The PhD NEOlinguists Scientific Circle supported by the Institute of English, the Institute of English Language Cultures and Literatures, and the Institute of Romance Languages and Translation Studies at the University of Silesia invites participants to the Humor Research Project, which will be held on 4 and 5 April.

The aim of the conference is to enable an exchange of views on the perception of humor through the different paradigms to look at the phenomenon and its interdisciplinary and universal character, and encourage debate on the place of humor in language, culture and scientific research.

Conference topics include various realizations of humor in literature and translations; sense of humor perceived through linguistics; cultural, intercultural and multicultural aspects of humor; examples of humor in research on media and visuality; the role of humor in methodology and teaching, and the importance of humor and laughter in cognition and social interaction.
More: https://annastwora92.wixsite.com/hrp2019