International
Society for Humor Studies
1996 ISHS Conference
Hosted by
University of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia
Daily Programs
Day 1: July 8 Day 2: July 9 Day 3: July 10 Day 4: July 11
| OPENING DAY: MONDAY, JULY 8, 1996 | |
Conference Welcome
Central Lecture Block,
Room 7, 9:00
am to 9:30 am
University Welcome
John Niland, Vice Chancellor, University of New South Wales
Pleanary Session #1
Disaster
Humour: From Tokyo to Port Arthur
Central Lecture Block, Room
7, 9:30
am to 10:30 am
Chair
John
McCallum, University of New South Wales
Panelists
Goh
Abe, Tokushima Burni Universtiy, Japan
Bruce
Keller, The Vietnamese-Australian Contemporary Theatre Company
Morning
Tea
10:30 am to
11:00 am
Pleanary Session #2
The
Comedy of Business and the Business of Comedy
Central
Lecture Block, Room 7, 11:00
am to 1:00 am
Chair
Harry
Heseltine, Australian Defence Forces Academy
Panelists
Campbell McComas, Comic Speechmaker, Australia
Robert Wood, University of New South Wales
Simon Morgan, Harold Park Hotel and Comedy Venue, Australia
Art Gliner, Humor Communication Company, Maryland, USA
Lunch
1:00 pm to 2:00
pm
Breakout Session #1
Various Rooms,
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Paper Session 1A |
Paper Session 1B |
Paper Session 1C |
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Thomas Pynchon, Frederic Jameson, and Comic Irony: An Approach to Postmodernism Elaine Safer University of Delaware Thalia and Miss Groby: Pedagogie Humor in Modern American Fiction D. G. Kehl Arizona State University
John Batts University of Ottawa |
Humor Styles vs. Burnout Rates R.
Wiburn Clouse Schoolhouse Humor: Trends and Implications
for Administrators |
Truthtellers or Gadflys?: Women as Humorists—Do they Create a Difference? Beth Randall University of Melbourne Gender
in Humour— Annie
McGregor |
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Workshop 1D |
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Afternoon Tea
3:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Breakout Session #2
Various Rooms,
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Paper Session 2A |
Paper Session 2B |
Paper Session 2C |
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Political Satire in the 1996 Australian Federal Elections and Since Robert Phiddian The Flinders University of South Australia Jokes
about the Political Change Pieter DeBruyn Potchefstroom University, South Africa |
Managing the Unmanageable: The Chicken, the Stork, and the Banana Skin Harry Heseltine Australian Defence Forces Academy Establishing a Laughter Room in a
Rural Hospital Setting: A Mirthful Birth |
Multicultural,
Ethnic Comedy: Gerald Matte Australian Catholic University Careful,
Your Sense of Humour John
Hirshman |
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Workshop 2D |
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DAY TWO: TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1996 |
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Breakout Session #3
Various Rooms,
9:00 am to 10:30 am
Paper Session 3A |
Paper Session 3B |
Paper Session 3C |
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Joyce's
and Becket's Word Play: Don Nilsen Arizona State University Therapy
or the Healing Power Aida Diaz Bild University of La Laguna
Marjorie Lightfoot Arizona State University |
Measuring Humour in Advertising Carolyn Costley University of Waikato Making Selling Fun Business Show— |
The
Impact of Australian Lindsay Foyle Australian
Black & White Imagine
a Man who is Note Sensitive Jere
C. Moorman What
Made Diana
L. Mahony |
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Workshop 3D |
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Morning
Tea
10:30 am to
11:00 am
Pleanary Session #3
Laughter
and Censorship
Central Lecture Block, Room 7, 11:00
am to 1:00 am
Chair
Elaine
Safer, University of Delaware
Panelists
Robbie Swan, Editor, Kookaburra Magazine, Australia
Jill McKeogh, University of New South Wales
George Smilovici, Australia
Christie Davies, University of Reading, United Kingdom
Paul Lewis, Boston College
Lunch
1:00 pm to 2:00
pm
Breakout Session #4
Various Rooms,
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Paper Session 4A |
Paper Session 4B |
Paper Session 4C |
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Setting
Limits: Humour and Dorothy Jones University of Wollongong Peter
Carey's Tristam Smith Don Fletcher University of Queensland |
Humour and Political Correctness Paul Lewis Boston College Sexual Humour, Environmental Joking about Lawyers through History |
Postmodernism and the Study of Humour George Paton Aston University, United Kingdom Postmodernism
as a Joke N.
J. C. Vasantkumar |
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Workshop 4D |
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Afternoon Tea
3:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Breakout Session #5
Various Rooms,
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Paper Session 5A |
Paper Session 5B |
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Humor
as a Tool against Prejudice: Alleen Pace Nilsen Arizona State University Innocents
Abroad: Immigrant Humour Evangeline Manickam Indian Institute of Technology |
Humor
as an Expression of Cultural Aleya
Rouchdy University of Michigan at Flint Ethnic
Joking and Kimie Oshima Aoyama Gakuin University |
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Workshop 5D |
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DAY THREE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1996 |
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Breakout Session #6
Various Rooms,
9:00 am to 10:30 am
Paper Session 6A |
Paper Session 6B |
Paper Session 6C |
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From
Invisibility to Crudity: Christie Davies University of Reading Laughter
through Clenched Teeth: David Mount Australian Regular Army
Nadia Fletcher |
The
Cognitive Therapy of Emotional Carmen Moran University of New South Wales Die Laughing? Why Not? 'Letting it Come Naturally': The Use |
Between
Heaven and Earth: Heather Thomson St.
Mark's National Theological Centre The
Four Humours Ian
Channell |
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Workshop 6D |
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Morning
Tea
10:30 am to
11:00 am
Pleanary Session #4
Cultural
Approaches to Laughter in
Japan, India, Sri-Lanka, and Australia
Central Lecture Block, Room 7, 11:00
am to 1:00 am
Chair
Randall
Albury, University of New South Wales
Panelists
Eitarow Masuyama, Takushoku University, Japan
Goh Abe, Tokushima Bunri University, Japan
Bob Ellis, Writer and Director, Australia
Yasmine Gooneratne, Macquarie University, Australia
Lunch
1:00 pm to 2:00
pm
Breakout Session #7
Various Rooms,
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Paper Session 7A |
Paper Session 7B |
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A
Psychometrical Analysis Eitarow Masuyama Takushoku University Mark
Twain's Junichiro Sano Soka University |
Cross-Cultural
Comparisons Kristen Murray University of New South Wales Transporting Humour via Hooks, American Cartoons, Communication, |
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Workshop 7C |
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Afternoon Tea
3:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Breakout Session #8
Various Rooms,
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Paper Session 8A |
Paper Session 8B |
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The Himalayan Heritage of Humour Ram Kumar Panday Tribhuvan University, Nepal The Play of Culture – the Culture of Play Elaine Gerbert University of Kansas |
Praga Comica – The Comic Prague Vladimir Borecky Charles University, Prague Being Different is Nice: Laughwithnotat German Payo Losa Colegio Antonio Machado |
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Workshop 8C |
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DAY FOUR: THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1996 |
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Breakout Session #9
Various Rooms,
9:00 am to 10:30 am
Paper Session 9A |
Paper Session 9B |
Paper Session 9C |
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The
Peculiarities of Mikail Bulgakov's Tamara Vaserstein State College, Pennsylvania Black humor in Saltykov's Satire Dora Burton Arizona State University
Emil Draitser Hunter College, New York |
The
Physiology of Laughter: Rosemary Giurialto & David Garlick University of New South Wales How is Sarcasm Understood? Manic-Depression and |
A Theory of Humour and Laughter Moses Bainy Humour in Music John Carmody The
Australian Humour Pete
Crofts |
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Workshop 9D |
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Morning
Tea
10:30 am to
11:00 am
Pleanary Session #5
Humour
and Health
Central Lecture Block,
Room 7, 11:00
am to 1:00 am
Chair
Carmen
Moran, University of New South Wales
Panelists
Hall Duncan, International Centre for Humor & Health, USA
Jean-Paul Bell, The Humour Foundation, Australia
Bob Ellis, Writer and Director, Australia
Bruce Alcorn, Australian Cerebral Palsy Association
Bernard Saper, Florida International University
Lunch
1:00 pm to 2:00
pm
Breakout Session #10
Various Rooms,
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Paper Session 10A |
Paper Session 10B |
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An
Attempt at Formulating Peter Gerdes University of New South Wales In
a Devil-May-Care World, Mary Ann Rishel Ithaca College, New York The
Woman I Could've Been: Merryn Johns University of New South Wales |
Humour in a 'New Light' Randall Albury University of New South Wales Empirical Evaluation of |
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Workshop 10C |
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Afternoon Tea
3:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Final Plenary Session and Workshops
Various Rooms,
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
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Plenary #6 Rodney
Marks (Chair), Hoaxes and Jokeses |
Workshop Director of Laughter Strategies |
Workshop Boston College
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