Summary
This research project explores representations of sleep and sleeplessness in contemporary literature and culture. Between 2020 and 2024, it was funded by Wellcome and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement 892459.
Project highlights include the Sleep Stories podcast series in partnership with New Writing North and the Reimagining Sleep workshop series and exhibition in partnership with The Sleep Charity.
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Highlights
- Find out more about the project on our website and sleeplessness in contemporary literature and culture
- Listen to the Sleep Stories podcast series
- BBC Radio 4’s “Free Thinking” episode on sleep with Dr Diletta De Cristofaro
- Learn more about the Reimagining Sleep project in partnership with The Sleep Charity
- View the online Reimagining Sleep exhibition
- Read out about the Reimagining Sleep exhibition at City Library (March 2024)
YouTube clips
Sleep Stories and the Science of Sleep – Highlights from the panel discussion at Durham Book Festival 2021
Reimagining Sleep Workshop Series – Highlights
Forty Winks Café at Being Human Festival 2020 – Recording
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Partners and Sponsors
Project classification
Writing the Sleep Crisis is an English project. It belongs to the following research cluster:
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