The 2013 conference, entitled “Good Laugh Bad Laugh Ugly Laugh My Laugh,” focused on the different conceptions and uses of humour in various cultures and time periods. We explored how humour, namely satire, irony, parody, and just plain mockery, has been used as effective (or ineffective) social critiques.
Conference organizers: Jaime Brenes Reyes, Aurie Zeran, and Jaime Ontiveros.
| 2013 | ||
| Friday, March 1st | ||
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| 10:00 AM |
Crónicas de un nómada: el humor como estrategia del recuerdo Ana Chiarelli, The University of Western Ontario 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM |
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| 2:00 PM |
Georges Bataille, Philosopher of Laughter Troy M. Bordun, Trent University 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM |
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| 3:00 PM |
Turkish Shadow Puppetry and the Carnivalesque Anna (Raff) Miller, New York University 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM |
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| Saturday, March 2nd | ||
| 9:00 AM |
Homage in Blue: General Idea's 'Shut the Fuck Up' Julia G. Polyck-O'Neill Ms, Brock University 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM |
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| 9:40 AM |
Laughing it Over Inside-out: How Comedy Casts Its Spell in Aristophanes' Lysistrata Sarbani Banerjee, Western University 9:40 AM - 10:00 AM |
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| 11:00 AM |
J. Coplen Rose, Wilfrid Laurier University 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM |
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| 11:00 AM |
"Words, words, words": The Idea of the Absurd as Method in Hamlet. Anthony Faber, University of Montreal 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM |
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| 2:20 PM |
"Duchamping in Game Making": An Analysis of Pippin Barr's Parodic Computer Games Devin A. Wilson, University at Buffalo 2:20 PM - 2:40 PM |
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| Sunday, March 3rd | ||
| 9:45 AM |
Pasolini's Laugh: Joyful Ignorance in The Decameron Andrea Privitera, Western University 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM |
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| 11:15 AM |
Infanticide and the Anxious Silence of “Language as Such” Kevin Godbout, Western University 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM |
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