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Final Call for Registration (registration closes 14th November 2014) Comedy and Society Conference University of Hull November 22nd and 23rd 2014 Bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines (theatre and performance studies, literature, sociology, psychology, politics and philosophy), this conference aims to encourage a wide-ranging consideration of the contribution made to society by comedy in all its forms. How, for example, is it possible to theorise the connection between comedy and politics, comedy and society, comedy and identity and comedy and gender? In what ways has comedy’s impact on society shifted from its earliest incarnations to the present day? What was or is the manner in which playwrights reflect on the nature of their own craft, and its impact on social life? What might the relationships between personal or political protest and comedy be? To what extent can comedy issue a challenge to society by tackling prejudice and stereotyping head-on? The symposium includes two Keynote Presentations: Professor Arpad Szakolczai, Professor of Sociology at University College, Cork, ‘Modern Politics and Theatre: The Public Sphere as a Force of Commedification’ and Dr Sharon Lockyer, Director of the Centre for Comedy Studies Research, Brunel University, ‘Funny Bones: Comedy and Disability in Live Performance from Performer and Audience Perspectives’ To see full details of the programme and to register, please use the following link: http://shop.hull.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=31&catid=90&prodid=170 The cost of registration for waged is £50 and for PG students/unwaged is £30 Please direct any enquiries to me by replying to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> rather than to the list. Dr Louise Peacock Senior Lecturer in Drama, Dept of Drama and Music Gulbenkian Centre University of Hull 01482 465236 Dr Louise Peacock Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Practice Programme Leader and Admissions Tutor School of Drama, Music and Screen University of Hull HU6 7RX -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------