Monday, February 01, 2021 - 5:15pm to 6:45pm
on Zoom
Robin Sheriff,
Associate Professor of Anthropology, will give a First Monday presentation
titled "Nocturnal Worlding: The New Anthropology of Dreaming."
What can dreaming tell us about culture, history, and how young adults find
their way in the world? In this talk, Robin Sheriff, Associate Professor of
Anthropology, will discuss recent research directed to the cultural analysis of
the dreams of college students. Focusing on her work as the co-editor of
a new volume (New Directions in the Anthropology of Dreaming, with
Jeannette Mageo, Routledge 2021) and analyses of dreams related to celebrities,
new technologies, consumption, and “murder stories,” this talk will explore
fresh multidisciplinary perspectives on the ways in which dreaming minds are
entangled not only with intrapsychic concerns, but also with the conundrums of
public culture and our changing times.
If you plan to attend, kindly
RSVP by emailing humanities.center@unh.edu or by leaving a message at
603-862-4356. You will then be provided with a Zoom link and
password.
The Center for the Humanities usually hosts
First Monday events at the Three
Chimneys Inn in Durham and is currently hosting them on
Zoom. The events center around short, informal talks by faculty members,
designed to give colleagues a window into their work. We reserve time at
the end for questions and conversation.
