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IAS 'On Laughter': Dear Jokes, Whose side are you on?

10 July 2019, 6:00 pm–7:30 pm

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Devorah Baum (University of Southampton) will deliver one of the three keynotes of the conference 'On Laughter' at the IAS.

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Andrew Dean and Alice Rudge
alice.rudge@ucl.ac.uk

Location

Harrie Massey LT
25 Gordon Street
London
WC1H 0AY

We’re living through hysterical times. History, once again, is repeating as farce, and woe betide whoever fails, especially online, to be witty. If the crying-laughing emoji is the trademark of the internet age, “satire is dead” is its accompanying motto. But if the key to good comedy is a great sense of timing, then who exactly is laughing now? Who gets to make and who has to take a joke? Feauring jokesters from Franz Kafka to Marina Hyde, Sigmund Freud to Hannah Gadsby, Soren Kierkegaard to Donald Trump, this talk will examine the relationship between politics, history, psychology and joking.

This keynote talk is part of the conference 'On Laughter'. Please download the full programme here.

All welcome. Please note that there may be photography and/or audio recording at some events and that admission is on a first come first served basis. Please follow this FAQ link for more information.