UC Davis News: General Interest

Public Lecture: The Individual or the Group
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Oct. 21, Tuesday -- Physicist, pacifist and independent thinker Freeman Dyson will give a free, public lecture, "The Individual or the Group?" at 7 p.m. in the AGR room of the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center on the UC Davis campus. Dyson will discuss how his thinking on this basic question, which is at the root of our ethics, laws and politics, has been influenced by scholars in the humanities, law and evolutionary biology. Dyson has written several popular books about science and the future of mankind, including "Disturbing the Universe," "Weapons and Hope," "Origins of Life," "Infinite in All Directions," "Imagined Worlds," and "The Sun, the Genome and the Internet." He is currently professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University. He has received numerous awards, including the Lewis Thomas Prize in 1996, honoring the Scientist as Poet. In 2000, he received the $1 million Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion from the Templeton Foundation. Dyson's visit to UC Davis is part of the Department of Physics' Centennial Speaker Series, supported by contributions from members of the department, by the Office of the Chancellor and Provost and by the dean of Mathematical and Physical Sciences.
Risque Subjects and Risky Politics
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Oct. 14, Tuesday -- Back before the Internet, how did an ordinary person learn about risque subjects and risky politics? Through "little blue books," published for a nickel apiece, which sold hundreds of thousands of copies a year through much of the 20th century. Essayist, critic and blogger Scott McLemee will talk about the blue books, how ideas get out and how idea-peddlers make money from people's desire to learn on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Bistro 33, 226 F St., Davis. His talk, "Sex, Socialism and Self-Education," will begin at 5:30 p.m. followed by a reception at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. McLemee has been a maverick voice on culture and politics for more than a decade. A former contributing editor for Lingua Franca and senior writer at the Chronicle of Higher Education, in 2005 he helped start the online news journal Inside Higher Ed, where he serves as essayist at large, writing a weekly column called Intellectual Affairs. He also blogs at the online arts journal Quick Study. He is a winner of the National Book Critics Circle award for excellence in reviewing. The talk is part of the Public Intellectuals Forum, a series of public lectures sponsored by the UC Davis Humanities Institute and UC Davis Center for History, Society and Culture. For more information, contact Jennifer Langdon at (530) 754-0331 or visit http://dhi.ucdavis.edu/?page_id=651.
Latino Spin: Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Nov. 6, Thursday -- Illegal immigrant, tax burden, job stealer. Patriot, family-oriented, hard worker, model consumer. Since becoming the largest minority group in the U.S., Latinos have been caught between these wildly contrasting images. Arlene Davila, a cultural anthropology professor at New York University, will explore what these caricatures suggest about Latinos' shifting place in the popular and political imagination in a free public lecture on Thursday, Nov. 6, at Bistro 33, 226 F St., Davis. Her talk, "Latino Spin: Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race," will begin at 5:30 p.m. followed by a reception at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Described by Dominican-American writer Junot Diaz as "the finest, fiercest and most piercing of our public intellectuals," Davila is a professor of anthropology and American studies at New York University and the author of "Barrio Dreams: Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and the Neoliberal City" and "Latinos Inc: Marketing and the Making of a People." The talk is part of the Public Intellectuals Forum, a series of public lectures sponsored by the UC Davis Humanities Institute and UC Davis Center for History, Society and Culture. For more information, contact Jennifer Langdon at (530) 754-0331 or visit http://dhi.ucdavis.edu/?page_id=651.

 

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All About Dreams and Nightmares - Recommendations for your dreams and nightmares. Explains what dream catchers are really for. Good discussion of the relevance of symbols in changing times.
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Dream Analysis and Interpretation - This New Age Directory page describes two categories of dreams; dreams of the body, which can inform you of health issues or just that what you had for lunch is hard to digest, and dreams of the mind, mystical experiences which can reveal fated future events or connect you with spirits. Theorizes that all knowledge exists and is merely transmitted to humans in our dreams.
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Dream Central - Dream Central is a husband-and-wife effort presenting the best ways they have found to record and interpret their dreams. Dictionary-based interpretation.
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Dream Emporium - Information on intepretation and understanding, lucid dreaming, sleep paralysis, night terrors and precognitive dreams. Also includes links to dream and sleep resources, and guidance on helping children with dream problems.
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Dream Lover Inc. - Silvana Ivin interprets her own dreams and those submitted by readers. Includes a discussion of Jungian dream theory and quotations of poetry about dream experiences.
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Dreamages, A Primer - An easy to use tool by T. Tate and B. Golding on remembering one's dreams. Uses metaphor of dreams as precious metals and recommends ways to improve their usefulness.
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Dreams 101 - A synopsis of basic dream concepts, including outlines of Freudian and Jungian theories.

500 Dreams: Cause, Interpretation, and History - Student project and ThinkQuest 1997 winner: includes a dictionary of dream symbols, a list of the stages of sleep leading to dreams, and instructions on recording dreams for interpretation.
Meta Description: [ ThinkQuest is an international competition where student teams engage in collaborative, project-based learning to create educational websites. The winning entries form the ThinkQuest online library. ]

Ethics of Dream Interpretation - A patchwork of links to pages regarding ethics in psychology with short essays on dream topics. Part of Electric Dreams.

500 Explore your Dream World - An introduction to sleep and dreaming, including information about common dreams, and stages of sleep.

Healing Dreams - Harry Bosma describes the connections between his personal experience with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and his dreams.
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Jeremy Taylor on Dreams, Myth, and Social Change - Jeremy Taylor presents some of his ideas on dreams.

500 Lifetreks - Dream Interpretation Services and Resources - Author Dr. Gillian Holloway's site about dreams offers dream interpretations, intelligent discussion of symbolism in dreams, and also has her own column in the magazine Woman's World.

Lyricalworks: Dreams Are Slippery Things - Although the meaning may be elusive, dreams hold important keys to your personal and creative growth; a writer talks about the process of interpreting dreams and dream symbols.
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Myths ~ Dreams ~ Symbols - Jerry Gifford's page includes his own dreams and thoughts about them, a dream discussion board, synopses of Jungian concepts, links to articles on many belief systems, and a dictionary of dream symbols.
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Self Help Magazine: Dreams - Richard Wilkerson answers common questions about dreams in this article in Selfhelp Magazine.

Temple of Dreams - Ten lessons on finding your true self, the essence of your personality, in dreams.
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The Dream Maker - Discusses the theory that dreams are created purposefully, like movies, to affect the dreamer.
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Working (and playing) with Dreams - Psychologist John Suler recommends ways of exploring your associations with the objects and characters in your dreams.

Working with Color in Dreams - Discusses the significance of color in dream interpretation and provides a dictionary ascribing meanings to particular colors.
Meta Description: [ Dreamwork with color in dreams from Bob Hoss ]

Explore your Dream World - An introduction to sleep and dreaming, including information about common dreams, and stages of sleep.