The International Society for Humor Studies is pleased to announce its 2024 Webinar Series, featuring the Society’s newly established Specialists Interest Groups. The Series began at the 2024 ISHS Conference with a session on AI Humor hosted by Tristan Miller, Christian Hempelmann, and Julia Rayz. The series resumes on Saturday, May 11 with the webinar, The Varieties of Humorous Experiences in Animated Films, and will continue on successive Fridays through June 21. All May and June webinars begin at 8:00 am Pacific Daylight Savings time (PDT).
Below is the complete Webinar schedule. The webinar series is open to all 2024 ISHS members as part of their ISHS membership. Nonmembers can register for one webinar to check out the series and get to know about ISHS. If you have general questions about the webinar series, you can contact the ISHS Executive Secretary, Martin Lampert, at humorstudies@outlook.com. If you have specific webinar questions, you can contact the appropriate webinar organizer.
April 19, 2024, 5:00 pm, CDT
Organizers: Christian Hempelmann, Tristan Miller, & Julia Taylor Rayz
Presenters
How Funny is ChatGPT? A Comparison of Human- and A.I.-produced jokes
Humor Theories through the Lens of Large Language Models
Large Language Models and Laughter: Is It Still the Best Medicine?
Advancements in AI Humor Comprehension and Generation: Implications for the Future of Cartooning
Witscript: The AI Machine that Makes Jokes
Varieties of Humorous Experience in Animated Films
Saturday, May 11, 2024, 8:00 am, PDT
Chairs: Terry Lindvall & William Costanzo
Presenters
C. S. Lewis Chair of Communication and Christian Thought, Virginia Wesleyan University
Making Us Laugh: Exemplary Models and Mimetic Taxonomies of Laughter in Animated Films
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of English and Film
Laughing at Cultural Norms with Animation: Transnational Perspectives
Senior Assistant Professor, University of Szeged, Hungary
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021): a Paradigm Shift Regarding Women's Humor at The Walt Disney Company
Registration
Current ISHS members will receive an e-mail invitation and link to attend this webinar and do not need to register separately.
Non-members can attend one of the seven webinars in the series. Nonmembers can use the link below to register for this webinar.
Animated Laughter Registration for Nonmembers
Friday, May 17, 2024, 8:00 am PDT
Chairs: Alberto Godioli & Laura Little
Presenters
Temple Law School
Comedy Collides with the Courtroom and Beyond
University of Groningen
Dark Humor and Free Speech Jurisprudence
University of Liverpool
Creativity, Innovation and Humour
Registration
Current ISHS members will receive an e-mail invitation and link to attend this webinar and do not need to register separately.
Non-members can attend one of the seven webinars in the series. Nonmembers can use the link that will appear below starting on May 12, 2024.
Friday, May 24, 2024, 8:00 am PDT
Chairs: Elisa Gironzetti & Beatrice Priego Valverde
Presenters
Registration
Current ISHS members will receive an e-mail invitation and link to attend this webinar and do not need to register separately for this webinar.
Non-members can attend one of the seven webinars in the series. Nonmembers can use the link that will appear below starting on May 18, 2024.
Friday, May 31, 2024, 8:00 am PDT
Chairs: Liisi Laineste & Anastasiya Fiadotava
Presenters
University of Haifa
What Do We Mean when We Talk about "Locality" in Digital Humor?
University of Burgundy
When Pre-Internet Humour is Shared by Gamers Old Enough to Tell dad Jokes: Online Fan Communities and the Transmission of Adventure Game Humour across Generations
Texas A&M University at Commerce
Dark Brandon: Memetic Drift Meets the Politics of Hate
Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto
Finding Mi-Mu: Analyzing Memes/neta in Japanese Online Media
Registration
Current ISHS members will receive an e-mail invitation and link to attend this webinar and do not need to register separately.
Non-members can attend one of the seven webinars in the series. Nonmembers can use the link that will appear below starting on May 25, 2024.
Friday, June 7, 2024, 8:00 am PDT
Chairs: Nicole Graham & Lina Liederman
Presenters
Registration
Current ISHS members will receive an e-mail invitation and link to attend this webinar and do not need to register separately for this webinar.
Non-members can attend one of the seven webinars in the series. Nonmembers can use the link that will appear below starting on June 1, 2024.
Friday, June 14, 2024, 8:00 am PDT
Chairs: Diego Hoefel, João Paulo Capelotti, & Rujuta Date
Presenters
Registration
Current ISHS members will receive an e-mail invitation and link to attend this webinar and do not need to register separately for this webinar.
Non-members can attend one of the seven webinars in the series. Nonmembers can use the link that will appear below starting on June 8, 2024.
Friday, June 21, 2024, 8:00 am PDT
Chairs: Chiara Bucaria, Delia Chiaro, & Anthony Dion Mitzel
Presenters
Registration
Current ISHS members will receive an e-mail invitation and link to attend this webinar and do not need to register separately for this webinar.
Non-members can attend one of the seven webinars in the series. Nonmembers can use the link that will appear below starting on June 15, 2024.
AI Humor (during the 2024 ISHS Conference, April 19-21)
Organizers: Tristan Miller, Christian Hempelmann, and Julia Rayz
Contact: Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.ca
Animated Laughter: Varieties of Humorous Experience
in Animated Films (May 11, 2024)
Organizers: Terry Lindvall & Will Costanzo
Contact: tlindvall@vwu.edu
Key Issues in Humor and the Law (May 17, 2024)
Organizers: Alberto Godioli & Laura Little
Contact: a.godioli@rug.nl
Multimodality and Interactional Humor –
Methods and Theories (May 24, 2024)
Organizers: Elisa Gironzetti & Beatrice Priego Valverde
Contact: elisag@umd.edu
Cutting Edge of Online Humour Research (May 31, 2024)
Organizers: Liisi Laineste & Anastasiya Fiadotava
Contact: liisi@folklore.ee
Humor and Religion (June 7, 2024)
Organizers: Nicole Graham & Lina Liederman
Contact: nicole.graham@kcl.ac.uk
Call for papers deadline, March 31, 2024.
Humor and Conflict in the Global South (June 14, 2024)
Organizers: Diego Hoefel, João Paulo Capelotti, & Rujuta Date
Contact: joao.capelotti@gmail.com
Humor, Translation and Taboo in 2024 (June 21, 2024)
Organizers: Chiara Bucaria, Delia Chiaro, & Anthony Dion Mitzel
Contact: chiara.bucaria@unibo.it