Partly idle curiosity. Partly that in the UK there was one such post
several years ago, and it recently dawned on me that there are quite
a few. I wondewred how many.  Partly a sense I have that the currency
is being debased, since some appointments are people with few
publications, and I think professors should have a respectable
publication record. Partly that the number of such positions is some
measure of how respected the subject is. Partly that I do believe
that university affiliation brings about some inhibition of some of
the shenanigans that go on in analytic organizations.
In no sense do feel that teaching in other settings is deligitimated.
Far from it. Most such teaching in the UK is done by non-university
people in non-university settings.
My reasons are, you see, mixed and not mutually consistent. My own
history os ery mixed. I was a don then in the wilderness then a
visiting prof, then a part-time prof. Very ambivalent about status.

Best, Bob Young

>What is the purpose of a list like this? Is the end result that 'real'
>teachers of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy are connected to universities,
>while the teaching that happens in other settings is de-legitimised? Just
>wondering.
>
>David Henderson
>Association of Independent Psychotherapists
>
>   >        I am preparing a list of professors of psychoanalysis,
>   >psychotherapy and related fields in the UK. I would be grateful for
>   >any information correcting/filling in the blanks in the following
>   >list.
>   >         I am also interested in information about people holding
>   >full professorships in other countries. When I say 'related fields' I
>   >mean people focusing on psychoanalysis, although their appointment
>   >may nominally be in another discipline., e.g., cultural studies. I
>   >dare say some Lacanians would fall under this category.
>   >
>   >UK Professors of Psychoanalysis/Psychotherapy/
>   >Psychoanalytic Studies/ Related Fields
>   >
>   >Peter Fonagy, Professor of Psychoanalysis, University College London
>   >PeterHobson, Professor of ?, Tavistock Clinic, London
>   >Janet Sayers, Professor of Psychoanalytic Psychology, University of Kent
>   >Digby Tantam, Professor of Clinical Psychotherapy, Centre for
>   >Psychotherapeutic Studies, University of Sheffield
>   >Robert M., Young, Professor of Psychotherapy and Psychoanalytic
>   >Studies, Centre for Psychotherapeutic Studies, University of Sheffield;
>   >Co-Director of Institute of Human Relations and Honoured Professor,
>   >New Bulgarian University, Sofia
>   >R. D. Hinshelwood, Professor of Psychoanalysis, Centre for
>   >Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex
>   >Joan Raphael-Leff, Professor of Psychoanalysis, Centre for
>   >Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex
>   >Paul Hoggett, Professor of Politics, University of the West of
>   >England (Group Relations)
>   >Emmy van Deurzen, Professor of Psychotherapy, New School of
>   >Psychotherapy & Counselling, Schiller University
>   >Ernesto Spinelli, Professor of Psychotherapy, The School of
>   >Psychotherapy & Counselling at Regents College
>   >Andrew Cooper, Professor of Social Work, University of East
>   >London/Tavistock Clinic
>   >Renos Papadopolous, Professor of Analytical Psychology, Centre for
>   >Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex
>   >Andrew Samuels, Professor of Analytical Psychology, Centre for
>   >Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex
>   >Stephen Frosh, Professor of ? Psychology, Birkbeck College, London
>   >Michel Brearley, ?Visiting/Honourary Professor of ?Psychoanalysis,
>   >University of Lancaster
>   >Paul Williams, ?Honourary Professor of Psychoanalysis, University of ?
>   >Jeremy Holmes, ? Professor of ?, University of ?
>   >David Tuckett, ?Visiting Professor of Psychoanalysis, University College
>   >London
>   >Bernard Burgoyne, Professor of Psychoanalysis, Middlesex University
>   >Petruschka Clarkson, ? Professor of ?, University of ?
>   >Susie Ohrbach, Visiting Professor of Women's Studies, London School
>   >of Economics
>   >Barry Richards, Professor of Human Relations, University of East London
>   >Michael Rustin, Professor of Sociology, University of East London
>   >
>   >Other countries ?

Best, Bob Young