[Commlist] CfP: Panel // Humour as Research: Laughter, Knowledge and Cultural Critique

CfP: Panel // Humour as Research: Laughter, Knowledge and Cultural Critique
2025 International Society for Humor Studies Conference

Krakow, 7-11 July 2025

Humour as Research: Laughter, Knowledge and Cultural Critique

Humour is not just a subject of study; it is a vital mode of research. 
By leveraging laughter, irony, and absurdity, humour disrupts entrenched 
norms, reveals hidden dynamics, and invites fresh perspectives on 
culture, politics, and society. This panel examines how humour operates 
as research—actively shaping knowledge and understanding rather than 
merely reflecting it.

We invite contributions that explore humour as a mode of inquiry and a 
tool for critique. How does humour expose power structures or make space 
for alternative forms of knowledge? What does it mean to “research 
through humour,” and how do comedic practices like satire, stand-up, and 
memes perform intellectual and cultural work? From interrogating 
political absurdities to building community through shared laughter, 
humour opens new possibilities for understanding the complexities of 
contemporary life.

This panel encourages interdisciplinary and experimental approaches, 
inviting papers, performances, and creative presentations that engage 
humour as research. Scholars and performers are invited to share their 
insights, methods, and practices, blurring the lines between academia 
and performance. Together, we will reflect on humour’s potential to 
reshape how we think, feel, and know. Join us in a conversation that 
values both the critical and the comedic in expanding the boundaries of 
research.

Conveners:
Mirco Göpfert ((goepfert /at/ em.uni-frankfurt.de)) and
Raúl Acosta, Goethe University, Frankfurt


Submit your proposals here:  https://ishs2025.pl/submissions/
Submission deadline: Feb 14, 2025

NoJoke project: https://nojoke.net/
Instagram: @nojoke_erc

No payment from authors are required


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