Syracuse Symposium
2026-2027
Bridging the fantastical, physical, and the mystical, dreams are replete with symbolism, wisdom, and truth-telling. Dreams can manifest ideas, generate visions, reshape memory, draw on emotions, and offer glimpses of future selves. Dreams also take many shapes--they can be wildly creative in a positive sense as well as harrowing or apocalyptic and come in the form of nightmares. Discover fascinating topics and approaches to this theme by our 2025-26 Symposium partners. . .
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Seeds in a Rapid River: Kao Kalia Yang’s Collective Storytelling
Sept. 24, 2026, 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Accessible Play: Imagining the Future of Inclusive Gaming
Oct. 1, 2026, 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
The Archive Is a Dream Machine: a Workshop in Speculative Archival Research
Oct. 7, 2026, 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Dream Deep Enough to Remember: The Films of Tamika Galanis
Oct. 15, 2026, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Digital Sanctuaries: Where Joy and Healing Intertwine
Oct. 19, 2026, 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Beyond the Dress: Quinceañera Dreams and Cultural Identity
Oct. 22, 2026, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Dreaming into Existence: A Talk on Activism and Collective Action
Oct. 23, 2026, 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Meet the Scholar Coffee Hour: Activist, Author, and Educator Kelly Hayes
Oct. 23, 2026, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Storytelling in Protests and Direct Actions
Oct. 24, 2026, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Nov. 15, 2026, 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
In the Dream House: A Reading by Author Carmen Maria Machado
Feb. 4, 2027, 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Writing Dreams: A Workshop with Carmen Maria Machado
Feb. 5, 2027, 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
From One Studio, Many Paths: Meštrović and His Students
Feb. 5, 2027, 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 18, 2027, 12:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
March 17, 2027, 10:30 a.m. - noon
Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature
April 9, 2027, 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
The Abounding Queerness of Nature Walking Tour
April 10, 2027, 10:30 a.m. - noon