2026 International Conference on Jungian Psychology
Asian Women: Jungian Perspectives
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Conference Dates
December 12, 2026: 09:00–18:30
December 13, 2026: 09:00–17:00 -
Conference Venue
Hybrid Format (In-person & Online)
On-site venue: Shih Chien University, Taipei Campus (Address: No. 70, Dazhi Street, Zhongshan District,
Taipei City 10462, Taiwan)
Online platform: to be announced -
Organizers
Taiwan Society of Analytical Psychology (TSAP); Shih Chien University (USC)
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In keeping with the conference theme “Asian Women: Jungian Perspectives,” submissions should engage depth psychology — particularly Jungian and post-Jungian frameworks — in dialogue with the lived experience of Asian women across the life course. We welcome theoretical, clinical, empirical, and arts-based contributions in the following thematic areas:
1. Archetypes, Symbols, and the Inner Life of Asian WomenStudies of dreams, symbols, archetypal images, mythological motifs, and active imagination as they manifest in the psychic life of Asian women. Topics may include culturally inflected expressions of the feminine, the mother–daughter dyad, the animus, the shadow, and individuation processes shaped by Confucian, Buddhist, Taoist, shamanic, or other Asian spiritual traditions.
2. Cultural Complexes, Family Dynamics, and Cross-Generational TransmissionResearch on cultural complexes, intergenerational trauma, and the psychological bonds within Asian family structures. This includes studies of filial piety, gendered expectations, silence and unspoken inheritance between mothers, daughters, and grandmothers, and the negotiation of identity across migration, modernization, and shifting family roles.
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3. Clinical Practice: Transference, Countertransference, and Therapeutic EncounterClinical case studies and reflections on analytic and psychotherapeutic work with Asian women across the lifespan — from childhood and adolescence through young adulthood, midlife, and later life. Of particular interest are explorations of transference and countertransference dynamics, embodied and somatic dimensions of analytic work, sandplay and expressive arts therapies, and the integration of cultural sensitivity with depth-psychological practice.
Interdisciplinary submissions that connect Jungian thought with feminist scholarship, anthropology, literature, religious studies, or the arts are also warmly welcomed.
Submission link: https://reurl.cc/6d2Vq6
Submission format: https://reurl.cc/ppod6a
Purpose of the Event
The Taiwan Society of Analytical Psychology, together with the Department of Family Studies and Child Development of Shih Chien University, will jointly hold the “2026 International Conference on Jungian
Psychology and Family Mental Health Paper Presentations” from Saturday, December 12 to Sunday, December 13, 2026.
This year's conference takes “Asian Women: Jungian Perspectives” as its central theme. We have specially invited leading Jungian analysts and social scholars from the United States, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Japan, China, and Taiwan to focus on the psychological bonds of Asian women within cross-generational family structures, and to explore their life journey and individuation development from youth and middle age through later life, in a cross-border, interdisciplinary dialogue in depth.
In addition, this conference further extends its perspective to the “whole life course,” seeking to begin from the cultural complexes of Asian women and to deeply examine the mental health and psychological
growth of families of all ages — including children, young and middle-aged adults, and older adults — thereby fostering interdisciplinary transformation and practice.
