ABSTRACT
Psychohistory offers unique insights into the human condition, yet it is seldom taught in graduate school. This chapter describes the mission of the Psychohistory Forum, which supports Clio’s Psyche— its publication. The Forum’s mission is to enlarge and disseminate the related paradigms of applied psychoanalysis, political psychology, psychobiography, and psychological history. The chapter focuses on history and current events, assisting academics in all disciplines— history, literature, political science, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and so forth— to utilize the insights and tools of psychoanalysis and psychology. It describes the organization and methodology of the Saturday Work-In-Progress Workshops, the core of postgraduate education. The chapter presents some of the principles that govern the organization and guide the Forum. Typically, there is one at New York University during the International Psychohistorical Association meetings. Others are held elsewhere at meetings of the International Society for Political Psychology and the Association for the Psychoana.
