The International Association for Analytical Psychology has announced two consecutive congresses exploring the pressing questions facing analytical psychology today, from the identity struggles of the young to the alchemy of conflict on a fractured continent. All the major Jungian organizations in Poland are actively engaged and fully committed to the success of these gatherings, which together promise a rich meeting of clinical experience, theoretical thought, and cultural reflection. And there is good reason to act now: the calls for papers for both are officially open, inviting practitioners, scholars, and trainees to submit proposals for presentations at these in-person events.
Both congresses will be held at the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw, Poland, in the summer of 2027. The first, running from 23 to 24 August, is the 2nd IAAP European Conference on Childhood, Adolescence and Young Adults, titled “Who am I? Identities, Relationships and Mirrors in Times of Transition.” This conference addresses the contemporary processes of identity formation among children, adolescents, and young adults within a landscape of profound social, cultural, and technological upheaval. In clinical experience, identity no longer appears as a linear developmental achievement culminating in stable resolution, but as a sustained field of psychic tension.
The organizers invite reflection on how questions of gender, sexual orientation, cultural and linguistic belonging, and even the ontological status of the human subject now emerge at increasingly early stages of life. Migration, war, and global mobility situate young people between divergent worlds of meaning, while digital technologies and artificial intelligence reshape the very architecture of subjectivity. Suitable proposals will engage with these phenomena from the perspective of Analytical Psychology, drawing for instance on Jung’s theory of complexes to understand fragmentation not as deficit but as structured response. Abstracts for this conference should be submitted through the dedicated portal at https://iaap2027.eu/call_for_abstracts-Conferencehttps://iaap2027.eu/call_for_abstracts-Conference.
The second Warsaw event, the 7th IAAP European Analytical Congress, follows immediately from 26 to 29 August 2027 under the title “Coniunctio Europae: Alchemy of Conflict, Dialogue of Souls.” Its organizing idea is the *coniunctio*, the alchemical union of opposites that in Jungian thought constitutes a central image of psychic transformation. The Congress situates this ancient concept within a Europe marked by war, displacement, and deepening social and political fragmentation, where the symbolic dimension of conflict risks giving way to destructive enactment. Warsaw itself, a phoenix-city rebuilt after systematic wartime destruction and, since 2022, a central hub of support for refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, embodies both the catastrophe and the possibility of transformation that the theme explores.
Prospective speakers for the Congress are invited to consider how the Alchemy of Conflict and the Dialogue of Souls may be understood and practised today across social, personal, relational, and collegial dimensions. Proposals might examine whether a culture of immediacy and acceleration still allows room for the prolonged endurance of inner conflict, how relationships can be formed under conditions of profound difference, or how Analytical Psychology can respond to experiences of mass and individual trauma. This being the first time the European Analytical Congress will take place in Central Europe, held at a site symbolically linked to the Copernican revolution, the event carries a particular historical resonance. Abstracts for the Congress should be submitted via https://iaap2027.eu/call_for_abstracts_Congresshttps://iaap2027.eu/call_for_abstracts_Congress.
With both calls for papers now open, those hoping to contribute would do well to begin shaping their proposals soon. Warsaw in 2027 promises gatherings that bring together distinguished specialists and urgent contemporary questions in a city that itself embodies the possibility of transformation beyond catastrophe.