Imagining Sleep

Why do we sleep? Why do we dream? Do dreams have a meaning? What is the relationship of sleep and dream to waking life? How do scientists, scholars, and artists answer these questions? How do you answer these questions?

Imagining Sleep is an online course that explores the definition, representation, and understanding of sleep and dream across disciplinary boundaries. Treating sleep and dream at once as biological, cultural, and personal phenomena, Imagining Sleep includes readings, lessons, audio lectures, and a dictionary of terms. To get started, listen to the introductory episode of the companion Podcast "The Somniloquy." Follow the lessons, browse the library, or dream your way through the activities. There are many ways to Imagine Sleep.