Of Mind & Mirth
Friday, April 5: Afternoon
4:00 – 5:30, Parker-Reed Room, SSW Building
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John Morreall HumorWorks Workshop: “Using Humor in the Classroom” |
Friday, April 5: Keynote Address
7:30-9:00, Ostrove Auditorium, Diamond Building
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Daniel Dennett Tufts University “Reverse Engineering The Funny Bone” |
Saturday, April 6: Morning Sesssions
8:30 – 9:15
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Coffee |
9:15 – 10:00
| Session A |
Diamiond 121Robert Vuckovich
“Humorous Ambivalence”Session B
Diamiond 122Eva Kort
“A Loving Life: ‘Humor’ and
a Suggestion for an Ethics of Mirth”
10:15 – 11:00
| Session A |
Diamiond 121Christopher Gontar
“The Falsity of Hurley’s False-Belief
Theory of Humor”Session B
Diamiond 122Christelle Paré
“Francophone Comedy in Quebec:
Tradition or Invasion”
11:15 – 12:00
| Session A |
Diamiond 121Martin Donougho
“Comedic System – Or why
‘the philosopher’ seems ridiculous”Session B
Diamiond 122Thomas Brommage
“An Inferential Analysis of
Offensive Humor”
Saturday, April 6: 12:00 – 1:00
Fairchild Room, Dana
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Lunch |
Saturday, April 6: Afternoon Sesssions
1:15 – 2:00
| Diamiond 121 | Lauren Olin |
“Comic Disagreement”
2:15 – 3:00
| Diamiond 121 | Christopher Lauer |
“Laughter and Intimacy in the
Evolution of Humor”
3:15 – 4:00
| Diamiond 121 | Whitley Kaufman |
“Does Evolution Have
A Sense of Humor?”
3:15 – 4:00
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Coffee |
Saturday, April 6: Keynote Address
4:30-6:00, Ostrove Auditorium, Diamond Building
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John Morreall College of William and Mary “It’s a Funny Thing, Humor” |
Saturday, April 6
6:30, Robins Room, Roberts
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Conference Banquet |