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Call for Nominations: SIG co-chair
As Evelyn’s term has come to an end, we are now looking to elect a new co-chair of the Comedy and Humor SIG! We will be accepting...
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Jan 311 min read
2024 Graduate Student Essay Prize in Comedy and Humor Studies
Deadline = April 19, 2024 The Comedy and Humor Studies SCMS SIG is thrilled to announce its annual Graduate Student Essay Prize. Articles...
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Sig Team
Jun 21, 20232 min read
Call for Nominations: Graduate Co-Chair
Dear SIG members, As Kriszta’s term has come to an end, we are now looking to elect a new graduate co-chair of the Comedy and Humor SIG!...
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Sig Team
Dec 23, 20221 min read
Grad Student Essay Contest 2023
The Comedy and Humor Studies SCMS SIG is thrilled to announce its 2023 Graduate Student Essay Prize. Articles must relate to comedy and...
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Sig Team
Sep 7, 20222 min read
Fall 2023 SIG events!
The Comedy and Humor SIG Co-Chairs, Adrien, Evelyn, and Kriszta, would like to welcome you to a series of virtual book club events this...
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Sig Team
Mar 30, 20221 min read
Featuring...Presence in Absence: Finding Black Women’s Performance in the Forged Break (SCMS 2022)
Consider coming to PANEL 03 (Saturday, April 2, 5-6:45 pm), with our new co-chair Adrien Sebro! Here's a word from Adrien about what to...
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Sig Team
Mar 30, 20221 min read
Featuring....BAD SPECTATORS (SCMS 2022)
Kick your SCMS 2022 off early with Panel A2, organized by SIG mainstay Maggie Hennefeld! Here's a preview from Maggie herself: BAD...
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Sig Team
Mar 30, 20221 min read
Sponsored Panels SCMS 2022
Here's a handy guide, as everyone is adding events to their calendars! A2 Bad Spectators B6 Transmediated and Transnational Circulations...
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Sig Team
Mar 14, 20221 min read
Grad Student Essay Contest 2022
The Comedy and Humor Studies SCMS SIG is thrilled to announce its 2022 Graduate Student Essay Prize. Articles must relate to comedy and...
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Sig Team
Mar 3, 20221 min read
Annual SIG Meeting: MARCH 11, 5-7 pm CT
Come one, come all to our annual SIG meeting! This year, we have a new co-chair to introduce and an all-star roundtable panel coming to...
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Sig Team
Dec 22, 20212 min read
Call for Nominations: New SIG Co-Chair
*UPDATE*: The call for nominations is now extended until Friday, January 28. All other instructions for self-nomination remain the same....
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Sig Team
Mar 7, 20211 min read
Sponsored Panels: SCMS Virtual Conference 2021
Join the Comedy Hive! C12 On Emotive Aesthetics: Rasa, Conjuring, Humor E19 Authenticities of Identity in Contemporary Comedy F9 ...
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Sig Team
Mar 7, 20211 min read
CFP: Graduate Student Essay Award
The Comedy and Humor Studies SCMS SIG is thrilled to announce its annual Graduate Student Essay Prize. Articles must relate to comedy and...
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Sig Team
Jun 23, 20201 min read
New Essay by Maggie Hennefeld on the link between Early Cinema, Contagion, and Laughter
Check out a new article in the La Review of Books from the always brilliant Maggie Hennefeld. ---------------------------- THERE WAS NO...
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Sig Team
Jun 20, 20201 min read
SIG Reading Group Summer Schedule
We've set the reading schedule for the rest of the summer! See the poset for dates/times/readings and where to access readings if you...
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May 28, 20203 min read
CFP: Working Group on Repetition in Comedy Studies
“It was Funnier the Second Time:” A Working Group on Repetition in Comedy Studies There has been a tremendous energy institutionalizing...
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Sig Team
May 27, 20203 min read
Guest Post: Bill Costanzo on Transnational Comedic Film Research
Today we have a special post from Bill Costanzo, one of our most active SIG members! If you didn't already know, he is a SUNY...
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Sig Team
May 19, 20205 min read
Guest Post: Grad Student Essay Contest Prize Winner Aju James
Today, we're happy to bring you a guest post by Aju James, our third annual Grad Student Essay Prize Winner! In this post, Aju gives an...
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Sig Team
May 18, 20201 min read
Announcing: SIG Summer Reading Club!
Presented by the SIG steering committee and spearheaded by Pete Kunze and Steph Brown - we're happy to announce a summer (and beyond if...
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Sig Team
Mar 16, 20204 min read
Article CFP: Gender and Comedy: Stars, Performances, Characters
Call for papers for the a special edition of the open-access and peer reviewed online French journal Genre en séries : cinéma,...
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