Michael Rosen
Julia Lockheart
Mark Blagrove
Michael Rosen is one of Britain’s best
loved writers and performance poets for
children and adults. His first degree in
English Literature and Language was from
Wadham College, Oxford and he went
on to study for an MA at the University
of Reading and a PhD at the former
University of North London, now London
Metropolitan. He is currently Professor
of Children’s Literature at Goldsmiths,
University of London where he co-devised
and teaches critical approaches to reading
on an MA in Children’s Literature, having
done the same at Birkbeck, University of
London.
Julia Lockheart is Associate Professor
at Swansea College of Art, part of
University of Wales Trinity St David, and
also Associate Lecturer at Goldsmiths,
University of London.
Mark Blagrove
"I research sleep and dreaming, and the possible functions of sleep and of dreaming. Work is conducted in the Swansea University Sleep Laboratory as well as through dream reports collected by participants at home. Notable findings have been the effects of sleep loss on suggestibility, effects of naturalistic motivation on memory consolidation in sleep, the specificity of the dream-lag effect to REM sleep, Sensory Processing Sensitivity and the aetiology of nightmares, and the effects of dream-sharing on insight and empathy."
To: 12 Aug 2021, 7 p.m.
Location: Online Event - Please see description
The Freud Museum is honoured to welcome acclaimed children’s author and poet,
Michael Rosen, to discuss his book Many Different Kinds of Love: A Story of Life,Death
and the NHS, with psychologist Mark Blagrove and artist Julia Lockheart of DreamsID.
In March 2020, Michael Rosen fell ill with COVID-19. He was hospitalized and cared for by a dedicated medical team.
The book compiles poetry through the eyes of a Covid patient, diary entries by nurses who cared for and supported him, and emails between loved ones keeping track of his progress.
In and amongst the accounts of his experience with Covid are two dreams.
These will be at the heart of the discussion, as well as the significance that dreams have had over the past year, which appear to have become even more vivid throughout this pandemic.
During the discussion, Julia Lockheart will visualise and paint one of the dreams onto
pages of Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams in this exciting and memorable event.
Website: https://www.freud.org.uk/exhibitions/1920-2020-freud-and-pandemic/
Event created by: g.r.hathaway