Registrations Are Now Open for the 3rd Interdisciplinary Dream Symposium!
📅 Symposium Dates: December 6–7, 2025 | 10:00 – 17:00
📍 Location: Zoom | Online
The Interdisciplinary Dream Symposium, which brings together the scientific, artistic, and cultural dimensions of dreams, is being held for the third time!
Once again this year, we invite physicians, therapists, academics, artists, and independent researchers who think, explore, write, and create around the phenomenon of dreams to join us at this unique symposium—where we will explore dreams through the perspectives of Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology, Art, and Technology.
Symposium Topics and Speakers
“The Relationship Between Waking Life and Dreaming: Empirical Findings”
Prof. Dr. Michael Schredl | Professor – Researcher – Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University
“Typical and Recurrent Dream Themes of Anatolia”
Ali Rıza Duru | Psychological Counselor – Instructor
“Dream Interpretation: Ancient Practices and Modern Technologies”
Kelly Bulkeley | Editor of APA Dreaming Journal – Dream Researcher – Author
“Sleep and Dreams: Getting Lost in the Labyrinths of the Mind”
Prof. Dr. Cengiz Çakmak | Head of the Department of Philosophy
“Work With Everyday Dream”
Dr. Art Funkhouser | C.G. Jung Institute Zürich
“Perinatal Psychology and Dreams”
Noa H. Duru | Instructor – Researcher
“The Science and Art of Lucid Dreaming”
Melinda Powell | Co-Founder of the Dream Research Institute (UK) – Instructor – Author
“Dream Studies in Lacanian Psychoanalysis”
Dr. Özgür Öğütcen | Psychiatrist – Author
“I Can’t Sleep! But Why?”
Dr. Ceren Korulsan | Psychoanalyst – Psychiatrist
“Semiotic Analysis of Dreams: Image, Symbol, and Meaning Production”
Prof. Dr. Songül Aslan | Professor
“Group Psyche and Dreams”
Dr. Cemal Dindar | Psychiatrist – Author – Founding Member of the Association for Psychotherapy for the People
“Virtual Reality and Dreams”
Markus Berger | Lecturer
“Dream Texts in Classical Turkish Literature”
Prof. Dr. Erdem Sarıkaya | Professor
“Questioning and Transforming Dream, Vision, and Unconscious Imagery in Art”
Sedat Gökçe | Artist – Lecturer
“The Sociology of Dreams”
Emek Ilgaz | Sociologist
The symposium will be held in Turkish. Simultaneous Turkish Translation Will Be Provided for International Speakers.
Symposium Participation Fees
General Admission:
Student Admission:
📅 Symposium Dates: December 6–7, 2025 | Time: 10:00 – 17:30
🗓️ Registration Deadline: December 4, 2025
📜 A Certificate of Participation will be provided to all participants.
👥 Open to Everyone.
Symposium Organizing Committee
Ali Rıza Duru | Noa H. Duru