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Call for papers:

Call for Papers—Comedy and Humor Area

Please join us at the Comedy and Humor panels at

Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Philadelphia, PA

Wednesday, April 15, to Saturday, April 18, 2020

For information on PCA/ACA, please go to http://www.pcaaca.org

For conference information, please go to http://www.pcaaca.org/national-conference/

Call for Papers—Comedy and Humor Area

We’re seeking paper or panel discussion proposals examining comedy and the nature of humor wherever we find it in popular culture:

Possible topics include (although we’re open to any others you might want to explore) comedy in/and/of:

pedagogy—we’re particularly interested in this topic as a panel discussion
media and advertising
film, literature, television…
political discourse
the classics
social justice and/or comedy as a means of social change
religion
consumer culture
the internet
globalization
censorship
music and/or the visual arts
cultural boundary crossing
race and ethnicity
graphic novels and comics
the tragic
gender
the family
obscenity and transgression
historical comedy

Please submit abstracts to the PCA/ACA database by November 1, 2019 to the Area Chair.

conference.pcaaca.org

Feel free to contact me with any questions:

Peter Seely, Area Chair

Professor and Chair, Communication Arts

Benedictine University

5700 College Road

Lisle, IL 60532

2020 Conference Dates and Deadlines

August 1, 2019                Submission Page Goes Live
October 7, 2019 Early Bird Registration Rate Opens
November 24, 2019        Deadline for Paper Proposals and Endowment Grants
December 13, 2019           Early Bird Registration Rate Ends
January 1, 2020               Regular Registration Rate Ends
January 2, 2020               Late Registration Rate Begins
January 5, 2020 Brigman and Jones Awards Deadline
January 20, 2020             Preliminary Schedule Available

February 1, 2020 Presenter Late Registration Deadline at 11:59pm – participants who have not registered are removed from the program.

February 2, 2020 Non-presenters and retiree non-presenters registration continues
April 15-18, 2020 National Conference

All presenters must be current, paid members of the PCA and fully registered for the conference.

Refund requests must be submitted in writing. Full or partial refunds will be processed according to the following schedule:
Requested by Jan. 1: 100% refund
Requested by Jan. 15: 75% refund
Requested by Jan. 25: 50% refund
Requested by Feb. 1: 25% refund
After Feb. 1: 0% refund

Membership fees are not refundable.