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Shifa Haq

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Affiliation

  • Assistant Professor , School of Human Studies

Email

    shifahaq@aud.ac.in

Qualification

  • PhD in Psychology, University of Delhi
    • Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Delhi

Past Experience

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, Centre for Psychotherapy and Clinical Research (CPCR), School of Human Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi (2010-2015)

  • Research Assistant, School of Human Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi (2010-2012)
  • Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Delhi (2008-2011)
  • Adjunct Faculty, Department of Psychology, I P College, University of Delhi ( 2009-2010)
  • Student Counsellor, Ramjas College, University of Delhi (2007-2010)

Area of Expertise

  • Her current areas of research include psychoanalysis, gender, violence and mourning

Awards

  • Received AURPIS Award in recognition of her research publications in 2024.
  • Received Sudhir Kakar Award for the best paper titled, 'The Holy One Inside- An Apology for Mourning', Presented in the Third International Psychoanalytic Conference, 'An Invitation to Engaging with the Other- An Indo-Iranian Dialogue', New Delhi, 2016

Publications

Co-Editor

  • Haq, S. (2024). Psychoanalytic Perspective from South Asia, Special Issue- Journal of Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society ( Co-edited with Sabah Siddiqui and Rakesh Shukla). Vol 24, Issue 4, Palgrave,  ISSN: 1088-0763 (print) 1543-3390 (online)

Monograph

  • Haq, S. (2021). In Search of Return- Mourning the Disappearances in Kashmir. Lexington Books: Lanham. ISSN: 978-1-4985-8248-3 

Book Chapters and Journal Articles

  • Haq, S. (2025).  A Stone in the Forest- Psychoanalysis and Animality in Kinship Entanglement. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/07351690.2025.2571013
  • Haq, S. (2025). The ineffable Effable. Psychoanalytic Dialogues. Vol. 35(3), pp. 307–308
  • Haq, S. (2024). Psychoanalytic perspectives from South Asia: introduction to special issue. Journal of Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society, Vol 24, Issue 4, pp. 469-480.
  • Haq, S. (2024). Bare Life. In ‘Room- A Sketchbook for Analytic Action’, Vol 10.24
  • Haq, S. (2024) Alterity, Kinship and Repair: When Psychoanalysis Attends to the Natural World. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol 34:5, 655-661. 
  • Haq, S. (2024). Adieu Elephant Mother. Psychoanalytic Dialogues. Vol 34 (2), pp. 147–148
  • Haq, S. (2024). “Assimilation and Transgression- Doing Trans*Activism in Indonesia and Iran”. In Studies in Gender and Sexuality, Vol 25, Issue 1, pp 62-65
  • Haq, Shifa (2024). “El hambre y un lugar para el ñam-ñam”. Calibán- Revista Latinoamericana de Psicoanalisis. Vol 22, no.1. Testimonios, pp. 149-153.                                
  • Haq, S. (2023). Review of the book ‘Knot of the Soul- Madness, Psychoanalysis and Islam’ by Stefania Pandolfo. Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41282-022-00346-5
  • Haq, S. (2022). Not Evil, Just Sad: Racial Melancholia and its Agonies. Psychoanalytic Dialogues. Vol. 32. No. 6 (pp. 610-614). ISSN:1048-1885
  • Haq, S. (2022). Stray Reflection on Hate with Gandhi and Winnicott as Companions. Jung Journal- Culture and Psyche, Vol. 16. Issue 4 (pp. 124-132). ISSN: 19342039.
  • Haq, S and Pearson T. W (2022). Dreaming, Mourning, Transformation and Truth: Shifa Haq and Willow Pearson in Conversation. Jung Journal- Culture and Psyche, Vol. 16. Issue 4 (pp. 137-145). ISSN: 19342039.
  • Haq, S. (2021). Castes in the Mind. Psychoanalysis Today- Racism, Caste, Class, Faith. Issue 14. https://www.psychoanalysis.today/en-GB/PT-Articles/Haq157130/Castes-in-the-Mind.aspx
  • Haq, S. (2021). Unplanned Futures. Psychoanalytic Dialogues. Vol. 31.No. 4 (pp. 511-512).ISSN:1048-1885
  • Haq, S. (2020). Surviving Destruction- Reading Gandhi in Winnicott. In W. Pearson and H. Marlow (Eds.), The Spiritual Psyche- Mysticism, Inter-subjectivity and Psychoanalysis in Clinical Practice (pp. 138-147). Routledge: London.
  • Haq, S. (2020). A Lesson in Hunger. Psychoanalytic Dialogues. Vol.30. No.4 (pp. 532-533). ISSN:1048-1885
  • Haq, S. (2019). Communicating and Not-Communicating- Reflections on Classroom as a Facilitating Environment. In H. Vahali (Ed.), A Song Called Teaching: Ebbs and Flows of Experiential and Empathic Pedagogies. New Delhi: Aakar Books
  • Haq, S. (2018). Sita through the Time Wrap: Revisiting the Ticklish Relationship between Renunciation and Moral Narcissism in the Lives of Indian Women. In A. Dhar, M. Kumar, & A. Mishra (Eds.), Psychoanalysis from the Indian terroir: Emerging themes in culture, family, and childhood (pp. 67-84). Lanham: Lexington Books.
  • Haq, S., Paul, R. Mihalits, D., Tateo, L., Marsico, N. (2018). Hidden Present and Visible Absent in the City of Dreams- Assembling the Collective Imagination. Human Arenas- Journal of Psychology, Culture and Meaning (pp. 151-165). Springer ISSN 25225804
  • Haq, S. and Siddiqui, S. (2018).  Between Neutrality and Disavowal- Being Muslim Therapists in India.  In I. Parker and S. Siddiqui, Islamic Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Islam- Cultural and Clinical Dialogues (pp. 60-69). Routledge: London.
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Haq, S. and Chandrashekar, K. (2018). A Charged Conversation- Between the Clinic and the Classroom. In Chandrashekar, K., Lacroix, K. and Siddiqui, S. (Eds.), Annual Review of Critical Psychology- Special Issue-Sex and Power in the University, Vol. 15 (pp. 168-181). ISSN:1746-739X
  • Haq, S. and Masih, S. (2017). Waiting in the Dark. In M. B. Acreche & M. W. Harris (Eds.), Counterdreamers (pp. 81-90). London: Karnac. 
  • Haq, S. (2015). Representing Absence- Survivor Art in Kashmir through Works of Masood Hussain. Edited by Chakravarti, S. and Bandhopadhyay, S.R.  In 'Proceedings of Indian Art History Congress', XXIII Session 2014, New Delhi. Indian Art History Congress: Guhati, pp. 295-302.

Seminar/Conferences

  • Haq, S. (2026). The Petitioning of the Unconscious or How One Endures the Dark. Delivered online at Kakar Centre for Psychoanalysis and Culture, Goa, on January 14, 2026.
  • Haq, S. (2025). Trauma and Ghostly Transmissions in Mourning. Delivered online at the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, United States, on November 3, 2025. 
  • Haq, S. (2025). Animal that Therefore We are- Listening to the Ecological Entanglements. Annual conference of the   Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society, New Jersey, October 23, 2005
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  • Haq, S. (2024). Infinite Responsibility, Psychoanalysis and the Indian Context. Webinar: Suffering and Desire Across Cultures, Indian Psychoanalytic Society, August 3, 2024. 
  • Haq, S. (2024, online). Bare Life. Room 10.24- Roundtable, December 7, 2024 
  • Haq, S. (2024). Hate Scars and Other Problems- Recovering Histories of Hospitality as Salve. Joint Conference Association for Psychosocial Studies (APS) and Association for Psychoanalysis Culture and Society (APCS) 2024, St Mary’s University in Twickenham, London, UK, June 17th-18th. 
  • Haq, S. (2024). Infinite Responsibility, Psychoanalysis and the Indian Context. IPSO Panel: Exploring Suffering and Desire-A Perspective on Cross-Cultural Psychoanalytic Training. At IPA Asia Pacific Conference 2024, Sydney, May 2nd, 2024.
  • Haq, S. (2024). Engaging with Empathy in the Classroom. Resource person at the workshop organised by Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTLD), BML Munjal University, Kapriwas, January 31.
  • Haq, S. (2024). ‘Hysteric, Analyst and the University- Complaints and Psychoanalytic Covenant’. Presented in National Literary conference, Mind the Gap: Complaints, Listenings, and Dismissals, Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University, New Delhi, April 2.
  • Haq, S. (2024). Invited Lecture titled, ‘Loss, Trauma and the Spiritual- Psychic Expansions of the Self’. Delivered online at the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, United States, on March 11. 
  • Haq, S. (2023). ‘Changing Language of Emotions in the University Spaces’ , paper presented at ‘Mental Health in Higher Education- Voices Against the Vicissitudes’, National Conference organised by Zakir Hussain Centre for Educational Studies, School for Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, on October 8.
  • Haq, S. (2023). Invited as a Discussant to the panel, ‘Under the Same Sky- Reflections on Hosting Differences’ organised by Indian Psychoanalytic Society- Delhi Chapter, Panchsheel Club, New Delhi, . 
  • Haq, S. (2022). “Longing and Loneliness- Reading Unmourned Losses in Old Age from a Psychoanalytic Perspective”. Presented in a Special Symposium titled, “New research in the Psychology of Ageing: Looking through the Lens of Psychoanalysis and Phenomenology”, organized by Zakir Hussain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, on December 14. 
  • Haq, S (2022). “A solitary Speck of Mourning- the Pandemic and the Human”. Presented in Annual Conference of the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society- ‘Totalitarianism and Psychoanalysis: Psychosocial Perspectives on Fear and Anxiety’, October 22.
  • Haq, S. (2022). Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Prevention-  a mental health workshop for students under Project Sarthi, Department of Psychology, Indraprastha College, February 10.
  • Haq, S. (2022).  “Reading Gandhi in Winnicott”. Presented in lecture series,  ‘Spiritual Psyche in Psychotherapy: Mysticism, Intersubjectivity and Psychoanalysis’, The Carl Jung Institute of San Francisco, January 15.
  • Haq, S. (2022). Gendering the Psychosocial Impact of Militarization. Online workshop organised by Project Demilitarize, ALLY- UNOY Network, January 21.
  • Haq, S. (2021). Psychoanalytically Informed Qualitative Research.  Presented in workshop on Advanced Qualitative Research Methods, National Academy of Psychology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, October 31.
  • Haq, S. (2021). “Caste as Habit and Habits of the Clinic- A Reflection”. Presented in Annual Conference of the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society, October 24.
  • Haq, S. (2020). “Rejection of Rejection- Being Muslim Academic in India”. Presented in Annual Conference of the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society, October 18.
  • Haq, S. (2020). Panelist, ‘Mental Health and Research’.Workshop in Shodhutsav- AUD Research Festival, Ambedkar University Delhi, Kashmere Gate Campus, January 17.
  • Haq, S. (2019). Four sights- Response to Mary-Joan Gerson on her paper ‘Death of a Parent- Openings at an Ending’, Psychoanalytic Perspectives vol.15 (2018). Presented in International Association of Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, International Online Colloquium, November 13-24.
  • Haq, S. (2019). “Disappearance- Imagining Return as Peace”. Presented in rountable on Women and Peace, Women’s Regional Network- India Chapter and School of Human Studies, Ambedkar University Delhi, September 23.
  • Haq, S. (2019). “Desire, Power, Academia- A Psychoanalytic Reflection”. Presented in seminar ‘Sex and Power  in Academia- Knitting tales of Experiences, Miranda College, University of Delhi, September 20.
  • Haq S. (2019). “Reading Gandhi in Winnicott- A study on Survival and Destruction”. Presented in conference ‘Gandhi: The Person and his Philosophy’, Indian Psychoanalytical Society, Kolkata, 1-2 March 2018.
  • Haq, S. (2018). “Desire in the Clinic and the Classroom”. Presented in round table themed ‘Sexuality and Harassment’, Centre for Studies in Gender and Sexuality, Ashoka University, New Delhi, December 1.
  • Haq, S. (2018). “From Debasement to Self Love in Women’s experiences”. Presented in Catharsis- Annual Psychology festival- ‘Women and their Inner World’, Jesus and Mary College, New Delhi, 31 August.
  • Haq, S. (2018). “Surviving through Destruction- Reading Gandhi in Winnicott”. Presented in IARPP 16th Annual Conference, ‘Hope and Dread- Therapists and Patient in an Uncertain World’, New York City June 14-17.
  • Haq, S., Paul, R. Mihalits, D., Tateo, L., Marsico, N. (2018). “Hidden Present and Visible Absent in the City of Dreams: Assembling the Collective Imagination”. Presented in the Fourteen Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, May 16-19.
  • Haq, S. (2018). “The Invisible and the Mysterious - Response to Cosimo Schinaia and Mariano Horenstein, the Geography of Psychoanalysis Group”.  Presented in the Fifth International Psychoanalytic Conference, 'Psychoanalytic Exploration of Darkness in Culture and Clinic’, New Delhi, 12-14 January.
  • Haq, S. and Siddiqui, S. (2017). “Between Neutrality and Disavowal- Being Muslim Therapists in India”. Presented in the College of Psychoanalysts- UK International Conference, ‘Islamic Psychoanalysis/ Psychoanalytic Islam’, University of Manchester, 26-27 June.
  • Haq, S. (2017). “Being a Woman in Asia- A Discussion Panel”. Presented in the IPA Asia Pacific Conference, ‘Asian Oedipus’, Taipei, 4-6 May.
  • Haq, S. (2017). “The Art of Mourning through its Failures”. Presented in the National Conference on Literary Aesthetics and Conflict Studies, Deen Dayal Singh College, 20-21 April.
  • Haq, S. (2017). “A Place of Collective Mourning- The Role of APDP in Kashmir”. Presented in the National Seminar on Women in Conflict Zone (ICSSR), Swami Vivekanand Government College, Ghumarwin (H.P.), 11-12 March.
  • Haq, S. (2017). “The Untaming of Tongues- Listening to the Perverse and the Normal”.  Presented in the Fourth International Psychoanalytic Conference, 'Dyads Across the Life Cycle- An Indo-Japanese Psychoanalytic Conversation’, New Delhi, 6-8 January.
  • Haq, S. (2016). “On Murdered Sleep and Silence- Reflections on Perversion and Normality in the Clinic”. Presented in Sukrut’s Fourth International Conference, ‘Intimacy and Sexuality- International Perspectives from Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Bangalore, 25-26 November.
  • Haq, S. (2016). “Radical Sullen Atheists or Devoted Mourners? On Mourning Disappearances in Kashmir”. Presented at Association for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy of Berlin, Berlin, June 17.
  • Haq, S. (2016). “Living Memorials and Generational Mourning- Alternative Routes to Healing in the Context of Disappearances”. Presented in the Third International Conference of Counselling, Psychotherapy and Wellness & Fourth Congress of the Society for Integrating Traditional Healing into Counselling, Psychotherapy and Psychiatry, Bangalore, 5-7 January.
  • Haq, S. (2016). “The Holy One Inside- An Apology for Mourning”. Presented in the Third International Psychoanalytic Conference, 'An Invitation to Engaging with the Other- An Indo-Iranian Dialogue', New Delhi, 5-8 February. The paper received Sudhir Kakar Award for the Best Paper in the conference.
  • Haq, S. (2015). “Sita through the Time Warp- Revisiting the Ticklish Relationship between Renunciation and Moral Narcissism in the Lives of Indian Women”. Paper presented in the seminar ‘Culture and Psyche: Sudhir Kakar’s Contribution to Indian Cultural Psychology and Psychoanalysis’, Christ College, Bangalore, 9-10 January.
  • Haq, S. (2014). “Mourning the ‘Disappeared’ in Kashmir- Surviving Trauma through the Dialectics between Loss and Absence”. Paper presented in the Annual Convention of NAOP, NITTR Bhopal, 12-14 December.
  • Haq, S. (2014). “Representing Absence- Survivor Art in Kashmir through Works of Masood Husain. Paper presented in the Indian Art History Congress, National Museum Institute, 11-13 November.
  • Haq, S. (2012): “About Bodies, Not Blood: Imagining Absence through the Experience of Enforced Disappearance in Kashmir”. Paper presented in the National Conference on 'Vicissitudes of Violence: An Inter-disciplinary Conference on Conflict and Peace', I P College, Delhi University, 16-17 January.
  • Haq, S. (2010): “Resistance in Mourning: Psychoanalysis and Political Struggles.” Paper presented in a symposium on ‘Psychoanalytic Responses to Emotional Pain and Social Suffering’ in the Annual Convention of  NAOP, JNU,  10-15 December.
  • Haq, S. (2009): “That Which Cannot be Conceived: When the Analyst Leaves.” Paper presented in a symposium organized by Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Delhi, 22-23 November.
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