• 16th: University of Urbino. Urbino, Italy. July 8–12, 1999. http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/urbino/agenda.html
• 17th: Bialystock, Poland. July 6–10, 2000. http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/2000.htm
• 18th: University of Cyprus. Nicosia. May 15–20, 2001. http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/2001.htm
• 19th: University of Siena. Arezzo, Italy. June 26 - July 1, 2002. http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/2002.htm
• 20th: University of Greenwich. London, England. July 2–7, 2003. http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/2003/
• 21st: Arles, France. June 30 - July 5, 2004.http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/2004/index.htm
• 22nd: Córdoba, Spain. June 29 - July 4, 2005.http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/2005/index.htm
• 23rd: University of Helsinki. Helsinki, Finland. June 28 - July 3, 2006.http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/2006/
• 24th: University of Belgrade. Belgrade, Serbia. July 4–9, 2007.http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/2007/index.htm

External links

• Institute for the Psychological Study of the Arts