AHSN - AHSN July 2013 E-Newsletter
AHSN WEB-SITE: http://www.sydney.edu.au/humourstudies
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2014 ANNUAL AHSN COLLOQUIUM WELLINGTON, NEW
ZEALAND, 14-15 FEBRUARY: REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
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Registration is now open for the 2014 Annual Colloquium
of AHSN, at the National Library, Wellington, 14-15 February.
To access the Registration Form at the Victoria University of
Wellington, please visit the AHSN website, Events > Registration
page at:
http://www.sydney.edu.au/humourstudies
Information on travel and accommodation in Wellington,
including maps, is also posted at Events > Information page.
The Call of Proposals is still open and closes on 30 August.
For details and submission, see the Events page.
If you have already successfully submitted a proposal, please
remember that you MUST register to attend and present.
Many thanks to the Conference Convenor,
Mike Lloyd (Sociology, Victoria University of Wellington),
and his VUW colleagues, Marco Sonzogni (Italian,
Translation Studies), and Meredith Marra (Linguistics). They
are eagerly looking forward to receiving you in Wellington
next year for what promises to be an outstanding Colloquium.
For more information, email Mike Lloyd: Mike.Lloyd@vuw.ac.nz
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HOLD THE DATES! 2014 ISHS CONFERENCE, UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS
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The 2014 International Society for Humor Studies Conference is scheduled for
7-11 July 2014 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. For more information, email the
Cconvenor, Dr Sibe Doosje: S.Doosje@fss.uu.nl
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CONFERENCE ON "THE HECKLER", LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF
THE ARTS, UK, 13 JULY 2013
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THE HECKLER -- A symposium of performative presentations and
provocations, organised by Lee Campbell and Mel Jordan, Loughborough
University School of the Arts (in association with Trade, Nottingham);
Where: Trade, 1 Thoresby Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom, NG1 1AJ;
When: Saturday 13 July 2013, 12.30 - 18.30pm
To attend this event, book a free ticket at: http://heckler.eventbrite.com/
Keynote speakers:
Daniel Z. Kadar, Professor of English Language and Linguistics, Director,
Centre for Intercultural Politeness Research, University of Huddersfield.
Provisional paper title: The heckler’s ‘impoliteness’: A mimetic-relational
perspective.
Peter Bond (Senior Lecturer, Performance theory and practice, Central
Saint Martin’s College of Art & Design). Provisional paper title: Off-side.
Dr. Ian Bruff (Political Scientist, Lecturer in International Relations at
Loughborough University’s Department for Politics, History & Int. Relations).
with invited speakers: Robin Bale, Andrew Brown, Claire Makhlouf Carter,
Corinne Felgate, Ben Fitton, Mel Jordan, Kypros Kyprianou, David Mabb,
Tim Miles, Sarah Sparkes.
The symposium will explore the potential of the Heckler to be a speaker
offering a revised understanding of social exchanges within contemporary
debates on participation, linguistics, ethics and communication. Artists
Campbell and Jordan argue that the Heckler, a person who disrupts
performances, speeches and public addresses, should be considered as
a metaphorical figurehead of impoliteness.
At any rate, the Heckler should appear on the menu of communicative
speech acts and as a tactic for understanding the performers’ relationship
to an audience. Furthermore the notion of the Heckler enables a review
of the troublesome divisions presented in the dichotomies inherent in the
coupling of speaker and listener, performer and audience, official speaker
and unauthorised respondent.
Speaker Abstracts and Biographies here:
www.tradegallery.org/heckler.pdf
www.tradegallery.org/heckler.rtf
Further information: Lee Campbell: l.campbell@lboro.ac.uk
The event acknowledges the support of Loughborough University’s Graduate
School Research Culture Fund.
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LATEST PROGRAMS FROM AUSTRALIA'S SILENT FILM FESTIVAL:
JULY-SEPTEMBER, EPPING, SYDNEY
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Saturday, July 20 at Epping Baptist Church,1-5 Ray Road, Epping 34.30pm:
The Tramp (1915) Charlie Chaplin. Charlie Chaplin’s on-screen persona of “the
little tramp” was so endearing to the public that within a few years he became
the world’s most famous actor/comedian by the end of World War I. In this
delightful short comedy, Charlie the Tramp saves a girl from thieves, and
with high romantic hopes, goes to her father's farm to find work. But the
Tramp is just not cut out for such work, causing hilarious havoc everywhere
until the thieves return and he once again runs them off.
Should Sailors Marry (1925): Clyde Cook. This entertaining comedy features
Oliver Hardy, a year before teaming up with Stan Laurel to make one of the
most popular comedy pairs of all time. Hardy is joined by Australian comedian,
Clyde Cook who plays a sailor who is the target of a con-artist couple, and when
their plan to trick him out of his money fails, they insure him against an accident
as a steel worker, then try to cause an accident.
The Scarecrow (1920): Buster Keaton. wrote and directed most of his short comedies,
which guarantees that there is never a dull moment. Keaton was always coming up
with new and often complicated and sophisticated stunts and gags. In The Scarecrow,
Buster plays one of two farmhands who both love the same girl, and compete in
various ways to win her affections. At one point, Buster resorts to disguising himself
as a scarecrow, and Luke the Dog, who often appears with Buster & Roscoe Arbuckle,
adds extra fun to the mix!
Sat. August 17 at Epping Baptist Church, 1-5 Ray Road, Epping 3pm-4.30pm:
The Kings of Comedy with Cliff Bingham:
His New Job (1915), Charlie Chaplin; Never Weaken (1921), Harold Lloyd; The Boat
(1921), Buster Keaton
Sat. September 21 at Epping Baptist Church, 1-5 Ray Road, Epping 3pm-4.30pm:
Silents are Golden with John Batts: The Great Train Robbery (1903) Edwin Porter;
Easy Street (1916) Charlie Chaplin; The Garage (1920) Buster Keaton and Roscoe
Arbuckle; Liberty (1929), Laurel and Hardy.