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Outsider Freud Screening and Panel Discussion

  • Friday, February 27, 2026 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm

Fisher-Bennett Hall 401


"A journey into the life and work of Sigmund Freud in four acts, combining animation, dreams, and insights from leading psychoanalysts. It explores Freud's experiences of marginalization as a Jew in Vienna during Hitler's rise and how these shaped his theories and personal life."

Screening of the film followed by a panel discussion featuring the film's director, producer, and writer, Yair Qedar, with Penn faculty memberse Ian Fleishman (CIMS), Jean-Michel Rabaté (English and Comparative Literature), and Liliane Weissberg (FIGS and Comparative Literature) and audience Q&A. 

This event has been organized and generously sponsored by the departments of Cinema and Media Studies and Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Studies and by the programs in Comparative Literature, Jewish Studies, and Psychoanalytic Studies.