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Dr Jordan Osserman

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Lecturer, Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, United Kingdom

Email: j.osserman@essex.ac.uk

Profile

Dr Jordan Osserman is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex, and practises psychotherapy in East London. He holds a PhD in Gender Studies and Psychoanalysis from University College London. Jordan’s research interests include feminist, queer and critical theory; Lacanian psychoanalysis; and the politics of the left. His research on the cultural and psychological significance of male circumcision was published in 2022 with Bloomsbury, Circumcision on the Couch. His current research concerns the role of time in the care of young people struggling with questions around gender.

Research

Publications

Circumcision on the Couch: The Cultural, Psychological and Gendered Dimensions of the World's Oldest Surgery (2021).

Expertise

Psychoanalysis, Gender and Sexuality Studies
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