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Keynote at Somnambulations
Dr Diletta De Cristofaro will be giving a keynote at “Somnambulations 2: Critical Approaches t…
New peer-reviewed article on sleep-tracking
The project’s new article, “Quantified Sleep: Self-Tracking Technologies and the Reshapin…
Sleep and Ageing: reflections on the Reimagining Sleep online workshop
A blog post by Dr James Rákóczi, Research Assistant On Wednesday 19th April 2023, the Understanding …
Talk at Dreamscape | Public Program
19th May, Polo del ‘900 in Turin, Italy As part of the public program connected to Dreamscape,…
Video about the Reimagining Sleep workshops
The first phase of the Reimagining Sleep project – a creative workshop series – is now c…
Sleep and the Menopause: reflections on the Reimagining Sleep online workshop
A blog post by Dr James Rákóczi, Research Assistant On Friday 3rd March 2023, the Understanding and …
Blog post for the Society of Occupational Medicine
What can cultural production tell us about sleep and work? In this invited blog post for the Society…
World Sleep Day roundtable at the Sociability of Sleep
Hot Takes: Sleep Equity and Climate Change For World Sleep Day, Diletta De Cristofaro will be modera…
Essay in New Humanist
“Demons of Sleep” This review of Alice Vernon’s Night Terrors: Troubles Sleep and the St…
New Event: On Dreams Roundtable
On 27th January, Dr Diletta De Cristofaro will be taking part in the On Dreams roundtable at Istitut…
Dr Diletta De Cristofaro shortlisted for New Generation Thinkers 2023
Dr Diletta De Cristofaro has made the shortlist for this prestigious talent scheme with a pitch for …
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 & …
META Lecture
On 27th April, 1pm CEST, Dr Diletta De Cristofaro will be delivering a META lecture at Politecnico d…
Sleep and Digital Health conference – programme now available
The programme for “Sleep and Digital Health: Multidisciplinary Perspectives” is now avai…
New Publication: Article in The Week
The counterproductive promise of a ‘sleep goal’ In this opinion piece in The Week, Dr Di…
Upcoming Talks at Conferences
In April-May 2022, Dr Diletta De Cristofaro will be presenting conference papers about the project a…
Sleep and Digital Health Online Conference
The project’s conference on the theme of Sleep and Digital Health will take place online on 27…
Highlights video of Sleep Stories and the Science of Sleep event now available
Watch the video collecting highlights of the launch event of Sleep Stories at Durham Book Festival 2…
Upcoming talk at The Sociability of Sleep’s Sleep Salons
On 23rd March, 12-1:30 pm ET, Dr Diletta De Cristofaro will be giving a talk about “Writing Sl…
Sleep Stories Episode Three: Encroach by Andrew McMillan
The third and final episode of “Sleep Stories”, a podcast series co-commissioned in collaboration wi…
Sleep Stories Episode Two: The Night Watch by Jenn Ashworth
The second episode of “Sleep Stories”, a podcast series co-commissioned in collaboration with Durham…
Sleep Stories Episode 1: Daffodilly Dreams by Salena Godden
The first episode of “Sleep Stories”, a podcast series co-commissioned in collaboration …
Sleep Stories and the Science of Sleep
Roundtable event at Durham Book Festival 2021 Saturday 9 October, 8-9pm BST (available to watch on d…
Talk at MEETmeTONIGHT 2021
An online public talk for the Italian edition of the European Researchers’ Night The talk will…
Sleep Stories at Durham Book Festival 2021
An exclusive commission inspired by the project We are delighted to be working with three leading Br…
Making a Being Human Café
Forty Winks Café as case study for organising a successful Being Human Festival Café In this case st…
Making Sleep: New Insights for a New Public Health?
On 7-8 July 2021, Prof Jason Ellis and Dr Diletta De Cristofaro will be speaking at “Making Sl…
Public Lecture at The Lit&Phil
On 10th June 2021, Dr Diletta De Cristofaro will deliver an online public lecture at The Lit&Phi…
“Sleep Tight”, article in Costco Connection Magazine
The project was featured in “Sleep Tight”, an article by Kelly Rose Bradford in Costco C…
Blog Post in The Polyphony
December 2020: Dr Diletta De Cristofaro introduces the project in The Polyphony, Conversations Acros…
Talk at Northumbria University’s Institute of Humanities
On 9th December 2020, Dr Diletta De Cristofaro will be giving a talk at Northumbria University’…
Forty Winks Café at Being Human Festival 2020
On 19th November 2020, we will be delivering an online event at the UK’s only festival of the …