Welcome to our new website! Although on a different platform now, the Humour and Religion Network will continue. We invite all users to share, discuss and transmit ideas and insights related to the in

Now that we are establishing ourselves as a group with a shared interest in all things related to humor and religion on this new platform, I would like to urge each and every one of you to begin filli

Check out this article "Blackface is evil--why isn't drag?". Though not directly relevant to religion, it is relevant to the larger implications surrounding ideas of freedom of comedy. -- Bernard Schw

Dear Network Members, I've seen more portraits (both visual and verbal 😉) pop up on the directory. This greatly enhances the utility of the network and helps to build a sense of community. I've read a

Dear all, I just received (just as many among you, I think, but probably not all) the power point presentations accompanying Don and Alleen Nilsen's book The Language of Humor: An Introduction, just p

I am calling on the members of HRN to submit a proposal for a talk at this year’s conference of the International Society for Humor Studies (ISHS) in Italy, June 29-July 3, 2020. HRN would like to pre

Dear members, ten days ago, I invited you to submit a proposal for a talk at this year’s conference of the International Society for Humor Studies (ISHS) in Bologna, Italy, June 29-July 3, 2020. HRN w

Hi all, I just wanted to bring your attention to a couple of ongoing calls for papers which may be of interest: - Taboo in Language, Culture and Communication, University of Rome, Deadline 25 February

Dear HRN members, I am sharing with you here a link to the first lecture of a four-part masterclass on Jewish humor, taught by Prof. Avinoam Patt (Doris and Simon Konover Chair of Judaic Studies, Univ

Hi everyone, I'm currently organising a virtual interdisciplinary symposium with Dr Paul Martin: 'The Sacred and The...Profanity'. Please see attached for more details and do submit an abstract or get

For those interested in literary manifestations of comical irreverence, I have just published an article about this topic in Free Inquiry. -- Bernard Schweizer (Professor Emeritus of English, Long Isl

Hi everybody, Just a message to let everyone know that registration for The Sacred and The...Profanity is now open. You can find more information about the FREE virtual symposium here, as well as how

Dear colleagues, I would like to notify the publication of a new book on humour, which might not be so easily found otherwise: Grenzen der Komik. It is the proceedings of a conference held several yea

Hello all, See below call for participation in a panel on "Laughter in Times of Distress" as part of MESA's 2021 virtual conference. See this link and below: https://mesana.org/annual-meeting/call-for

Hi all, I just wanted to bring your attention to a call for chapters for the up-and-coming book: Religion and Senses of Humour (ed. Stephen Gregg), as part of the Equinox 'Religion and the Senses' ser

Bernard Schweizer's book Christianity and the Triumph of Humor is now in paperback! Check it out: https://www.routledge.com/Christianity-and-the-Triumph-of-Humor-From-Dante-to-David-Javerbaum/Schweize

Review A Successful Dissection Steve Cuno From: Volume 42, No. 2 February/March 2022 Share Tweet Christianity and the Triumph of Humor: From Dante to David Javerbaum, by Bernard Schweizer. (New York:

Hi all, This book just came to my attention. It is written in Norwegian, but the abstracts are in English. One chapter deals with Islam and humor. The entire book is available online! Best, -- Bernard

In this excerpt from Stephen Colbert's recent interview with the English singer-songwriter Dua Lipa, Stephen addresses the question of faith's relationship to comedy (Colbert is a Catholic). The answe

Please see below the call for papers for a two-day international conference on "The Publics of Humour", taking place in Paris, November 2022. The conference is organised by RIRH (Réseau interdisciplin