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SUMMARY:Laughter as a Political Coping Mechanism: Interdisciplinary Approaches
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LOCATION:Stockton Rd\, Durham\, United Kingdom\, DH1 3LE
DESCRIPTION:<p>Please find below the schedule of our upcoming conference &lsquo\;Laughter as a Political Coping Mechanism: Interdisciplinary Approaches&rsquo\;.&nbsp\;It will take place on 28-29 March 2025 in the Confluence Lecture Theatre at Durham University (with each day running from 9:00 am to 5:10 pm). The conference is open to all who are interested in attending. A registration fee is not required.</p>\n<p>The conference is generously co-sponsored by&nbsp\;Durham University&rsquo\;s Department of History\, the&nbsp\;German History Society (GHS)\, and the&nbsp\;Association for the Study of Modern Italy&nbsp\;(ASMI).</p>\n<p>For all additional information\, please refer to our website:&nbsp\;https://laughterasapoliticalcopingmechanism.wordpress.com</p>\n<p>Benedetta Carnaghi and Helen Roche</p>\n<p>(Conference organisers)</p>\n<p><strong>***</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Laughter as a Political Coping Mechanism:</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Interdisciplinary Approaches</strong></p>\n<p>Friday 28 &ndash\; Saturday 29 March&nbsp\;2025</p>\n<p>Confluence Building\, Durham University</p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Friday 28 March&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p>9:00 &ndash\; 9:30 am: Welcome and Breakfast &ndash\;<em>&nbsp\;CB-0021 and CB-0025</em></p>\n<p>9:30 &ndash\; 9:40 am: Conference Introduction &ndash\;<em>&nbsp\;CB-0008</em></p>\n<p><strong>9:40 &ndash\; 10:40 am ~ Keynote 1 + Q&amp\;A &ndash\;</strong><em><strong>&nbsp\;CB-0008</strong></em><strong></strong></p>\n<p>Benedetta Carnaghi (<em>she/her</em>)\, British Academy Newton International Fellow\, and Helen Roche (<em>she/her</em>)\, Associate Professor in Modern Cultural History\, Durham University\, UK</p>\n<p><strong>10:40 am &ndash\; 12:20 pm ~ Panel 1: Music and Performance &ndash\;</strong><em><strong>&nbsp\;CB-0008</strong></em><strong></strong></p>\n<p>Moderator:&nbsp\;Vincent Trott (<em>he/him</em>)\, Senior Lecturer in History\, The Open University\, UK</p>\n<p>10:40 &ndash\; 11:00 am: Clare V. Church (<em>she/her</em>)\, Fellow\, Institute of Historical Research\, UK</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Safe\, Sanitized\, and Altogether Unsexy:&nbsp\;Investigating the Popularity and Impact of the Andrews Sisters&rsquo\; Comedic Songs Throughout the Second World War</li>\n</ul>\n<p>11:00 &ndash\; 11:20 am: Jessica Wardhaugh (<em>she/her</em>)\, Associate Professor and Reader in French Studies\, University of Warwick\, UK</p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Limits of Laughter: Song\, Satire and Subversion in Vichy France</li>\n</ul>\n<p>11:20 &ndash\; 11:40 am: Klara Beetz (<em>she/they</em>)\, MA student in Theater Studies\, Freie Universit&auml\;t Berlin\, Germany</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Subversive Joy: Utopian Imagination in the Travesty Cabaret of East Berlin&rsquo\;s Hibar&eacute\;</li>\n</ul>\n<p>11:40 am &ndash\; 12:00 pm: Adeyemi Johnson Ademowo (<em>he/him</em>)\, Professor\, Department of Sociology\, and Noah Opeyemi Balogun (<em>he/him</em>)\, Senior Lecturer\, Department of Conflict\, Peace and Strategic Studies\, Afe Babalola University\, Nigeria</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Satirical Music as Political Resistance: The Case of Fela Kuti&rsquo\;s Afrobeat (1970-1990)</li>\n</ul>\n<p>12:00 &ndash\; 12:20 pm: Q&amp\;A</p>\n<p>12:30 &ndash\; 1:30 pm: Lunch &ndash\;&nbsp\;<em>CB-0021 and CB-0025</em></p>\n<p><strong>1:30 &ndash\; 3:10 pm ~ Panel 2: Caricature and Visual Satire &ndash\;&nbsp\;<em>CB-0008</em></strong></p>\n<p>Moderator: Katharina Friege (<em>she/her</em>)\, Early Career Research Fellow\, Merton College\, University of Oxford\, UK</p>\n<p>1:30 &ndash\; 1:50 pm: Yuetong Li (<em>she/her</em>)\, PhD student\, University of Cambridge\, UK</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Caricature in Publications and the Struggle for Freedom of Speech in Germany (1874-1914)</li>\n</ul>\n<p>1:50 &ndash\; 2:10 pm: Vincent Trott (<em>he/him</em>)\, Senior Lecturer in History\, The Open University\, UK</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Political Humour\, Preparedness\, and the Fear of Invasion in the United States\, 1914&ndash\;1917</li>\n</ul>\n<p>2:10 &ndash\; 2:30 pm: Luciano Cheles (<em>he/him</em>)\, Emeritus Professor\, Laboratoire Universitaire Histoire Cultures Italie Europe\, Universit&eacute\; Grenoble Alpes\, France</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Graphic Attacks: Satire in Italy\, from the 1920s to the Present</li>\n</ul>\n<p>2:30 &ndash\; 2:50 pm: Serena Vandi (<em>she/her</em>)\, Assistant Professor in Italian\, Trinity College Dublin\, Ireland\, and Honorary Faculty Research Fellow at the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages\, University of Oxford\, UK</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Naked and Layered: Satire and Power in Three Italian Case Studies</li>\n</ul>\n<p>2:50 &ndash\; 3:10 pm: Q&amp\;A</p>\n<p>3:10 &ndash\; 3:30 pm: Coffee Break &ndash\;&nbsp\;<em>CB-0021 and CB-0025</em></p>\n<p><strong>3:30 &ndash\; 5:10 pm ~ Panel 3 (Online): Humorous Resistance &ndash\;&nbsp\;</strong><em><strong>CB-0008</strong></em><strong></strong></p>\n<p>Moderator: Xiaofei Tu (<em>he/him</em>)\, Associate Professor\, Department of Languages\, Literatures and Cultures\, Appalachian State University\, USA</p>\n<p>3:30 &ndash\; 3:50 pm: Nhi Yen Le (<em>she/her</em>)\, PhD student\, Department of Modern History and Society\, Norwegian University of Science and Technology\, Norway</p>\n<ul>\n<li>How the Duck Quacked Back:&nbsp\;<em>Vịt Đực</em>&rsquo\;s Appropriation\, Satire\, Censorship\, and Resistance in the 1930s Colonial Vietnam</li>\n</ul>\n<p>3:50 &ndash\; 4:10 pm: Roman Mamin (<em>he/him</em>)\, MA student in History\, Paris Cit&eacute\; Universit&eacute\;\, France</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pragmatic Horizons of Late Soviet Jokes: Situational Positions\, Gender Roles\, Discourse Communities</li>\n</ul>\n<p>4:10 &ndash\; 4:30 pm: Valentina Marcella (<em>she/her</em>)\, Assistant Professor in Turkish Studies\, Universit&agrave\; degli Studi di Napoli L&rsquo\;Orientale\, Italy</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coping with Authoritarianism: Humour and Satire in Turkey</li>\n</ul>\n<p>4:30 &ndash\; 4:50 pm: Andr&eacute\;s Francisco Dapuez (<em>he/him</em>)\, Full-time Researcher\, National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET)\, and Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Maryland\, College Park\, USA</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moral Consumption\, Throwing Polenta Away\, and Joking about the State</li>\n</ul>\n<p>4:50 &ndash\; 5:10 pm: Q&amp\;A</p>\n<p>7:30 pm: Conference Dinner &ndash\;&nbsp\;<em>Location TBD</em></p>\n<p><strong>Saturday 29 March</strong></p>\n<p>9:00 &ndash\; 9:30 am: Breakfast &ndash\;&nbsp\;<em>Scarborough Cafe</em></p>\n<p><strong>9:30 &ndash\; 10:50 am ~ Keynote 2 (in French with English translation) + Q&amp\;A &ndash\;&nbsp\;</strong><em><strong>CB-0008</strong></em><strong></strong></p>\n<p>Keynote Speaker: Alya Aglan (<em>she/her</em>)\, Professor of Contemporary History and Director of the Institut Pierre Renouvin\, Universit&eacute\; Paris 1 &ndash\; Panth&eacute\;on-Sorbonne\, France</p>\n<p>English Reader: Ben Fried (<em>he/him</em>)\, SSHRC/Killam Postdoctoral Fellow\, Dalhousie University\, Canada</p>\n<p><strong>10:50 am &ndash\; 12:30 pm ~ Panel 4: Fascism and Dictatorship &ndash\;&nbsp\;</strong><em><strong>CB-0008</strong></em><strong></strong></p>\n<p>Moderator: Jessica Wardhaugh (<em>she/her</em>)\, Associate Professor and Reader in French Studies\, University of Warwick\, UK</p>\n<p>10:50 &ndash\; 11:10 am: Francesco Sacc&agrave\; (<em>he/him</em>)\, PhD student in History and Transmission of Cultural Heritage\, Universit&agrave\; degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli\, Italy</p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Script to Entertain Them: The Humoristic &lsquo\;Movie&rsquo\; Language of&nbsp\;<em>Marc&rsquo\;Aurelio</em>&nbsp\;during Fascism (1936-1943)</li>\n</ul>\n<p>11:10 &ndash\; 11:30 am: Alexandra Oeser (<em>she/her</em>)\, Professor\, Department of Sociology\, Universit&eacute\; Paris Nanterre\, France</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Laughter in National-Socialist Concentration Camps: Social Hierarchy and Political Engagement in the Art-Work of Nina Jirs&iacute\;kov&aacute\;</li>\n</ul>\n<p>11:30 &ndash\; 11:50 am: Natalie Schwabl (<em>she/her</em>)\, PhD student in Modern History in the Faculty of Arts\, Languages\, Literature and Humanities\, Sorbonne University\, Paris\, France</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coping with Fascism through Humour: Anticlerical Caricatures in Post-War-Croatia (1945-1946)</li>\n</ul>\n<p>11:50 am &ndash\; 12:10 pm: Paolo Scotton (<em>he/him</em>)\, Lecturer\, and Raquel Cerc&oacute\;s (<em>she/her</em>)\, Adjunct Professor\, Department of Theory and History of Education\, University of Barcelona\, Spain</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joan Brossa: When Poetry Turns into Revolt</li>\n</ul>\n<p>12:10 &ndash\; 12:30 pm: Q&amp\;A</p>\n<p>12:30 &ndash\; 1:30 pm: Lunch &ndash\;&nbsp\;<em>Scarborough Caf&eacute\;</em></p>\n<p><strong>1:30 &ndash\; 3:10 pm ~ Panel 5: Postfascism &ndash\;&nbsp\;<em>CB-0008</em></strong></p>\n<p>Moderator: Luciano Cheles (<em>he/him</em>)\, Emeritus Professor\, Laboratoire Universitaire Histoire Cultures Italie Europe\, Universit&eacute\; Grenoble Alpes\, France</p>\n<p>1:30 &ndash\; 1:50 pm: Sophie Dubillot (<em>she/her</em>)\, PhD graduate in History\, The Open University\, UK</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visual Humour by Returning French Prisoners of War and Forced Workers in Liberation France (1944-1946)</li>\n</ul>\n<p>1:50 &ndash\; 2:10 pm: Katharina Friege (<em>she/her</em>)\, Early Career Research Fellow\, Merton College\, University of Oxford\, UK</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Broadcasting Humour: Rubble\, Reconstruction\, and the Radio in Great Britain and Western Germany\, 1945-1960</li>\n</ul>\n<p>2:10 &ndash\; 2:30 pm: Simbarashe&nbsp\;Marowa (<em>he/him</em>)\, PhD student\, UGent\, Belgium and Concordia University\, Canada\, and Ushe Kufakurinani (<em>he/him</em>)\, Lecturer in International Development\, University of Sussex\, UK</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Social Media and Playful Engagements on the Political Economy: The Case of Zimbabwe</li>\n</ul>\n<p>2:30 &ndash\; 2:50 pm: Xiaofei Tu (<em>he/him</em>)\, Associate Professor\, Department of Languages\, Literatures and Cultures\, Appalachian State University\, USA</p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Role of Humor in Resisting Autocracy: The Case of China with Historical Precedents</li>\n</ul>\n<p>2:50 &ndash\; 3:10 pm: Q&amp\;A</p>\n<p>3:10 &ndash\; 3:30 pm: Coffee Break &ndash\;&nbsp\;<em>Scarborough Cafe</em></p>\n<p><strong>3:30 &ndash\; 5:10 pm ~ Panel 6 (Online): Humour in Extremis &ndash\;&nbsp\;</strong><em><strong>CB-0008</strong></em><strong></strong></p>\n<p>Moderator: Benedetta Carnaghi (<em>she/her</em>)\, British Academy Newton International Fellow\, Durham University\, UK</p>\n<p>3:30 &ndash\; 3:50 pm: A.&nbsp\;Austin&nbsp\;Garey&nbsp\;(<em>she/her</em>)\, Research Scholar\, Kennan Institute\, Wilson Center\, Washington\, DC\, USA</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visual Humour in European Home Fronts: Britain and Ukraine</li>\n</ul>\n<p>3:50 &ndash\; 4:10 pm: Zlata Osipova (<em>she/her</em>)\, PhD student\, Mariupol State University\, Ukraine</p>\n<ul>\n<li>We Against Them: Humor as a Unifying Force in Ukraine&rsquo\;s Resistance</li>\n</ul>\n<p>4:10 &ndash\; 4:30 pm: Alireza&nbsp\;Salehi-Nejad&nbsp\;(<em>he/him</em>)\, Researcher\, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences\, University of Technology Sydney\, Australia</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Challenging Authority Through Humor: A Study of The Evolution of Political Satire in Modern Iran&nbsp\;from the Persian Constitutional Revolution to the Present</li>\n</ul>\n<p>4:30 &ndash\; 4:50 pm: Aidan Jones (<em>he/him</em>)\, Adjunct Lecturer\, King&rsquo\;s College London\, UK</p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Death Penalty\, Humour\, and the United States</li>\n</ul>\n<p>4:50 &ndash\; 5:10 pm: Q&amp\;A</p>\n<p>END OF CONFERENCE</p>
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