IASD September 2026 Memberships
Total new and renewing memberships in September (as of September 28): 32 Welcoming 8 new members:
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In Memoriam and in Gratitude Jolene "Jody" Gardner
Longtime IASD member Jolene "Jody" Gardner died on December 26, 2025, leaving a generous bequest to our organization.
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NEW THIS YEAR from the IASD Arts Committee
This year, IASD Arts Committee is introducing a new Online Open Dream Gallery for members and dreamers ...
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Ernest Hartmann Student Research Awards for 2027 Inviting Submissions
The IASD Student Research Awards are given to students (undergraduate and graduate) in two areas: best original scientific research on dreams and dreaming;
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Call for Research Grant Proposals DEADLINE OCTOBER 15, 2026
Grants are offered through a partnership between IASD and the DreamScience Foundation (IASD/DSF).
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Call for Volunteers Opens
Get involved and help us bring IASD 2027 to life! Conference Volunteers work approximately 12 to 14 hours (roughly 3 hours per day).
Read MoreCall for Presentations Opens – deadline for submissions December 18
Share your research, ideas and experience, or work with the international dream community.
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IASD 2027 is heading to Atlanta!
ave the date! The 44th Annual International Dream Conference is coming to the Sonesta Gwinnett Place Atlanta, May 29–June 2, 2027.
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The dying dream of the dead to be at peace with life
Here we offer two on the topic of what people dream when they are about to die, and how these dreams may help them through the process.
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Announcing IASD Election Results
Laurel Clark, Nominating Committee Chair,Each year, members vote to elect five new and returning Board Directors for a 3-year term. Please join me in warmly welcoming them to the leadership team (at left, top to bottom):
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The IASD 2026 Dream Art Exhibition
The IASD 2026 Dream Art Exhibition once again offered a vibrant showcase of artistic expression during the 2026 Conference in Ashland, Oregon. Established in 1988 by artist
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Bernard Welt, Regional Events Committee
The 9th annual regional conference of IASD Québec will be held entirely in French at the Centre St-Pierre, 1212 rue Panet, Montréal QC Canada on September 5, 2026 (10 am-3:45 pm).
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WELCOME TO IASD's 2027 CONFERENCE
May 29 – June 2, 2027 | Atlanta, Georgia, Join us in Atlanta GA at Sonesta Gwinnett Place in Duluth (Atlanta Metro).
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Community Dreams: It Takes a Village to Understand a Dream
Community Dreams: It Takes a Village to Understand a Dream Big dreams seem to take place during cultural upheaval that impacts not only the dreamer but others in a wider circle. Today, in this time of enormous transitions, we need dreamers...
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BAW: Learning in Dreams: Gaining Knowledge and Skills
Learning in Dreams: Gaining Knowledge and Skills By Robert Hoss, MS A growing volume of research is beginning to suggest that dream sleep might promote learning of several types. Is this influence of dreaming simply our ability to gain in...
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BAW: Childrens’ Dreams and the Maturing Brain
Children’s Dreams and the Maturing Brain By Joseph De Koninck, PhD Sigmund Freud noted that his daughter Anna had her first known dream at the age of 19 months, when she called out in her sleep about strawberries and scrambled eggs. But o...
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BAW: Handout: What Your Brain Is Doing While You Sleep
What Your Brain Is Doing While You Sleep By Michelle Carr, PhD Scientists have been studying the dreaming brain for decades. They’ve learned what sleep is like over a night’s passage, and what parts of the brain are involved when dreams h...
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IASD August 2026 Memberships
Total new and renewing memberships in August (as of August 28): 44 Welcoming 9 new members:
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Total new and renewing memberships in June and July (as of July 28):
Read MoreCan Dreams Change Our Lives?
Can dreams change our lives? Bob Hoss © 2016 One hundred inspiring dream stories The great luminary Carl Jung taught us that a natural guiding tendency is at work in our dreams; a journey of inner growth and transformation, becoming who...
Read MoreDeath Dreams: Where Reality and Identity Become Fluid
Death Dreams: Where Reality and Identity Become Fluid “If we’re aware of our dreams, especially at times of life transition, we begin to have a sense of the fluidity of reality and identity that we’ll face when we ourselves are approaching...
Read MoreDo Blind People Dream
Do Blind People Dream? “The catastrophic consequences to the onset of blindness are illustrated by castration dreams, dreams of darkness and dreams of death… all the elements of grief represented by these images are opportunities for expre...
Read MoreA Dream of Death and Healing
A Dream of Death and Healing “I was battling a potentially fatal health situation. I had lost twenty pounds with no end in sight, and was facing many unpleasant symptoms. I was preparing myself for the inevitable.” Fariba Bogzaran, PhD H...
Read MorePost-Traumatic Stress Disorder Nightmares
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Nightmares: How Dreams Can Help “When I listen to nightmares associated with PTSD, it seems obvious to me that the dreamer has never been able to work through the negative emotions and feelings associated wi...
Read MoreWhat Does the Dreamer Want? Engaging the Inner Healer
What does the dream want? Engaging the inner healer Dreams constantly ask us to make changes—changes in behavior, lifestyle, mental attitudes, priorities, even how we handle our habits and addictions. In every one of us there is a constant...
Read MoreBAW: Suddenly Asleep
Suddenly Asleep: Narcolepsy from an Inside View By Dolores J. Nurss I knew something had gone strange when I woke up at the breakfast table with my hair in the butter. I couldn’t remember laying my head down; I recalled eating my breakfas...
Read MoreBAW: Learning in Dreams: Psychological Growth
Learning in Dreams: Psychological Growth By Robert J. Hoss, MS Aside from the task learning and performance improvement discussed yesterday in part 1 of this article, a number of contemporary psychologists and researchers have concluded t...
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