Anna Parker
@annaporker.bsky.social
Past & Present Fellow, Institute of Historical Research. Writing about central Europe, families, psychology and art + objects in the TLS, Granta, Guardian etc.
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‘The artworks in a consulting room shouldn’t matter. Psychoanalysis is the talking cure: its medium is language … But the space in which the conversation happens is important.’
How does the office of a therapist subtly shape the experience of the patient? @annaporker.bsky.social
How does the office of a therapist subtly shape the experience of the patient? @annaporker.bsky.social
What’s the meaning of the objects an analyst puts on display? | Aeon Essays
The consulting office reflects the personality of the therapist, while also subtly shaping the experience of their patients
buff.ly
February 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
‘The artworks in a consulting room shouldn’t matter. Psychoanalysis is the talking cure: its medium is language … But the space in which the conversation happens is important.’
How does the office of a therapist subtly shape the experience of the patient? @annaporker.bsky.social
How does the office of a therapist subtly shape the experience of the patient? @annaporker.bsky.social
Reposted by Anna Parker
Applications are open for the 2025-27 Past & Present Fellowships @ihr.bsky.social are open
Applications close on 31st Jan 2025
Fellows appointed will commence on 1st Oct 2025 and be tenable for 24 months
Please share with your network
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Applications close on 31st Jan 2025
Fellows appointed will commence on 1st Oct 2025 and be tenable for 24 months
Please share with your network
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...
Past & Present Fellowships
Past & Present Fellowships are available for two years, and open to researchers who have completed a doctorate in history.
www.history.ac.uk
January 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Applications are open for the 2025-27 Past & Present Fellowships @ihr.bsky.social are open
Applications close on 31st Jan 2025
Fellows appointed will commence on 1st Oct 2025 and be tenable for 24 months
Please share with your network
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...
Applications close on 31st Jan 2025
Fellows appointed will commence on 1st Oct 2025 and be tenable for 24 months
Please share with your network
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...
Earlier this week we launched Renaissance Prague Stories, a walking-tour app following the lives of 8 astronomers, merchants, alchemists, diplomats & poets, connecting their stories to the historic city
December 24, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Earlier this week we launched Renaissance Prague Stories, a walking-tour app following the lives of 8 astronomers, merchants, alchemists, diplomats & poets, connecting their stories to the historic city
I reviewed Pauline Terreehorst’s Secrets of a Suitcase—an account of the ‘lost world’ of the 20th-century Silesian countess Margrit Szapáry—for @engelsbergideas.bsky.social
December 16, 2024 at 6:22 PM
I reviewed Pauline Terreehorst’s Secrets of a Suitcase—an account of the ‘lost world’ of the 20th-century Silesian countess Margrit Szapáry—for @engelsbergideas.bsky.social
I have a short review of Claire Morelon’s atmospheric Streetscapes of War and Revolution: Prague, 1914-1920 in this week’s @thetls.bsky.social: www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...
December 12, 2024 at 11:07 PM
I have a short review of Claire Morelon’s atmospheric Streetscapes of War and Revolution: Prague, 1914-1920 in this week’s @thetls.bsky.social: www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...
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over the moon to have been awarded a Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant for my forthcoming book - alongside such a brilliant group of writers. You can read more about it here: www.whiting.org/writers/crea...
December 10, 2024 at 1:38 PM
over the moon to have been awarded a Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant for my forthcoming book - alongside such a brilliant group of writers. You can read more about it here: www.whiting.org/writers/crea...
Bringing the best thing I wrote this year – about my Czech family & the haunted history of the Sudetenland – over to Bluesky: granta.com/what-the-ger...
What the Germans Left Behind | Anna Parker | Granta
‘My Czech family’s house stands on a geopolitical rift: it occupies a place the political storms sweep through, uprooting everything that is settled.’
granta.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Bringing the best thing I wrote this year – about my Czech family & the haunted history of the Sudetenland – over to Bluesky: granta.com/what-the-ger...