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: wustert@gmail.com & jahughes@yhc.edu