The Annual Eric Miller Memorial Lecture

This Lecture marks an appreciation of Dr Eric J Miller who gave exceptional service to OPUS as a founding Director, long time, and highly active policy adviser until his death in 2002.

The Annual Lecture is held on a Saturday in March, as close as possible to his birth date. It commences at 11.45am, and is currently held at the Ambassadors Hotel, 12 Upper Woburn Place, London, WC1H 0HX. The Lecture formally ends at 2.00 p.m., after which members are cordially invited to join our guests for drinks and snacks until 3.00 p.m. For details of the next lecture, click here.

Past presenters of this Lecture are as follows:

2004. Shmuel Erlich Ph D.Sigmund Freud Professor of Psychoanalysis and Director, Sigmund Freud Center for Psychoanalytic Study and Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

2005. Paul Hoggett Ph D. Professor of Politics and Director of the Centre for Psycho–Social Studies at the University of West of England. Founding Co- Editor of the OPUS Journal, ‘Organisational & Social Dynamics’.

2006. James Krantz Ph D. an organisational researcher and consultant from New York City. Principal of the Nautilus Consulting Group, who has taught on issues of organisation and management at Yale University and the Wharton School.  Currently President-elect of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Society

2007. Dr Laurence Gould Ph D a former Director and Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Doctoral Program at the City University of New York. Founding Co-Director of the Program in Organisational Development and Consultation at the Sigmund Freud Center of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem; a Board Member and Director of The Socio-Analytic Training Program at The Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR); and, Founding Co-Editor of the OPUS International Journal ‘Organisational & Social Dynamics’.

2008. Dr Anton Obholzer a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst and former chief executive of the Tavistock and Portman Clinics. He was founder of the Tavistock Clinic Consulting to Institutions Workshop, has long standing involvement in the group relations field both in the UK and internationally and is presently a senior member of the Global Strategic Leadership Centre at the Insead Business School in France.

2009. Dr Wesley Carr was for over forty years a priest in the Church of England, serving mostly in Cathedrals. Parallel with much of this work was his association with the Tavistock Institute. As Dean of Westminster he organized many National events, including Diana's funeral and the service for the families of British 9/11 victims. He retired early on health grounds (Parkinson's and throat cancer) but continues to write and consult.