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Sleep and Stress: Past and Present was one-day interdisciplinary symposium on the 7th of December 2019 at the Kohn Centre at the Royal Society. It brought together expert scientists, medical practitioners, historians and literary critics in order to discuss the intersections between sleep and stress, both historically and in contemporary society. Prof Russell Foster (Head of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, University of Oxford) gave the keynote lecture.

The full programme is available here

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Sleep and Stress, a special issue of Interface Focus

17 April 2020
This issue brings together a collection of papers focussed on sleep and stress.
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PI Sally Shuttleworth explores how "stress caused sleeplessness for the Victorians too" on The Conversation

20 September 2019
"Sleeplessness is one of the torments of our age and generation." You might presume that this is a quote from a contemporary commentator, and no wonder: the World Health Organisation has diagnosed a global epidemic of sleeplessness.
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What unites Victorian and modern sleep researchers? -- An Oxplore Podcast

02 October 2019
What unites Victorian and modern sleep researchers? A full discussion with Prof. Sally Shuttleworth (English Faculty) and Prof. Russell Foster (Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences)
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Sleep and Stress, Past and Present

07 December 2018
Our one-day interdisciplinary symposium in the Kohn Centre at the Royal Society, Sleep and Stress, Past and Present is this Friday 7 December.
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Sleep and Stress, Past and Present Announcement

07 December 2018
A one-day interdisciplinary symposium in the Kohn Centre at the Royal Society, Sleep and Stress, Past and Present brings together expert scientists, medical practitioners, historians and literary critics to discuss intersections between sleep and stress.
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Sleep and Stress, Special Issue Blog

17 April 2020
The latest issue of Interface Focus brings together a collection of papers focussed on sleep and stress. The topic is considered from both a historical and modern-day scientific perspective, with the articles spanning the sciences and humanities.
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Sleep and Stress: Recordings from the Day

03 June 2019
Please see the audio files below.
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When Greeks Flew Kites - Sleep: A Third of Human History

07 January 2019
Our PI, Professor Sally Shuttleworth, speaks about Victorians, overwork, and quack cures for sleeplessness on the 7th January 2019 broadcast of Radio 4's When Greeks Flew Kites.