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Who's Laughing Now? Seminar

Origin: 
The Parkes Institute
Time:
18:00
Date:
6 November 2018
Venue:
Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BF

For more information regarding this seminar, please email Parkes Institute at parkes@southampton.ac.uk .

Event details

Part of The Parkes Institute's Research Seminar Series for 2018/19.

We're living through hysterical times as history seems, once again, to be repeating as farce.  If you live any kind of life online then you'll have almost certainly felt the pressure to be continually witty, but who exactly is laughing now?  With reference to Jewish comedy as well as a number of other topical examples, this talk will examine the relationship between politics, history and joking.

Devorah Baum
Devorah Baum

Speaker information

Dr Devorah Baum,Associate Professor in English Literature and Critical Theory

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