RU46: Rendering Dr Jordan Osserman Unconscious, on Circumcision, Gender, Psychoanalysis, Formation

Dr Jordan Osserman is a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow in the Department of Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck, University of London, and a trainee in clinical psychoanalysis with The Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis. He is currently working on his book, entitled ‘Circumcision on the Couch’. He’s also beginning work on the team of ‘Waiting Times’, a multi-stranded research project on the temporalities of healthcare. His writing has been published in outlets such as Transgender Studies Quarterly, the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory, and Blunderbuss Magazine, and he is a host on the podcast New Books in Psychoanalysis. Jordan grew up in South Florida. The film American Circumcision is referenced in the discussion: https://circumcisionmovie.com New Books in Psychoanalysis Podcast: https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/science-technology/psychoanalysis/ Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists & other intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts & more. Episodes are also created from lectures given at various international conferences. Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo... Please visit the www.renderingunconscious.org/about for links to all of these sites. Rendering Unconscious is also a book! Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry (Trapart, 2019): https://store.trapart.net/details/00000 Please support the podcast at: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl For more information visit: www.trapart.net www.drvanessasinclair.net www.renderingunconscious.org www.dasunbehagen.org The song at the end of the episode is “Essentially Malleable” by Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson, from the album "Cut to Fit the Mouth": https://vanessasinclaircarlabrahamsson.bandcamp.com/album/cut-to-fit-the-mouth Artwork by Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson from the series "Mementeros": https://vimeo.com/ondemand/mementeros Original artwork available at Trapart Books, Films, Editions: https://store.trapart.net/item/4 www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl