Twentieth Anniversary Invitation, September Tenth [1909 Conference]

Authors

Clark University

Document Type

Ephemera

Publication Date

1909

Keywords

invitations, conferences, Clark University, 1909 Conference

Description

Invitation for Clark Anniversary's Twentieth Anniversary Conference, with specific emphasis on the general session and honorary degrees occurring on September 10th. The full conference took place from September 6th through September 19th. The conference featured lectures, discussions, and demonstrations from prominent scientists and scholars across the physical, biological, and social sciences.

There were twenty-nine honorary degree recipients, mostly made up of conference speakers including Sigmund Freud, Franz Boaz (who also taught at Clark from 1888-1892), Carl Jung, Ernest Rutherford, Albert A. Michelson (who taught at Clark 1889-1892), Vito Volterra, Percival Lowell, and E.H Moore.

The conference is most notable for the participation of Sigmund Freud who, along with Carl Jung, would take their first and only trip to America to attend. The five lectures Freud gave, collectively titled “The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis” and subsequently known in print as “Five Lectures on Psychoanalysis”, mark the formal introduction of his theories to the United States.

A jpg copy is available as a supplemental download.

Recommended Citation

Clark University, "Twentieth Anniversary Invitation, September Tenth [1909 Conference]" (1909). Conference Materials. 3.
https://commons.clarku.edu/conferencematerials1909/3