The Humour & Religion Network (HRN) is an international and interdisciplinary research network interested in issues at the intersections of humour and religion.
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"Our bodies, our spirits, even our minds, can betray us at any moment. That something we don’t want, even something good like laughter, can erupt from within."
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We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Dr Nicole Graham’s @DrNicGraham
first monograph:
📚 Feminism and the Religious Significance of Laughing Bodies (Routledge, 2024)
📅 19th March
⏰ 5-6:30pm
📍 Room S-2.23, King’s College London
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Faith based comedy is growing in popularity. @BBCRadio4 Beyond Belief a great listen here exploring #HumourAndReligion @HumRelNetwork @DrNicGraham @giles_fraser Dillon Mapletoft @shaziamirza1 Shanny Luft @AshleyBlaker bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0026nd…
There are two proposed panels on #HumourAndReligion organised by @DrNicGraham & @mololied at ISHS 2025: Humour as a response to tragedy & suffering and Humour and Religion: Past, Present & Future. Abstract Deadline: 14 February 2025
More info here: ishs2025.pl/submissions/
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Humor studies events are springing up like mushrooms - submit your paper for the "Critical Humor Studies in Times of Crisis: Aesthetics, Approaches, and Applications" hybrid conference till January 15th, 2025! Dates: April 25-26. Venue: Pomona College. criticalhumorstudies.org/
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Always nice to talk about humour and laughter for science cafe bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00259f… with @sophiescott and @amy_paine @AberComedyFest @AberUni @PsychAtAber @humor_studies
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The ISHS conference 2025 is now accepting submissions! It will be held on 7-11 July in Krakow, Poland. Call for papers is open till January 15 (panels/workshops) and February (papers). Visit ishs2025.pl/ to know more and submit your proposal!
Banned! Fern Brady's advert ruled too offensive to show | Advertising Standards Agency upholds complaint
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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: @NACHEmotion will be holding its next colloquium on 10 December at 11am (US Mountain Time): "The Labour of Solitude and Emotional Experience of Aloneness in Early Modern Britain" with @naomipullin ✨ Register/save the Zoom link here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-labou…
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Already this Friday! Don't miss the ISHS webinar "Humor, Translation, and Taboo" (November 15 at 8 am PST)!
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Don't miss the II conference on Feminisms and Humour! The paper submission deadline is February 1, 2025!
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Submit your paper on new forms of humor and play in digital discourse! See details of the call for papers here: homes.luddy.indiana.edu/herr…
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Hello Everyone! I am starting to recruit participants to help with my Phd research. Please do get in touch if you can help and share with anyone you know who might be interested! Very excited, thank you!
🚨 New Book Alert 📚
Risible: Laughter without Reason and the Reproduction of Sound.
By Delia Casadei (@ucpress)
It is open access and available here: luminosoa.org/site/books/m/1…
#HumourStudies
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Check out the next @MixedBill CFP for a conference on #Comedy and Racial Justice, with keynotes from @RaulPerezSoc and @KavytaK hosted at @MMUEnglishDept by @ManMetMAPS next April 🥳
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Join us for the webinar on Humor, Translation and Taboo on November, 15 to find out how translators approach taboo topics in (audio)visual humorous media! Register here: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJM…
PhD Scholarship on Humour, Free Speech and Content Moderation | The University of Groningen | A 48-month, fully funded PhD vacancy for a project on humour, free speech adjudication and content moderation | Deadline: 20 November 2024 | More details here: rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us…
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📣CFP: "Laughing through Life? Humour in Families Facing Challenging Times"📣
For a session at the #ISAForum2025 Rabat July 2025
Submission deadline: 15 Oct 2024
Link and more details: bit.ly/3XJJSFM
RTs much appreciated!
#sociology #familystudies #humourstudies