Mixed Bill

Comedy and Gender Research Network organised by @EllieTomsett @Lisamoore4 @katefoxwriter @nataliediddams and @Dr_Ilott

[Mixed Bill @MixedBill]

Registration is now open for our Comedy and Racial Justice conference. 22nd and 23rd April at Manchester Metropolitan University UK. International speakers, comedians, screenings and a comedy protest banner making workshop too. Info here - https://t.co/1GwZ4Q72a7

[Dr Sarah Ilott @Dr_Ilott]

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 🥳

[Ad Carter @A_D_Carter]

📣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: https://t.co/EpB7yRiCUY
RTs much appreciated!
#sociology #familystudies #humourstudies

[Comedy Studies @Comedy_Studies]

Come join the launch of Alternative Comedy Now and Then: Critical Perspectives with the amazing @OliverDouble @RayCampbell19 @charmianhughes Sophie Quirk and Brian Mulligan @BrunelUni @CBASSResearch It'll be great! Reserve your free space:
https://t.co/4JjztsyxcS

[Humour & Religion Network @HumRelNetwork]

Call for Papers: Panel titled "Only joking": Negotiating offensive humour in interaction | International Pragmatics Conference | Deadline: 1 November 2022 | For more information visit: https://t.co/mbRPBVSUAp

#HumourStudies
#CfP

[Marcus Ryder @marcusryder]

The role of Black comedians is radically different to that of white ones. Black comedians act both as a balm to sooth the pains of racism & a sword to challenge power.
Listen to #BlackBritishComediansMatter with @ginayashere, @DaneBaptweets & @LennyHenry
https://t.co/ck1glA8wTY

[Comedy Studies @Comedy_Studies]

Come and join in the celebrations @BrunelUni @BrunelResearch @CBASS_Research @SSCBrunel

[Comedy Studies @Comedy_Studies]

It was great to be part of the exploration of the British sense of humour with @HarryHill on @HISTORYUK @BrunelUni @BrunelResearch @CBASS_Research @SSCBrunel

[Live Comedy Association (LCA) @LiveComedyUK]

In response to the open letter to the Fringe Society, they have published a more detailed response:
https://t.co/LvK68kuzt8

[AHSN_Humour @AHSN_Humour]

Have you submitted your abstract for the Australasian Humour Studies Network's 2023 conference yet? Never fear, the deadline has now been extended to 31 July!

[Ad Carter @A_D_Carter]

Twitter, I need your help again. I'm looking for participant families for my @LeverhulmeTrust
/@SocStudiesShef project - exploring the uses of humour when facing challenges in everyday family life. Current challenge - MOVING HOME. Any RTs much appreciated!

[Humour & Religion Network @HumRelNetwork]

Conference Call for Papers: "A Human Right to Humour?" | 29th Annual Conference of @AHSN_Humour Network | The University of Sydney | Deadline: 15 July 2022 | For more information visit: https://t.co/qCyoFySrQ7

#CfP #HumourStudies

[SCMS Comedy SIG @comedy_scms]

Film/TV/media studies grad students! Have a paper on comedy/humor? Submit it to our grad student essay contest by April 15! Check requirements below.
https://t.co/APBTA88Ghp

[Mixed Bill @MixedBill]

Ace looking event chaired by @Dr_Ilott on 18th Feb on Queering the RomCom in Manchester- screening+director intro+discussion 💜❤️🧡💛💚 - info here https://t.co/lmFLTbXPXW

[Mixed Bill @MixedBill]

ICYMI 🎉- the recordings from our #ComedyInCrisis2022 conference @MyBCU are now available. If you missed one of the excellent panels, our keynote speaker @DrHDavies or the Industry session programmed with @LHC4MD check them out - https://t.co/sL3bP8fUM5

[Dr Sarah Ilott @Dr_Ilott]

Free downloads of my review of @huwmarsh's recent work The Comic Turn in Contemporary English Fiction are available here 👇 Marsh offers an important recentring of #comedy to provide new critical frameworks for understanding the contemporary moment.
https://t.co/uT3FaW9d7o

[Humour & Religion Network @HumRelNetwork]

ONE WEEK TO GO ⏰ Conference Call for Papers: "Comic Verse of the 19th Century: Power, Politics, Poetics" |
@RoehamptonUni | Deadline: 31 January 2022 | For more information visit: https://t.co/sXMhbQSdOt

#CfP #Victorian #HumourStudies

[Ad Carter @A_D_Carter]

Hello! I'm looking for participant families for my @LeverhulmeTrust/@SocStudiesShef project - exploring the uses of humour when facing challenges in everyday family life. The first challenge - families with young children. RTs would be super appreciated!

[Mixed Bill @MixedBill]

Last but by no means least we have @Dr_Ilott leading a discussion session on Comedy Theory in Crisis :the need to decolonise comedy studies. #ComedyInCrisis2022