children's humor

[Susan Ervin-Tripp]

              1999 INTERNATIONAL HUMOR CONFERENCE
           sponsored by the International Society for Humor Studies

The 1999 International Humor Conference is the eighteenth in a
series of scholarly meetings on humor and laughter and the
eleventh such meeting sponsored by the  International Society for
Humor Studies (ISHS).  The 1999 Conference is scheduled  to take
place from June 29 to July 3, 1999 at Holy Names College in
Oakland, overlooking the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area.
For this conference, scholars, professionals, and students are invited
to submit proposals for Papers, Posters, and Symposia focusing on
humor research in the arts and humanities as well as in  the health
and social sciences with submissions falling into at least one of five
conference topical tracks:
    (1) cognition and creativity
    (2) health and well-being
    (3) individuals and individual styles
    (4) culture and gender
    (5) public and private discourse
THE DEADLINE FOR ALL PROPOSALS IS MARCH 1, 1999.

Papers may also be submitted directly to one of four prescheduled
Symposia:

Cognitive Science and Humor Research
(Chair: Victor Raskin, English, Purdue University,
 victor.raskin.1 at purdue.edu)

The Connections between Humor and Health
(Chair: Sven Svebak, Faculty of Medicine, Univ. of Trondheim)

The Sense of Humor: Further Explorations of a
Personality Characteristic
(Chair: Willibald Ruch, Psychology, University of Duesseldorf)

Wisecracking and Storytelling: Gender Differences
in the Conversational Humor of Children and Adults
(Chair: Susan Ervin-Tripp, Psychology, Univ. of California
at Berkeley,ervin-tr at cogsci.berkeley.edu)

A brochure containing an overview of the conference with details
on conference tracks, scholarships, and procedures on how to
submit proposals  for papers, symposia, and workshops can be
obtained by writing.

Martin D. Lampert, Chair
1999 International Humor Conference
Holy Names College
3500 Mountain Blvd.
Oakland, CA  94619-1699
(510) 436-1699.
humor99 at hnc.edu
http://www.hnc.edu/events/humor99.