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In 1927, [[Lacan]] begins his clincial training in [[psychiatry]] at the [[Sainte-Anne hospital]], where he would later teach.
 
In 1927, [[Lacan]] begins his clincial training in [[psychiatry]] at the [[Sainte-Anne hospital]], where he would later teach.
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In 1931, [[Lacan]] becomes increasingly interest in [[surrealism]].
  
 
In 1932, [[Lacan]] publishes his doctoral disseration (''[[On paranoiac psychosis in its relations to the personality]]'').
 
In 1932, [[Lacan]] publishes his doctoral disseration (''[[On paranoiac psychosis in its relations to the personality]]'').
  
In 1931, [[Lacan]] becomes increasingly interest in [[surrealism]].
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In 1933, [[Lacan]] begins to attend [[Alexandre Kojève]]'s lectures on [[Hegel]]'s ''[[Hegel|Phenomenology of Mind]]''.
  
In 1933, [[Lacan]] begins to attend [[Alexandre Kojève]]'s lectures on [[Hegel]]'s ''[[Hegel|Phenomenology of Mind]]''.
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In 1934, [[Lacan]] begins his [[analysis]] with [[Rudolph Loewenstein]].
  
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===The Mirror Stage===
 
In 1936, [[Lacan]] presents his paper on the [[mirror stage]] to the fourteenth congress of the [[IPA]] at Marienbad on 3 August.
 
In 1936, [[Lacan]] presents his paper on the [[mirror stage]] to the fourteenth congress of the [[IPA]] at Marienbad on 3 August.
  
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===The Seminar===
 
In 1953, [[Lacan]] begins his first public [[seminar]] in [[Hôpital Sainte-Anne]].   
 
In 1953, [[Lacan]] begins his first public [[seminar]] in [[Hôpital Sainte-Anne]].   
  

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Jacques-Marie Émile Lacan (April 13, 1901 – September 9, 1981) was a French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.

A controversial figure in the history of psychoanalysis, Lacan is mostly acknowledged for his impact on a broad range of fields within the human sciences.

Biography

Click here for a more complete chronology of Jacques Lacan's life.

In 1927, Lacan begins his clincial training in psychiatry at the Sainte-Anne hospital, where he would later teach.

In 1931, Lacan becomes increasingly interest in surrealism.

In 1932, Lacan publishes his doctoral disseration (On paranoiac psychosis in its relations to the personality).

In 1933, Lacan begins to attend Alexandre Kojève's lectures on Hegel's Phenomenology of Mind.

In 1934, Lacan begins his analysis with Rudolph Loewenstein.

The Mirror Stage

In 1936, Lacan presents his paper on the mirror stage to the fourteenth congress of the IPA at Marienbad on 3 August.

The Seminar

In 1953, Lacan begins his first public seminar in Hôpital Sainte-Anne.

These seminars, which will continue for twenty-seven years, soon become the principal platform for Lacan's teaching.

Works

In 1966, a selection of Lacan's collected papers are published under the title Écrits.

Lacan's most important papers are collected in his Écrits (1966); fewer than one-third of them are included in the English Écrits: A Selection (1977).

Lacan presented his most important theoretical contributions to psychoanalysis through his seminar.


Institutions

Since 1938, Lacan was a member of the Société Parisienne de Psychanalyse (SPP), which was a member body of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA).

In 1953, Lacan resigns from the SPP and joins the Société Française de Psychanalyse (SFP).

In 1963, Lacan resigns from the SFP and founds his own organization, the École Freudienne de Paris (EFP).

In 1980, Lacan dissolves the EFP and creates in its stead the Cause freudienne.

In 1981, the Cause freudienne is dissolved and the École de la Cause freudienne is created to replace it.

Lacan dies in Paris on 9 September, 1981 at the age of eighty.