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Summer School and Symposium on Humour and Laughter</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New';color:black"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">July 14 - 19, 2014</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>


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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">Endorsed by the International Society for Humour Studies (ISHS) the
International Summer School and Symposium on Humour and Laughter is a one-week
intensive course on all aspects of humour: theory, research and applications.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">It offers presentations and workshops by leading scholars in the field.
As the course is primarily aimed at those who are at an early stage of
exploring humour, most of the participants are research students, but the
material is also suitable for more established scholars, for example if they
are moving into the area of humour from another discipline.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">The Symposium takes place during the week, and is an opportunity for the
participants to present their own work and receive feedback. In addition,
provision is made for participants to make appointments with the lecturers to
receive one-to-one consultations about their work.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">The Summer School and Symposium was founded in 2001 at Queen's
University in Belfast by Professor Willibald Ruch, who oversees the event every
year. It has been held all over Europe: Edinburgh (UK), Wolverhampton (UK),
Tübingen(Germany), Fribourg (Switzerland), Aberdeen (UK), Galați (Romania),
Granada (Spain), Zürich (Switzerland), Tartu (Estonia), Savonlinna (Finland),
Magdeburg (Germany).</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">In addition to Prof. Ruch, past lecturers at the Summer School have
included: Salvatore Attardo, Christie Davies, Jessica Milner Davis, Christian
Hempelmann,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">Giselinde Kuipers, Paul Lewis, Rod Martin, Paul McGhee, John Morreall,
Neal Norrick, Elliott Oring, Graeme Ritchie.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">The Summer School and Symposium is managed by an Advisory Board, along
with Dr. Elena Hoicka, this year's local organiser.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">If you are interested in more information or attending, please contact:
<a href="mailto:organiser14@humoursummerschool.org">organiser14@humoursummerschool.org</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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