Announcing Dreams and Cultural Diversity
the 28th Annual International Conference of the
International Association for the Study of Dreams
Rolduc Conference Center, Kerkrade, The Netherlands
June 24 -28, 2011
Call for Papers – Deadline November 30, 2010
Current Events Are you dreaming about President Obama, Michael Jackson, or maybe Swine Flu? If so, this survey is for you. IASD is now collecting dreams of current events, celebrities, and politicians that are hot in the news. Please pass the following link around on your social networks: http://asdreams.org/survey
Once at the site, you will also find dream information and research related to these topics. Are you a researcher with resources or data on dreams of hot topics and current events? Contact IASD at office@asdreams.org This month’s Dream Survey Focus: Dreams of US President Barack Obama.
Obama Kelly Bulkeley is reviving the www.idreamofobama.com website, which carries forward the political dreams website founded in early 2008 by Sheila Heti. He is interested in hearing new dreams about President Obama and ideas about their possible meanings, both personal and collective. Kelly is going to add several new posts a week, usually a dream and brief reflections, and invite comments. He will make connections with other people in IASD and elsewhere who have been studying Obama dreams and the creative interplay of dreaming and culture. Hopefully over time this will become a resource for anyone who’s curious about how dreams reflect a community’s ideals, fears, and conflicts. The first new post will appear on Wednesday, November 4, one year after the U.S. Presidential election. Kelly appreciates hearing your advice, comments, and dreams: kellybulkeley@earthlink.net
New Venue. New Dates.
IASD’s 27th Annual Conference will be held at the Crowne Plaza Resort in Asheville, North Carolina. The conference will open on Sunday evening, July 27, and conclude with the Dream Ball on Thursday night, July 1, 2010.
The conference planning committee had to work quickly to establish the new venue following unforeseen circumstances requiring cancellation of the original plans to meet at Western Carolina University.
The Crowne Plaza Resort is a serene retreat located on 125 rolling acres overlooking downtown Asheville. It is a full-service resort with an 18-hole par 70 regulation golf course, four outdoor clay tennis courts, a heated outdoor swimming pool, an on-site fitness room, spacious guest rooms, 30 deluxe vacation villas, and complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
The Crowne Plaza is just 12 miles from the Asheville Regional Airport, with direct flights to and from Atlanta, Charlotte, and Chicago International airports. Shuttle service is available between the resort and the airport.
Plan to extend your stay in North Carolina through the 4th and beyond so you can enjoy all the state has to offer: hiking, biking, rafting, and kayaking. View the artwork of potters, weavers and artists and visit the Great Smoky Mountains National Park or the famous Biltmore Chateau.
Make 2010 the year you decided to visit North Carolina – the state that produced Andrew Jackson, James Polk, Charles Karault, Hiram Rhoades Revels (first African-American member of the US Congress), Thomas Wolfe, award-winning movies, and the not to be forgotten Pepsi and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.
More information on the conference, including the registration form and procedures for submitting presentation proposals, can be found on the conference website: www.asdreams.org/2010
Get your dream doodles ready, dust off those brushes, sharpen those pencils, get your magic markers ready – there’s still time to participate in the 2009 PsiberDreaming Art Gallery!
Due to the popularity of the PsiberDreaming Art Gallery – the deadline to contribute your artwork has been extended until Sunday September 20, 2009. (9 p.m. EST)
We wish to invite all dreamers who would like to share their dream-inspired artwork to participate in the PsiberDreaming Art Gallery. This is an international open call for painters, photographers, conceptual digital graphics, fiber artists, dream doodlers, etc. We are especially interested to see dream-based artwork that falls into this year’s PsiberDreaming conference theme: Magical, Mythical Dreams of Transformation.
Keep in mind that this is not a brick and mortar gallery. There’s no need to frame, wire, bang a nail into a wall. This online gallery will be open to PsiberDreaming online conference participants throughout the conference. Our needs are simple: .jpg images of your dream-based artwork and a text narrative of the dream which inspired this artwork.
The PsiberDreaming Art gallery is always a huge hit for participants and gallery visitors, drawing submissions from professional artists as well as submissions from those who are making their first attempt in a new medium.
Please send images and text to Laura Atkinson for incorporation into the gallery. http://www.asdreams.org/psi2009/artsubmission.htm
Eligibility: Original artwork in any medium about or inspired by dreams. This is open to ALL professional artists and non-artists. If you have connected artistically to a dream, through imagery, poetry, sketches, photography, or audio, you are welcome to submit your work to be contributed to the gallery.
Limit: Maximum of five (5) images per artist. Anyone under the age of 18 must submit parental permission with ;signature in order to be included in the show. Dream text MUST accompany all images. Images without dream text will not be considered.
Art Gallery Deadline EXTENDED: Sunday, September 20, 2009
Remember All New IASD Members Between Now and October 1, 2009 Will Receive Free Admission to PsiberDreaming 2009.
Please visit the IASD website for information on how to become an IASD Member: http://www.asdreams.org/idxmembership.htm
The International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) announces a call for papers for their 27th annual conference on dreams, June 22-26, 2010. For a complete look at the 2010 Call for Submissions go to http://asdreams.org/2010 where you will find a PDF file of the print version of the Call for Submissions which was mailed this week.
All submissions must be filed online ( http://tinyurl.com/8onwop)
The Setting
Western Carolina University lies in a scenic valley in the Appalachian mountains of Western North Carolina – just 30 miles from the Appalachian Trail. When you are not dreaming, enjoy award-winning hiking trails, world-class mountain biking trails, and nearby whitewater rafting and kayaking on the Nantahala and Ocoee rivers. Visit some of the many local potters, weavers, painters, and other artists and craftspeople who flourish in these mountains. Take advantage of The Great Smoky Mountain National Forest and Historic Downtown Asheville, home to the famous Biltmore House, America’s largest home. Only 25 minutes from the campus you can witness the 11,000 year-old indigenous Cherokee tradition.
Call for Presentations
High quality proposals are invited, particularly those that explore the conference theme, Bringing Dreams and Community Together. We request that submissions fall into one of the following tracks: Research & Theory; Arts & Humanities; Culture & Anthropology; Education; Religion, Spirituality & Philosophy; Clinical Approaches; Dreamwork Practices; Extraordinary, PSI & Lucid Dreams, and Conference Theme: Bringing Dreams and Community Together.
Submission Categories include the following: Paper Presentations, Symposia,Panels, Workshops, Special Events or Major Presentations, Hot-off-the-Press, Poster Presentations and Morning Dream Groups. Deadline for submissions is 30 November 2009. Note that the Hot-off-the-Press and Poster Presentations may be submitted until 1 March 2010. If you have questions, please send them to submissions2010@asdreams.org
Approximately 25 CE credits will be offered for selected presentations during the four day conference. IASD is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. IASD maintains responsibility for the program.
“Earth Dreaming” is a conference not to be missed! Celebrate planet earth, all her inhabitants, and dreams and dreaming! “Earth Dreaming,” IASD’s annual international conference, Friday, June 26 through Tuesday, June 30, 2009, Wyndham O’Hare Hotel, Rosemont, Illinois has something for every dreamer – the general public, as well as professionals. Participants will discover the meaning and mysteries of dreams and dreaming through workshops, lectures and special presentations. Explore the world of dreams in eight tracks: Arts and Humanities, Research, Clinical and Dreamwork, Extraordinary Dreams and Psi, Spiritual and Religious Dreams, Cultural and Anthropological, Education, and Earth Dreaming. The “Earth Dreaming” conference offers nearly 150 presentations by over 100 world famous authors, psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, artists, educators and researchers in the field of dream studies. Presenters include notables like Barbara Tedlock, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Shamanic Practice, Stanley Krippner Ph.D., Co-Chair of the Dream Studies Certificate Program at Saybrook Graduate School, Robert Moss, author of The Secret History of Dreaming, and Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D. founding president of Pacifica Graduate School.
“Earth Dreaming” participants can also attend the Dream Arts Exhibition, browse at the IASD bookstore and purchase CDs of their favorite presentations, submit a psi-dream in the Dream Telepathy Contest, experience an “Earth Dreaming” dream hike, see the sights during the Chicago Getaway Afternoon, and then have fun at the ever-popular conference-end, costume Dream Ball. For information and to register for “Earth Dreaming” online please visit www.asdreams.org/2009. Questions? Call 1.866.DREAM12, or e-mail: office@asdreams.org
