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CFP for MLA 2021 Special Session: Laughter & Feminist Critical Thought
Feminist theory has always enjoyed a productive but uneasy relationship with laughter. What are the limits and potentials of laughing...
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Sig Team
Dec 12, 20191 min read
2020 Graduate Student Writing Prize!
It's that time of year again! Think about submitting and encourage your graduate students to submit!! ALL entrants will get feedback on...
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Stephanie Brown
Oct 21, 20192 min read
Comedy/Humor Conference - Austin, TX June 18-20
Comedy/Humor Call for Participants Sponsored by: American Humor Studies Association The Comedy and Humor Studies SIG of SCMS Website:...
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Stephanie Brown
Jan 23, 20198 min read
SCMS 2019 Humor and Comedy Conference Panel Schedule
Here is your list of comedy and humor related panels and papers, SIG sponsored panels, and SIG meeting schedule! See you all in Seattle!...
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Sig Team
Nov 5, 20181 min read
Issue Index: Political Humor and the State of Democracy
In anticipation of the midterm elections on Tuesday, we’ve put together a quick issue index of recent articles about the power of humor...
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Stephanie Brown
Oct 15, 20181 min read
2019 Graduate Student Essay Prize
It's that time of year once again! 2019 Graduate Student Essay Prize in Comedy and Humor Studies (SCMS- Society of Cinema and Media...
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Sig Team
Aug 8, 20181 min read
CFP: Clowning in Healthcare Settings
Contributions to the Special Issue on: Clowning in Healthcare Settings Deadline for manuscript submissions has been postponed at 30...
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Stephanie Brown
Jul 20, 20181 min read
Issue Index: Nanette
For this Issue Index, I'm linking to a crowd-sourced syllabus that I've been helping with this week. The Netflix special, Nanette,...
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Stephanie Brown
May 14, 20187 min read
Issue Index: Michelle Wolf
In 1962, women reporters were first allowed to attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner. A mere 30 years later, Paula Poundstone...
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Kate Russell
May 1, 20183 min read
Guest Blog: Kate Russell Discusses her Essay on the Nonhuman Animal in Comedic Films (with GIFs!)
This is a guest post from the winner of our inaugural Graduate Student Essay Contest on her writing process, paper inspiration, and...
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Sig Team
Apr 18, 20182 min read
Jack Rosenbalm Prize for American Humor Studies 2016-2017
We would like to congratulate and recognize Jessyka Finley, the American Humor Studies Association's winner of the Jack Rosenbalm Prize...
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Stephanie Brown
Apr 17, 20181 min read
New Book! Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes
"Women explode out of chimneys and melt when sprayed with soda water. Feminist activists play practical jokes and lobby for voting...
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Stephanie Brown
Apr 16, 20188 min read
Field Trip Notes from a Catastrophe
An Oral History of the SCMS 2018 Comedy Field Trip Photo by Bill Ward, CC License Every year at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies...
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Annie Berke
Mar 26, 20189 min read
Can Improv Comedy Provide Models for Writing Pedagogy? (Yes, and…)
Everyone has periods of their lives that they regret. Some of us have hurt the ones we love, while others did improvisational comedy in...
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Sig Team
Jan 25, 20181 min read
CFP and Conference Invite: Texas A&M University-Commerce's 8th annual multidiscipline Humor
Texas A&M University-Commerce's 8th annual multidiscipline Humor Research Conference Call for papers: Deadline today, January 25th ...
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Sig Team
Jan 23, 20182 min read
CFP: Radical Romantic Comedy
Call for Papers: “Radical Romantic Comedy,” Special Issue of New Review of Film and Television Studies In the seminal 1993 collection...
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Sig Team
Jan 17, 20181 min read
Publication Announcement: 'Hysterical'
Linda Mizejewski and Victoria Sturtevant are happy to announce the publication of their edited collection, Hysterical! Women in American...
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Sig Team
Jan 17, 20181 min read
Essay Contest Deadline Extended!
We're extending the Graduate Student Essay Contest Deadline to January 31st! Get those essays to us! Original post here:...
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Sig Team
Dec 14, 20175 min read
SCMS Comedy Panels/Papers
Here is a preliminary list of comedy and humor related panels and panels that include papers that might be of interest to our members....
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Sig Team
Nov 12, 20171 min read
CFP: HUMOR Journal Call
Following the recent death of Professor Christie Davies, an esteemed and influential humour scholar, HUMOR: International Journal of...
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