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BOOK of ABSTRACTS Estonian Literary Museum Centre of Excellence in Estonian Studies 30th ISHS Conference Humour: Positively (?) Transforming Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia 25-29 June 2018 BOOK of ABSTRACTS ELM Scholarly Press Tartu 2018 Editing: Liisi Laineste and Anastasiya Fiadotava Cover design and illustrations: Maris Kaskmann Proofreading: Eric Weitz Layout: Diana Kahre https://www.folklore.ee/ishs2018/ The event is supported by the European Union, European Regional Development Fund through Enterprise Estonia conference support grant and ASTRA project of Tallinn University – TU TEE Tallinn University as a promoter of intelligent lifestyle (no 2014- 2020.4.01.16-0033, activity D41), Estonian Cultural Endowment, and the Estonian Literary Museum (Centre of Excellence in Estonian Studies and IUT 22-5). Enterprise Estonia project name: “Organising the 30th annual ISHS 2018 conference” (total support: 30 000 EUR) ISBN 978-9949-586-73-8 (print) ISBN 978-9949-586-74-5 (pdf) © authors © Maris Kaskmann © Estonian Literary Museum, 2018 30th ISHS Conference 2018 in Tallinn, Estonia PROGRAMME Monday, June 25, 2018 Pre-Conference Doctoral Seminar Day “Humour 101” 08:00-09:00 registration 09:00-10:00 Opening lecture (Chair: Liisi Laineste) Jessica Milner Davis (University of Sydney). Investigating Humour and Laughter: The Importance of Looking Beyond Your Own Discipline 10:00-10:30 coffee/tea 10:30-12:00 Parallel doctoral school workshops Parallel doctoral school workshop 1 (Władysław Chłopicki) Parallel doctoral school workshop 2 (Jessica Milner Davis & Jennifer Hofmann) Parallel doctoral school workshop 3 (Thomas Ford) Parallel doctoral school workshop 4 (Giselinde Kuipers) 12:00-13:00 lunch 13:00-14:30 Parallel lectures and workshops continue 14:30-15:00 coffee/tea 15:00-16:30 Parallel lectures and workshops continue 16:30-17:30 Wrap-up (Chair: Thomas Ford) 19:00-21:00 Opening reception at Tallinn University Announcing ISHS 2018 early student registration awards, DANYS, GSA & CDA 3 Humour: Positively (?) Transforming Tuesday, June 26, 2018 9:00-9:20 Presidential address: Władysław Chłopicki 9:20-10:30 Keynote (Chair: Władysław Chłopicki) Jessica Milner Davis (University of Sydney). The Politics and Satire Project: Scrutinising Satire From a Transdisciplinary Perspective 10:30-11:00 coffee/tea Posters up! 11:00-13:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS 1 Current Topics in the Psychology of Humor I (Chair: Sonja Heintz) Humor and Intertextuality I (Chairs: Villy Tsakona & Jan Chovanec) Humor, Gender and Sexuality I (Chair: Delia Chiaro) Theory: A Linguistic Close-Up (Chair: Lauren Olin) Folklore (Chair: Elliott Oring) Education (Chair: German Payo) 13:00-14:30 lunch EJHR meeting 14:30-16:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS 2 Current Topics in the Psychology of Humor II (Chair: Sonja Heintz) Religion (Chair: Sammy Basu) Humor, Gender and Sexuality II (Chair: Cornelia Cody) Theory: Ontological Foundations (Chair: Graeme Ritchie) Stand-Up (Chair: Ian Brodie) Rethinking the Politics of Humor (Chair: Giselinde Kuipers) 16:30-17:00 coffee/tea 17:00-18:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS 3 Tests and Measures (Chair: Jennifer Hofmann) Identity, Context and Political Transformations (Chair: Jessica Milner Davis) Gender (Chair: Patrice Oppliger) Philosophy (IAPH) I (Chair: Lauren Olin) Politics I (Chair: Veronika Zangl) Workshop (Nadia Desroches) 19:00-00:00 Comedy contest @Must Puudel 4 30th ISHS Conference 2018 in Tallinn, Estonia Wednesday, June 27, 2018 9:00-10:30 Plenary session (Chair: Martin Lampert) Adam Valen Levinson (Yale University). Taking Offense Seriously (DANYS) Gabriella Valentino (Swansea University). Stiff Upper Lip: Wodehouse’s Berlin Broadcasts (GSA) Joonas Koivukoski (University of Helsinki). Verbal Humor in Populist Rhetoric – Jab Lines Along the Way From Marginal to Minister in Timo Soini’s Career (GSA) 10:30-11:00 coffee/tea 11:00-12:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS 4 Psychology (Chair: Willibald Ruch) Humor and Intertextuality II (Chairs: Villy Tsakona & Jan Chovanec) Humour and Violence (Chairs: Anna-Sophie Jürgens & Jarno Hietalahti) Sports (Chair: Kalle Voolaid) Humour in/and/or Protest I: The Theory of Political Humour (Chairs: Daria Radchenko & Alexandra Arkhipova) Translation (Chair: Will Noonan) 12:30-14:00 lunch ISHS board meeting 14:00-15:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS 5 Arts (Chair: Anastasiya Fiadotava) Humour and Intertextuality III (Chairs: Villy Tsakona & Jan Chovanec) Asking the Audiences: Laughter in Performance I (Chair: Richard Talbot) Artificial Intelligence I: Humour Generation & Recognition (Chair: Julia Rayz) Humour in/and/or Protest II: Humour and Protest in the Internet (Chairs: Daria Radchenko & Alexandra Arkhipova) Workshop (Ira Seidenstein) 15:30-16:00 coffee/tea Poster session 16:00-18:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS 6 Health and Humour (Chair: Paavo Kerkkänen) Linguistics (Chair: Kseniia Shilikhina) Asking the Audiences: Laughter in Performance II (Chair: Ian Wilkie) Artificial Intelligence II: Analysis and Theory of Humour (Chair: Tristan Miller) Humour in/and/or Protest III: Humour and Protest Around the Globe (Chairs: Daria Radchenko & Alexandra Arkhipova) Yuck, Yuck, Yuck: Laughing at Disgust (Chair: Delia Chiaro) 19:00-22:00 banquet at Olde Hansa 5 Humour: Positively (?) Transforming Thursday, June 28, 2018 8:45-10:00 trip to Vihula 10:00-11:00 Keynote (Chair: Moira Marsh) Elliott Oring (California State University, Los Angeles). Oppositions, Overlaps, and Ontologies: The General Theory of Verbal Humor Revisited 11:00-11:30 coffee/tea 11:30-13:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS 7 Christie Davies Panel I: Close Circles (Chair: Liisi Laineste) Humour and Literature I (Chair: Roni Cohen) Video Games (Chair: Valeria Generalova) Humour in Communication (Chair: Helga Kotthoff) Workshop (Mariann Martin) 13:00-14:00 lunch RISU roundtable 14:00-15:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS 8 Christie Davies Panel II: Influences (Chair: Dorota Brzozowska) Humour and Literature II (Chair: John Parkin) Comedians (Chair: Eric Weitz) Tourism (Chair: Anja Pabel) Workshop (Haide Männamäe & Toomas Tross) 15:30-16:00 coffee/tea 16:00-17:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS 9 Christie Davies Panel III: Reverberations (Chair: Delia Chiaro) Humour and Literature III (Chair: Yen-Mai Tran-Gervat) Identity (Chair: Anastasiya Astapova) Philosophy (IAPH) II (Chair: Sammy Basu) Workshop (Anita Dorczak) 17:30-18:00 coffee/tea 18:00-19:00 CDA plenary (Chair: Giselinde Kuipers) Hannah Baldwin (Royal Holloway, University of London). "Was it you who died, or your brother?" 19:00-19:30 Piip and Tuut show 19:30-21:30 dinner 21:30-22:30 trip back 6 30th ISHS Conference 2018 in Tallinn, Estonia Friday, June 29, 2018 9:00-11:00 Keynotes (Chair: Liisi Laineste) Trevor Blank (State University of New York at Potsdam). How the Mighty Have Fallen: American Celebrity Scandals and Humor Dynamics Online Limor Shifman (Hebrew University of Jerusalem). The Promises and Perils of Internet Memes 11:00-11:30 coffee/tea 11:30-13:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS 10 Humor and (the Lack of) Limitations I (Chair: Maria Laakso) Humour and Literature IV (Chair: Jessica Milner Davis) Interdisciplinary Debate on the Novel “The Man Who Spoke Snakish” (Andrus Kivirähk) (Chairs: Władysław Chłopicki & Reet Hiiemäe) Politics II (Chair: Aleksandar Takovski) Canadian Connection (Chair: Antti Lindfors) Comedy Documentaries I: Funeral Season, directed by Matthew Lancit (Chair: Carlo Cubero) 13:00-14:30 lunch HUMOR board meeting 14:30-16:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS 11 Humor and (the Lack of) Limitations II (Chair: Jarno Hietalahti) Humour and Literature V (Chair: Jeanne Mathieu-Lessard) Health Benefits of Humour (Chair: Sibe Doosje) Politics III (Chair: Massih Zekavat) Comedy Documentaries II: La Promesa, directed by Valeria Luongo; Who Cares About Caring?, directed by Amaranta Heredia (Chair: Carlo Cubero) 16:00-16:30 coffee/tea 16:30-18:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS 12 Humor and (the Lack of) Limitations III (Chair: Marianna Keisalo) Law and Limits (Chairs: Rachel DiCioccio & Laura Little) Memes (Chair: Limor Shifman) Comedy Documentaries III: Planet Petrila, directed by Andrei Dascalescu (Chair: Carlo Cubero) 18:00 ISHS general meeting 7 Humour: Positively (?) Transforming KEYNOTES Trevor Blank (State University of New York at Potsdam) How the Mighty Have Fallen: American Celebrity Scandals and Humor Dynamics Online In American society, celebrities are considered “intimate strangers.” Due to the onslaught of gossip columns, magazines, tabloids, television programs (both satirical and genuine), Web-based news dissemination, and now even more ubiquitously through amateur and professional blogging and social media cul- tivation, every detail of celebrity culture is filtered, scrutinized, and presented through a vast web of opinion, manipulation, and perpetual exchange. From tabloids to TMZ.com, narratives of celebrities “gone wild” abound in numerous forms of popular and social media, often glamorizing their seemingly deliberate social deviance. Such exposure embeds within the public an inordinate amount of knowledge about many celebrities whom they do not actually know person- ally. But what happens when our perception of these stars become redefined in the wake of a media event or scandal? And more importantly, what happens when a revered celebrity’s actions are deemed not only out of character, but morally reprehensible? Looking at Internet forums, YouTube comments, social media postings, and the #MeToo hashtag campaign, this paper will examine the rise of humor in response to sexual misconduct allegations waged against established celebrity figures such as Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein, and Kevin Spacey, among
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