On February 26th and 27th 2025, The UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute and the UCLA Initiative to Study Hate, in partnership with the UCLA Department of English and the Hammer Museum, will be hosting internationally-acclaimed psychoanalyst and author, Dr. Adam Phillips for a three-event series:

February 26th at 4 pm: A Lecture, “On Resistance”

Description: In this lecture, Adam Phillips will explore the notion of resistance in psychoanalysis

Location: James West Alumni Center Collins Room

For more information and ticketing, click HERE!

Please note The Hammer Museum assigns seats on a first come, first served basis.

February 27th at noon: A Seminar, “Exploring Christopher Bollas’s ‘The Transformational Object.”

Description: Adam Phillips will lead a seminar with UCLA students, faculty, and staff that explores the paper, “The Transformational Object” by Christopher Bollas. Bollas’s work will be distributed to registrants prior to the seminar. Lunch will be served.

Location: Young Research Library Conference Room

Register HERE!

February 27th at 7:30 pm: A Conversation: “On Kindness and Hate.”

Description: UCLA English Professors David Russell and Mona Simpson will join Adam Phillips in a conversation on Kindness, Hate, Missing Out, Wanting to Change, Getting Better, and Giving Up.

Location: The Hammer Museum

Registration details and link coming soon!