Writing the
Sleep Crisis
Exploring representations of
sleep in contemporary culture.
Picture credit: Insomnia. Stephen Magrath. CC0 1.0 Universal
About
This research project explores how sleep, and lack thereof, is represented in contemporary writings across fiction, non-fiction, and digital culture. It’s the first study to analyse cultural engagements with the sleep crisis, namely, the sense that contemporary society is profoundly sleep-deprived.
“Writing the Sleep Crisis” is led by Dr Diletta De Cristofaro. It is currently funded by a Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship in Humanities and Social Science and based at Northumbria University, UK. The project also involves collaborations with Politecnico di Milano, Italy, where it was based between September 2021 and August 2022 funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement 892459.
Sleep Stories
An Exclusive Commission
Durham Book Festival 2021
27-28 June 2022 Conference
Sleep and Digital Health
This online conference explored the nexus of sleep and digital health from a range of disciplinary perspectives. Take a look at the programme here!
Featured Past Event
“Are We in a Sleep Crisis? Perspectives from Contemporary Culture” – A talk at The Lit&Phil by Dr Diletta De Cristofaro, June 2021
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People
Dr Diletta De Cristofaro
Principal Investigator on “Writing the Sleep Crisis”
Prof Simona Chiodo
Full Professor of Philosophy at Politecnico di Milano
Prof Katy Shaw
Professor of Contemporary Writings at Northumbria University
Prof Jason Ellis
Professor in Psychology at Northumbria University
Featured Publication
The counterproductive promise of a “sleep goal”
The Week, March 2022
In this opinion piece, Diletta De Cristofaro explores how the fixation of sleep-tracking devices and relaxation apps on sleep goals ironically ends up devaluing sleep.
News
New Wellcome Award
Dr Diletta De Cristofaro has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Research Enrichment Public Engagement gra…
New publication in The Posthumanist: A Reading Guide to the Sleep Crisis
In this reading guide, Diletta De Cristofaro introduces debates around the sleep crisis and some boo…
Writing Sleep Salon – video now available
As part of the Sleep Salons series hosted by the Sociability of Sleep (Université de Montréal & …
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Get in Touch
Email Dr Diletta De Cristofaro:
diletta.decristofaro[at]gmail.com
"Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, eight hours for what we will." Are we losing the battle for a good night's sleep?
@jemgilbert @NotJustYouHere and @KeirMilburn hit the alarm for a new episode of ACFM, with songs from Faithless and The Fall 😴
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New review! 🙌 @ThePosthuman1st issue one dives into the theme of sleep.
Read here:
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