Lectures on Lacan

Origins of Desire & Ethics of the Drive

It’s been a minute, as they say.

May 15 • Prof. Dr. Samuel McCormick

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April 2026

Drawing the Real

Our spring series on THE SINTHOME (Seminar XXIII) concluded last week.

Apr 14 • Prof. Dr. Samuel McCormick

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February 2026

The Art of Psychic Knotting

If you’ve been looking for a way into Lacan’s later work, I’ve got just the solution: A deep dive into Seminar XXIII, where we’re exploring how James…

Feb 25 • Prof. Dr. Samuel McCormick

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New Series on THE SINTHOME Begins This Week!

Our spring series on THE SINTHOME (Seminar XXIII) opens with two introductory lectures: “Captivating Bodies” and “Bags of Skin.” Join us this Friday, 13…

Feb 8 • Prof. Dr. Samuel McCormick

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La Troisième, Episode 4

Here’s the concluding episode on Lacan’s third Rome discourse.

Feb 2 • Prof. Dr. Samuel McCormick

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January 2026

La Troisième, Episode 3

This episode is appropriately titled “One, Three, Two.” 😂 See below for the diagram on which this episode builds, and tap here for access to La…

Jan 26 • Prof. Dr. Samuel McCormick

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La Troisième, Episode 2

“Kernels of Jouissance” — that’s what we’re calling the second episode in our new podcast series on La Troisième. See below, once more, for our guiding…

Jan 19 • Prof. Dr. Samuel McCormick

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La Troisième, Episode 1

Welcome to our new podcast series on Lacan’s third Rome discourse: La Troisième! The title of this episode is fitting: “Bodies Imagined & Unimaginable…

Jan 12 • Prof. Dr. Samuel McCormick

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Join Our Spring Series on THE SINTHOME (Seminar XXIII)

In the winter of 1975, Jacques Lacan took the stage with a heavy sigh, a pocketful of multi-colored chalk, and a deceptively simple question: How do we…

Jan 4 • Prof. Dr. Samuel McCormick

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December 2025

Goodbyesymptomhellosinthome

Our fall series on R.S.I. (Seminar XXII) concluded last week with another lit and wondrous hours-long discussion, largely in response to the explosive…

Dec 8, 2025 • Prof. Dr. Samuel McCormick

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November 2025

Les non-dupes errent (Seminar XXI), Episode 10

Here’s the final episode in our podcast series on Seminar XXI.

Nov 17, 2025 • Prof. Dr. Samuel McCormick

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Les non-dupes errent (Seminar XXI), Episode 9

Things get a little weird in this penultimate episode, as the image below suggests and the title of this episode confirms: “Analytic Will-o'-the-Wisps.”

Nov 10, 2025 • Prof. Dr. Samuel McCormick

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