Feminist theory has always enjoyed a productive but uneasy relationship with laughter. What are the limits and potentials of laughing...

It's that time of year again! Think about submitting and encourage your graduate students to submit!! ALL entrants will get feedback on...

Comedy/Humor Call for Participants Sponsored by: American Humor Studies Association The Comedy and Humor Studies SIG of SCMS Website:...

Here is your list of comedy and humor related panels and papers, SIG sponsored panels, and SIG meeting schedule! See you all in Seattle!...

In anticipation of the midterm elections on Tuesday, we’ve put together a quick issue index of recent articles about the power of humor...

It's that time of year once again! 2019 Graduate Student Essay Prize in Comedy and Humor Studies (SCMS- Society of Cinema and Media...

Contributions to the Special Issue on: Clowning in Healthcare Settings Deadline for manuscript submissions has been postponed at 30...

For this Issue Index, I'm linking to a crowd-sourced syllabus that I've been helping with this week. The Netflix special, Nanette,...

In 1962, women reporters were first allowed to attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner. A mere 30 years later, Paula Poundstone...

This is a guest post from the winner of our inaugural Graduate Student Essay Contest on her writing process, paper inspiration, and...

We would like to congratulate and recognize Jessyka Finley, the American Humor Studies Association's winner of the Jack Rosenbalm Prize...

"Women explode out of chimneys and melt when sprayed with soda water. Feminist activists play practical jokes and lobby for voting...

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...

Everyone has periods of their lives that they regret. Some of us have hurt the ones we love, while others did improvisational comedy in...

Texas A&M University-Commerce's 8th annual multidiscipline Humor Research Conference Call for papers: Deadline today, January 25th ...

Call for Papers: “Radical Romantic Comedy,” Special Issue of New Review of Film and Television Studies In the seminal 1993 collection...

Linda Mizejewski and Victoria Sturtevant are happy to announce the publication of their edited collection, Hysterical! Women in American...

We're extending the Graduate Student Essay Contest Deadline to January 31st! Get those essays to us! Original post here:...

Here is a preliminary list of comedy and humor related panels and panels that include papers that might be of interest to our members....

Following the recent death of Professor Christie Davies, an esteemed and influential humour scholar, HUMOR: International Journal of...