American Humor Studies Association Works-in-Progress Conference July 9th Black Comedy Matters July 16th New Books-in-Progress July 23rd First Books-in-Progress July 30th American Literature Association…
Two new CFPs for International Humor Conferences
HUSSE (the Hungarian Society for the Study of English) will hold its 15th biennial conference on 2-4 December, 2021 if on…
Report from the AHSA Business Meeting
The AHSA Business Meeting was held on 6/10/21 online. You can read the minutes here: We had a productive meeting…
Book talk on 6/18: New books in the Humor in America Series
Hello all,Please join James E. Caron, author of Satire as the Comic Public Sphere: Postmodern Truthiness and Civic Engagement, and Christopher…
Schedule for “Works in Progress Conference”–Fridays in July
American Humor Studies Association Works-in-Progress Conference July 9th Black Comedy Matters 1:00pm-3:30pm Eastern July 16th New Books-in-Progress 12:00pm-5:15pm Eastern July 23rd First Books-in-Progress 12:00am-5:15pm Eastern July…
Please join us for our annual business meeting, June 10th (*RESCHEDULED*)
Hello, Please join us for our annual business meeting on June 10 from 4:00 to 6:00pm Eastern time. https://utexas.zoom.us/j/92957896137 Journal…
Call for Proposals: Judith Yaross Lee Publication Grant in American Humor Studies
Eligibility: Graduate Students working on humor/comedy studies in a broad American context;; scholars who received their Ph.D. in 2021 are eligible,…
In Memoriam: M. Thomas Inge
One of the key founders of the AHSA, former editor of Studies in American Humor, and overall nice guy and…
Pocket Reviews
Cole, Jean Lee. How the Other Half Laughs: the Comic Sensibility in American Literature, 1895-1920. Jackson: University of Mississippi Press. 2020. 200 pages. ISBN: 978-1-4968-2653-4. Softcover. $28.49. Review by Kalman Goldstein In…
