Hello all,

I am promoting two CFPs for conferences next year--the American
Literature Association in May in Boston and the American Studies
Association in November in Washington D.C.  The American Humor Studies
Association is sponsoring two panels for ALA (with the possibility of
putting in one more) and the Humor Studies Caucus will sponsor 3-5,
depending on the level of interest and fit of panels.  Abstracts are
due for both in mid-January (see below).  As always, papers on Twain
and humor are welcome.

Since I am involved with putting together both panels, please let me
know if you have any questions on either, or both.  There are also a
few more CFP up for SAMLA and RMMLA, as well as the University of
Texas, American Studies graduate conference (CFP due tomorrow--my
first conference to present at and run--Austin in the spring is
lovely).

http://humorinamerica.wordpress.com/announcements/

(lots of good, new pieces at Humor in America recently, including one
timely one featuring Twain:

In the Archives: Thomas Nast and Santa Claus (1862-1890))


Best,

Tracy Wuster
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American Literature Association

May 23-26, 2013

Westin Copley Place

Boston, MA



American Humor Studies Association



Call for Papers



The AHSA plans to sponsor two sessions at the 2013 national meeting.
We seek cogent, provocative, well-researched papers on the following
subjects:

1. “Humor in Periodicals: From Punch to Mad”—Abstracts (300 words
max.) are encouraged on the role of humorous literature in American
periodicals from the early national period to the present.  Subject
adaptable to both humorous periodicals and humor in serious
periodicals across a wide time range; thus, title will change to
reflect composition of panel.

2. “Reading Humorous Texts”–Abstracts (300 words max.) are encouraged
on the interpretation, recovery, or pedagogy of humorous texts from
novels and poems to plays and stand-up.  Some focus on the act of
interpretation of humor in its historical, performative, formal, or
other cultural context is encouraged.

Please e-mail abstracts no later than January 15, 2013 to Tracy Wuster
([log in to unmask]) with the subject line: “AHSA session, 2013 ALA.”
Notifications will go out no later than January 20, 2013.



The Humor Studies Caucus of the American Studies Association is
seeking papers for the 2012 ASA Conference:

American Studies Association Annual Meeting:

“Beyond the Logic of Debt, Toward an Ethics of Collective Dissent,”

November 21-24, 2013: Hilton Washington, DC

http://www.theasa.net/annual_meeting/page/submit_a_proposal/

Proposals on any aspect of American Humor will be welcome, including,
but not limited to:

Stand-Up Comedy      Jokes     Wit           Merriment

Literary Humor  (both high- and low-brow)       Richard Pryor

Film     Satire     Will Rogers

Comedy Jokes     Risibility     Sitcoms

Laughter

Mark Twain     Dirty Jokes    Lenny Bruce

Ventriloquism     the Circus     Marietta Holley

subtle humor     broad humor

Margaret Cho     regional humor

transnational humor     ethnic humor

and even puns…

Proposals due by: January 11th

Panels will be assembled for submission by the January 26 deadline.

Proposals should be no more than 500 words and should include a brief
CV (1 page).  Please include current ASA membership status.

Proposals (and questions) should be sent to Tracy Wuster and Jennifer
Hughes: [log in to unmask] & [log in to unmask]

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