24 September 2021 – First meeting and introductions.
01 October 2021
Discussing Csaba Szummer et al. (2017) The hyperassociative mind: The psychedelic experience and Merleau-Ponty’s “wild being”, Journal of Psychedelic Studies @ DOI: 10.1556/2054.01.2017.006
08 October 2021
Merve Mollaahmetoglu, University of Exeter (Bio here)
“This Is Something That Changed My Life”: A Qualitative Study of Patients’ Experiences in a Clinical Trial of Ketamine Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorders.In Mollaahmetoglu OM, et al. (2021) Front. Psychiatry 12. @ DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.695335
22 October 2021
Dr Ben Sessa, Psychedelic Clinic Bristol (Bio here)
MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for Addiction: Psychedelic Medicine for the Future of Psychiatry.
HALF TERM BREAK
5 November 2021
Prof. Christine Hauskeller (Bio here) and Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes, University of Exeter (Bio here)
Philosophical Perspectives on Psychedelics. Preparatory reading: Introduction to Hauskeller and Sjöstedt-Hughes, (eds.) Philosophy and Psychedelics: Frameworks for Exceptional Experience (Bloomsbury), 2022, in press.
12 November 2021
Dr Chris Timmermann, Imperial College, London (Abstract & Bio)
Psychedelics alter metaphysical beliefs, Scientific Reports, 11:22166. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01209-2
19 November 2021
Dr David Erritzøe, Imperial College, London (Bio here)
Plans and recent results related to psychedelics/5HT and Multimodal Imaging.
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Dr Meg Spriggs, Imperial College, London (Bio here)
Electrophysiological Markers of Neuroplasticity: A Novel Approach for Psychedelics.
26 November 2021
Prof. Christine Hauskeller, University of Exeter (Abstract & Bio)
Introduction to Frankfurt School Critical Theory. Preparatory reading: Vogel, S. (1996) Against Nature: The Concept of Nature in Critical Theory, (State University of New York Press), Chapter 3. (View recording here).
3 December 2021
Prof. Michiel van Elk, Leiden University (Abstract & Bio)
Putting Psychedelics in Perspective
WINTER BREAK
19 January 2022
Prof. Celia Morgan, University of Exeter (Abstract & Bio)
Challenges and Opportunities in Clinical Trials of Psychedelics – a Ketamine Case Study (view recording here)
2 February 2022
Dr Andy Letcher, Schumacher College (Abstract & Bio)
From Mysticism to Ecology. A Study of Religions Approach to Psychedelics (view recording here)
16 February 2022
Johanna Sopanen, University of Exeter (Abstract & Bio)
Journey into the Unconscious (view recording here)
02 March 2022
Dr Leor Roseman, Imperial College (Abstract & Bio)
The Revelatory Event: Alain Badiou’s politicized philosophy as a framework to understand psychedelic insights. Case studies from Ayahuasca rituals of Palestinians and Israelis (view recording here)
30 March 2022
Dr David Luke, University of Greenwich (Abstract & Bio)
DMT: Indigenous gateway to the soul and endogenous reality thermostat? (View recording here)
SPRING BREAK
13 May 2022
Prof. David Nutt, Imperial College London (Abstract & Bio)
Psychedelic Neuroscience and its implications for psychiatry, psychology and philosophy
(View recording here)
27 May 2022, 14:30 pm (Room 105)
Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes (Abstract & Bio) and Dr Rennie Joseph, University of Exeter (Abstract & Bio)
Modelling Psychedelic Metaphysics (View recording here)
10 June 2022, 14:30 (Room 105)
Dr Matthew Watkins (Abstract & Bio)
Faces in things? Psychedelic visuals, Pareidolia and AI (View recording here)
8 July, 5 pm (Room WS 105)
Dr Luis Eduardo Luna (Bio here)
The Wasiwaska Ethnobotanical Garden in Southern Brazil: A Chronicle. (View recording here)