# Event Details

- **Event Name**: HUMOUR | AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 29 May, 2026 at 10:00 am – Fri, 29 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Humour NetworkAbout this EventLunch will be provided, please email any dietary requirements to katharina.friege@merton.ox.ac.uk. Please also email if you would like to opt out.ProgrammeIntroduction: Welcome10-10.30We will serve coffee and tea from 10am and begin the workshop with a few introductory remarks around 10:20.Keynote Address10.30-11.30Dr Oliver Double. ‘From Charity Shops to the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive: Developing Stand-Up as an Academic Discipline’Coffee and tea11.30-11.45Panel 1: Humour through Disciplines11.45-1.15Prof Simon Kirchin. ‘Philosophy and Comedy: Dissecting Frogs?’Dr Simon Weaver. ‘Developing a Critical Approach to Humour and Comedy through Rhetorical Discourse Analysis’Lunch1.15-2.30Panel 2: Thinking About Satire2.30-4Prof Marilyn Booth. ‘Thinking through satire as political history: Egypt, 1890s-1920s’Dr Adam Smith. ‘Satyrs and Scalpels Revisited: On Resisting Distorting Discourses of Satiric Violence’Coffee and tea4-4.15Panel 3: Humour in Unexpected Places4.15-5.45Dr Niamh Kehoe-Rouchy. ‘Gendered Humour and Holiness in Old English Hagiography’Dr Massih Zekavat. ‘A Literary Scholar, a Psychologist, and a Communications Scholar Walk into a Bar.’ [Online]5.45 Conclusion ____Eventbrite processes data (including any personal data you may submit by responding to this invitation) outside of the European Economic Area. Please only submit any personal data which you are happy to have processed in this way, and in accordance with Eventbrite’s privacy policy applicable to attendees (available here: Eventbrite Privacy Policy | Eventbrite Help Centre). If you prefer not to use Eventbrite for responding to this invitation, you may respond directly to torch@humanities.ox.ac.uk.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/oxford/humour-|-an-interdisciplinary-symposium/100001988315106006
- **Event Categories**: comedy, Art, Entertainment, Nonprofit, Workshops, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Oxford
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Learning Centre
- **lat**: 51.7599678
- **long**: -1.2638946
- **full address**: Learning Centre, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is HUMOUR | AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM being held?
  - **A:** HUMOUR | AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM takes place on Fri, 29 May, 2026 at 10:00 am to Fri, 29 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm at Learning Centre, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing HUMOUR | AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM?
  - **A:** HUMOUR | AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM is organized by TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities.

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