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Outline of the school
Following on from the highly successful summer schools in 2001 and 2002
at Queen's University Belfast and 2003 in Edinburgh, this year’s
International Summer School on Humour and Laughter (ISS04) will be held
at the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences, City
Campus, at the University of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom.
Speakers include:- Willibald Ruch (Psychology, Zurich University, Switzerland)
- Frances Binns (Therapeutic & Specialised Play Consultant)
- Deirdre Burke (The University of Wolverhampton, UK)
- Ed Dunkelblau (Psychologist & Director of the Institute of Emotionally Intelligent Learning, USA)
- Christian F. Hempelmann (Purdue University, USA)
- Birgit Hertzberg Kaare (University of Oslo, Norway)
- Giselinde Kuipers (Winner of the Emerging Scholar Award of ISHS02, Netherlands)
- Paul McDonald (The University of Wolverhampton, UK)
- Graeme Ritchie (Senior Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen, UK)
- Jason Rutter (The University of Manchester, UK)
- Patty Wooten (Therapeutic Humour Consultant, USA)
Interest in both research on humour and practical applications of
humour has increased sharply in the past decade. For new research
students just beginning their research careers or those already-trained
researchers considering a first research project on humour, this course
will ensure that they enter the field with a strong foundation in
existing theoretical and methodological issues, and are well versed in
the pitfalls confronting the scientific study of humour. It will also
provide additional information and material for those who are already
well versed within the humour field.
For those interested in practical applications of humour in a variety
of applied settings, the course will introduce them to the kinds of
approaches that are being used around the world to put humour to work
and to deliver the benefits of humour and laughter.
This year the Humour Summer School programme is in two parts. Part one
covers the first two days of the programme where the fundamentals and
general overview of Humour, Psychology and Linguistics are covered for
those who have not attended a Summer School before. Part two which
commences from day three takes the programme into the many different
areas within the humour field. New comers to the Summer School will
attend for all six days and those who have attended previous summer
schools have the option of joining from day three.
The sessions will start from Monday morning and continue to Saturday
afternoon inclusive, with one afternoon free for relaxation or an
optional sight-seeing tour. The Symposium part of the summer school is
where participants may present their planned or finished research or
ideas on how to implement and use humour in applied settings, in any
form they like. This will be held half way through the programme with
the main sessions being presented by a number of lectures and guest
speakers.
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