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[ecrea] CfP Comedy and Society Symposium

Wed May 21 09:04:51 GMT 2014



Comedy and Society Symposium

School of Drama, Music and Screen, University of Hull

November 22nd 2014





Bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines (theatre and performance studies, literature, sociology, psychology, politics and philosophy), this symposium 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 comedyʼs 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 Keynote Presentations from Professor Arpad Szakolczai, Professor of Sociology at University College, Cork and Dr Sharon Lockyer, Director of the Centre for Comedy Studies Research, Brunel University.



Papers are invited which engage with the questions above in relation to any form of written or performed comedy, historical or contemporary. Abstracts of 300 words for papers lasting 20 minutes should be sent to (l.s.peacock /at/ hull.ac.uk) by 22nd May 2014.







Dr Louise Peacock

Senior Lecturer in Drama,

Dept of Drama and Music

Gulbenkian Centre

University of Hull



01482 465236



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