Dreams: A Cultural History, 1840-1940

这个项目将产生一个开创性的历史，在1840-1940年期间，梦作为身份的一个基本方面出现，当时现代心理学的轮廓正在发生巨大的变化。在这个关键时期，通过追踪新兴的心灵科学与快速发展的文化艺术之间的重要关系，该项目将确保澳大利亚在人文和科学领域的创新跨学科研究的前沿地位。长久以来，大众和学术界对梦的迷恋将激发关于精神生活领域的广泛讨论，继续为精神科学与日常文化生活之间的关系提供信息。

This project will produce a groundbreaking history of the emergence of the dream as a fundamental aspect of identity in the period 1840-1940, when the contours of modern psychology were being dramatically transformed. By tracking the vital relationship between an emerging science of the mind and the rapidly evolving cultural arts in this crucial period, this project will ensure Australia's place at the forefront of innovative interdisciplinary research across the humanities and sciences. The enduring popular and scholarly fascination with dreams will stimulate broad discussion about an area of psychic life that continues to inform the relationship between a science of the mind and everyday cultural life.