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Communiqué of the President of the NLS

It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of our colleague Ellie Ragland, member of Lacanian Compass, the New Lacanian School and the World Association of Psychoanalysis. Ellie Ragland was a pioneer of psychoanalysis in the United States, the first to invite and introduce Jacques-Alain Miller to North America. She worked tirelessly to make Lacanian psychoanalysis heard, transmitting it to many generations of students and clinicians. We offer our sincere condolences to her family and colleagues.  
Patricia Bosquin-Caroz, President 

Communiqué de la présidente de la NLS

C'est avec une grande tristesse que nous avons appris le décès de notre collègue, Ellie Ragland, membre de Lacanian Compass, de la New Lacanian School et de l'Association Mondiale de Psychanalyse. Ellie Ragland a été une pionnière de la psychanalyse aux Etats-Unis. Elle a été la première à inviter et à faire connaître Jacques-Alain Miller en Amérique du Nord. Elle a travaillé sans relâche pour faire entendre la psychanalyse lacanienne, la transmettant à de nombreuses générations d'étudiants et de cliniciens. Nous présentons nos sincères condoléances à sa famille et à ses collègues. 

Patricia Bosquin-Caroz, 
présidente 




In Memoriam: Ellie Ragland

Our dear friend and colleague, psychoanalyst, author, professor and editor, Ellie Ragland, passed on January 6, 2025 at 83 years old in Columbia, Missouri. Ragland will remain in a category of her own for the Lacanian orientation in the United States. She was a trailblazer for psychoanalysis in the New World. In 1984, she was the first to bring Jacques-Alain Miller to North America, the same year that she published her first book on Jacques Lacan, one of many to follow. In 1987 she started a newsletter in order to publish Miller in English, a project that would later become the journal (Re-)turn.

 

In an interview from 2022, Ragland recounts her first encounter with Lacan’s work, “I started reading ‘The Rome Discourse,’ and I could not stop. . . I must have spent ten hours just reading it and getting up only to grab a sandwich. That was my introduction to Lacan in 1972.” Ellie Ragland was a member of Lacanian Compass, the New Lacanian School and the World Association of Psychoanalysis. In the years to come as her legacy in the United States continues to grow, now with a life of its own, we will miss her passion for psychoanalysis, her warmth and her always free spirit. 

 

The funeral service will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, January 20, 2025 at Parker-Millard Funeral Service & Crematory in Columbia, Missouri. Burial will follow at Columbia Cemetery.

 

 

The Council of Lacanian Compass
January 12, 2025




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