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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">Applications are now
open for the 14th International 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" 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">This year’s speakers include:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.shef.ac.uk/psychology/staff/academic/elena-hoicka" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(153,153,204);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none">Dr Elena Hoicka</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
Department of Psychology<br>
University of Sheffield<br>
Sheffield, England</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://sydney.academia.edu/JessicaMilnerDavis" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(153,153,204);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none">Dr Jessica Milner Davis</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
School of Media, Arts and Letters<br>
University of Sydney<br>
Sydney, Australia</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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Department of Sociology<br>
University of Reading<br>
Reading, England</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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Department of Psychology <br>
University of Zurich <br>
Zurich, Switzerland</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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Behavioral Sciences <br>
Johnson State College <br>
Johnson, Vermont, USA</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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Department of Computing Science <br>
University of Aberdeen <br>
Aberdeen, Scotland</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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Sociology and Communications <br>
Brunel University <br>
London, England</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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Slavic Linguistics <br>
University of Zurich <br>
Zurich, Switzerland</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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Russian & Slavonic Studies <br>
University of Sheffield <br>
Sheffield, England</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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Department of Computer Science <br>
University of Helsinki <br>
Helsinki, Finland</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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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">Early bird fees are: £250 for students, £300 for ISHS members and past
participants, and £350 for others.</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></div>