11th Humor Research Conference 2021

Friday and Saturday, February 26-27, 2021 | Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX

The Humor Research Conference is a student-organized international multidisciplinary all-plenary event dedicated to the study of humor in all its facets. Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic situation, the 11th annual Humor Research Conference (HRC) 2021 will be live-broadcast on the web.

The conference is student-friendly and invites submissions on any topic in humor studies, including and not restricted to literary studies, psychology, folklore, sociology, computer science, and linguistics.

Call for Papers:

Papers consist of a standard 20-minute presentation, plus 5 minutes Q\A; posters consist of a deck of slides (10-15 max), which will be uploaded to the conference web site a week before the conference and of a Q&A slot during the conference. Panels or workshops can be organized as preferred, within the 90 minutes slot. No double panels please.

Abstract for general submission (up to 250 words plus 1 extra page for images, references, etc.); indicate if paper (20m + Q/A) or poster or either, panels of 3 papers (90 minutes), or workshop (90 minutes).

Submission Email: HRC@tamuc.edu

Faculty sponsors,

Salvatore Attardo, PhD
Professor
Department of Literature and Languages

Christian F. Hempelmann, PhD
Associate Professor of Computational Linguistics
Director, Ontological Semantic Technology Lab
Department of Literature and Languages

Proposals

Deadline: January 8th

Abstract for general submission (up to 250 words; plus 1 extra page for images, references, etc.); indicate if paper (20m + Q/A) or poster or either, provide a title.
Panels of 3 papers (90 minutes)
Workshops (90 minutes)
Submission email: HRC@tamuc.edu
Any topic in humor research is welcome, including and not restricted to literary studies, psychology, sociology, and linguistics.