28.4818, Calls: Anthro Ling, Disc Analysis, Pragmatics, Socioling/USA

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Subject: 28.4818, Calls: Anthro Ling, Disc Analysis, Pragmatics, Socioling/USA

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Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:57:25
From: Stanley Dubinsky [dubinsky at sc.edu]
Subject: American (Jewish) Humor in an Era of Ethnic Sensitivity and Cultural Competence

 
Full Title: American (Jewish) Humor in an Era of Ethnic Sensitivity and Cultural Competence 
Short Title: AJH-2018 

Date: 28-Apr-2018 - 30-Apr-2018
Location: Columbia, SC, USA 
Contact Person: Stanley Dubinsky
Meeting Email: dubinsky at sc.edu
Web Site: https://artsandsciences.sc.edu/jstp/american-jewish-humor-era-ethnic-sensitivity-and-cultural-competence-0 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2018 

Meeting Description:

This Spring 2018 conference at the University of South Carolina will examine
current perspectives on American (Jewish) Humor in the contexts of (i)
American and European traditions, (ii) racial, ethnic, religious, and
gender-based humor in general, and (iii) the current social and political
climate that questions the purposes and legitimacy of such humor. Situating
Jewish, racial, ethnic, religious, and gender humor in a present-day milieu of
heightened ethnic sensitivities, presentations will compare and contrast
different categories of humor, and explore the boundaries between identity and
offense, focusing on the tensions between sincere characterization and
offensive caricature in the realm of humor discourse.

The conference will include (i) invited presentations on Jewish,
African-American, ethnic, gender, and religious humor, (ii) discussant and
panel contributions by local and regional scholars and (iii) a poster session.
The conference will also feature a screening of the film ''The Last Laugh'' (a
documentary on Holocaust humor, featuring survivors, writers and comedians)
and a lecture by the filmmaker, Ferne Pearlstein.

Invited Speakers

- Regina Barreca (Professor of English, University of Connecticut)
- Joe Boskin (Professor Emeritus of American Social and Ethnic History, Boston
University)
- Joseph Dorinson (Professor of History, Long Island University)
- Lanita Jacobs (Associate Professor of Anthropology and American Studies,
University of Southern California)
- Russell H Kaschula (NRF SARChI Chair, African Language Studies, School of
Languages, Rhodes University)
- Rebecca Krefting (Associate Professor of American Studies, Skidmore College)
- Bob Mankoff (Cartoon Editor Emeritus, The New Yorker; Humor and Cartoon
Editor, Esquire magazine)
- Lawrence Mintz (Professor Emeritus of American Studies, University of
Maryland)
- Ferne Pearlstein (Independent filmmaker)
- David Slucki (Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, College of Charleston)
- Jarrod Tanny (Associate Professor of History, University of North Carolina
at Wilmington)
- Stephen Whitfield (Max Richter Professor of American Civilization, Brandeis
University)


Call for Papers:

The conference organizers invite abstracts for Poster Presentations dealing
with the topic of the conference that (ideally) address some of the topics
outlined below. The poster session will be held on Sunday 29 April 2018 in the
afternoon, and will include 8-16 poster presentations.

So that we may evaluate all submissions in a fair and equal manner, abstracts
which fail to adhere to any of the following guidelines will be automatically
rejected.

1. Submit your abstract(s) in PDF format with filename PaperTitle.pdf (e.g.,
Humor_on_the_College_Campus_in_2017.pdf).
2. Include paper title in the abstract.
3. Limit abstracts to two letter-sized or A4 pages in length, inclusive of
data and references. Use one-inch margins and a font size no smaller than 11
point.
4. Anonymize submissions by not including author name(s) in the abstract or
filename. If necessary, remove author name(s) from the document properties of
the PDF file.
5. Use the Easychair platform for the submission of abstracts.
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ajh2018
6. Restrict submissions to one individual and one joint abstract per author,
or two joint abstracts per author.

List of Topics:

- Civil discourse. How do we talk to each other in a civil manner using humor
as a vehicle?
- Understanding the message. How does humor serve to articulate values,
attitudes, opinions and concerns?
- Calculating limits. What are the limits of ethnic, racial, and religious
humor? When does humor become offense, and what category of offense does humor
represent?
- Determining entitlements. Who is entitled to use humor of a particular type?
In what contexts? Who is entitled to hear such humor?
- Adjusting for the medium. What are the differences between print and oral
delivery? Between the printed word and the illustration?




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