Portal:Seminars

Seminars

This portal provides structured access to the Seminars of Jacques Lacan (1953–1981), which form the core of his teaching. The seminars are organized by period, theme, and conceptual emphasis to support study, clinical work, and research.

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Early Seminars (1953–1960)

Lacan’s return to Freud and the foundations of his teaching.

Seminar I

Seminar II

Seminar III

Seminar IV

Structural and Linguistic Period

Seminars centered on language, structure, and the symbolic order.

Seminar V

Seminar VI

Seminar VII

Seminar XI

Late Seminars (1970–1981)

Topology, jouissance, and the limits of formalization.

Seminar XVII

Seminar XVIII

Seminar XX

Seminar XXIII

Browse Seminars

By Chronology

• Seminar I
• Seminar II
• Seminar III
• Seminar IV

→ All seminars (chronological)

By Theme

• Ethics
• The Four Fundamental Concepts
• Discourse
• Jouissance

→ All thematic groupings

Key Reference Seminars

• Psychosis
• Ethics of Psychoanalysis
• The Four Fundamental Concepts
• The Sinthome

→ Seminar reference index

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 Concepts

 People

 Clinical Topics

 Full Seminar Index

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