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Month: July 2011

International Society for Humor Studies Conference Post Mortem (Part 2)

Post Mortem Part 2 (See Part 1). With Joel Warner (Full post on Wired.com) . An important goal of all this comedy analysis is to dispel many of the stereotypes and misassumptions long held about humor. Take the notion that women inherently aren’t as funny as men, an idea that’s graced the pages of Vanity […]

International Society for Humor Studies Conference Post Mortem (Part 1)

Post Mortem Part I With Joel Warner (Full post on Wired.com) Do you shun social situations to avoid ridicule? Do you struggle to engage in natural, easygoing conversations? When you hear others laughing, do you tense up and flail about in awkward, stilted mannerisms, practically popping and locking like a break dancer? If so, you […]

Can evolution help you understand humor?

While attending the International Society for Humor Studies conference last week, I had a chance to meet Gil Greengross of the University of New Mexico. He is an an evolutionary psychologist and anthropologist, and I asked him the question: How can evolution help us understand humor? His answer is a an interesting one. Importantly, he […]

Attending the International Society for Humor Studies conference

I am at Boston University, attending the International Society for Humor Studies (ISHS) annual conference. ISHS is an interdisciplinary group — psychologists, linguists, historians and many others — who are interested in the study of humor. Having never been to the conference before, I am eager to sample the wide range of talks being offered. […]