To mark the 170th anniversary of the birth of Sigmund Freud, the Psychoanalytical Society of Serbia is organizing a conference titled “The Riddles of the Unconscious” in May of this year.
The conference will be held on May 8th and 9th 2026 at the Hotel Palace in Belgrade.
In addition to a rich program of lectures presented by twelve psychoanalysts and a round table of psychoanalysts in training, the conference will also host a guest from Vienna, psychoanalyst Renate Kohlheimer, current Vice President of the European Psychoanalytical Federation and former president of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society.
The conference program also includes a screening of the latest film about Freud, “Outsider. Freud”, directed by Yair Qedar. Well-known psychoanalysts and experts on Freud guide the viewer through the exciting life of the creator of psychoanalysis, in the specific historical atmosphere of Vienna from the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, as well as through understanding how experiences in such an atmosphere shaped his professional development and theories. The director’s visual solutions show in a creative way the riddles of the human psyche.
Translation into Serbian will be provided, both for the guest’s lecture and for the film.
Conference program “The Riddles of the Unconscious: 170 years since the birth of Sigmund Freud”
Friday, May 8th 2026
17.00–17.20 Tijana Miladinović: Conference opening
Marija Vezmar: Introduction lecture – 170 Years after Freud’s Birth
First round of lectures:
(Moderator: Anka Marjanović Radonjić)
17.20–17.40 Aleksandar Kontić – Freud’s Less Known Cases
17.40–18.00 Nina Popadić – Review and Analysis of Freud’s Text “The Uncanny”
18.00–18.20 Srđa Zlopaša – Freud’s Biography about Us
18.20–18.50 Discussion
18.50–19.00 Short break
19.00 Ivana Dobrić – A short introduction about the film “Outsider. Freud”
19.15–20.30 Screening of the film “Outsider. Freud”
20.30–21.00 Discussion
Moderators: Jasminka Šuljagić, Aleksandar Kontić
21.00 Closure of the first day of the Conference
Saturday, May 9th 2026
Second round of lectures:
(Moderator: Vojislav Ćurčić)
9.00–9.20 Tijana Miladinović – Passion and Trust – A Developmental Perspective
9.20–9.40 Jovana Mladenović – Sadomasochism in the Analytic Room
9.40–10.00 Jasmina Vrbaški – Female Sexuality and Perversion
10.00–10.30 Discussion
10.30–11.00 Coffee break
Third round of lectures:
(Moderator: Olga Savostjanova)
11.00–11.20 Ljiljana Milivojević – Psychosomatics in a Cauldron of Boiling Impulses
11.20–11.40 Sandra Simić – The Movie “Empty House” – a psychoanalytical perspective
11.40–12.00 Vesna Brzev Ćurčić – The Helplessness
12.00–12.30 Discussion
12.30–14.30 Lunch break
Fourth round of lectures:
(Moderator: Nataša Đerković Lukač)
14.30–15.00 Renate Kohlheimer – Which unconscious are we talking about today? Is the unconscious still one of our basic assumptions?
15.00–15.20 Jasminka Šuljagić – On Dreaming and Sleeping
15.20–15.50 Discussion
15.50–16.20 Coffee break
16.20–17.20 PSS candidates round table: Freud during training
(Moderator: Maša Karleuša Valkanou)
Participants: Zona Lemez, Andrea Menzalin, Danilo Đurić, Dušica Dubljević
17.20–17.50 Discussion
17.50–18.00 Tijana Miladinović – Closing of the Conference
Location: Hotel Palace, Belgrade
Participation fee: 10.000 dinars / 3.000 dinars for students, with the possibility of payment in two installments.
The application becomes valid after the payment of the first installment.
Participants will receive a certificate of participation. The conference has been accredited by the Health Council of Serbia as a national congress with international participation under the number A-1-15/26, with 13 points for lecturers and 8 points for passive participation.
