Our repertoire of suggested topics includes but is not restricted to:

I. Individual experiences

• Trauma and childhood memories

• Trauma and child abuse

• Trauma and women abuse

• Trauma and domestic violence

• Trauma and old age

• Trauma and love

• Trauma and death

• Trauma and mourning

• Trauma and crime

• Trauma and neurosis

• Trauma and psychosis

• Secondary traumatization

• Life after trauma

• Trauma and psychotherapy

• Help for traumatized people

II. Collective experiences

• Trauma and war

• Trauma and genocide

• Trauma and terrorism

• Trauma and natural disasters

• Trauma and post-memory

• Traumatized nations

• Traumatized minorities

• Traumatized generations

• Traumatized social classes

• Trauma of victims

• Trauma of witnesses

• Trauma of bystanders

• Trauma of perpetrators

• Trauma and oblivion

• Trauma and forgiveness

III. Dream experiences

• Nightmare after trauma

• Nightmare and post-traumatic stress disorder

• Nightmare and life cycle

• Nightmare and physical illness

• Nightmare and suicide

• Nightmare and threat simulation theory

• Nightmare and dream recall

• Therapy of nightmares

• Nightmare and lucid dreaming

• Nightmare and paranormal dream experiences

IV. Philosophical questions

• Nightmare and trauma as Evil

• Nightmare and trauma as metaphors

• Nightmare in everyday life

• Life as a nightmare

• Nightmare and beauty

• Attractiveness of nightmare and trauma

• Attractiveness of trauma studies

V. Representation of trauma and nightmare

• Bearing witness of trauma

• Testimonies and memories

• Trauma and narrative

• Trauma and fiction

• Nightmare and horror

• Trauma in literature

• Trauma in film

• Trauma in theatre

• Trauma in visual arts

• Traumatized authors

• Traumatized readers/spectators

• Writing as a traumatic experience

• Writing as recovery from trauma

• Trauma and creativeness

VI. Institutionalization

• Trauma and law

• Trauma and politics

• Trauma and religion

• Trauma and medical treatment

• Trauma and management

• Trauma and punishment systems

• Trauma and army

• Trauma and school

• Trauma and memory places

• Trauma and museums