Past Events:
SYMPOSIUM: The Power of Ridicule: Humour and Laughter in Cultural Perspective
25-26 October, 2016
Unioninkatu 38, Helsinki – Lecture Hall F211
Organized by the Research Project “The Dark Side of Humour: Popular Culture and the Power of Ridicule”, Area and Cultural Studies, University of Helsinki
Please see the Call for Papers here.
LECTURE COURSE: Humour and Popular Culture (XAK277E/XAK370E/XAK280P/XAK360P), 5 cr, University of Helsinki
Unit: Area and Cultural Studies
Date: 3 October 2016 – 8 December 2016
For more information, please see the WebOodi page of the course.
Popular Culture, 1980s to Now
3–4 May, 2016
Area and Cultural Studies, Unioninkatu 38, University of Helsinki
Seminar Room A109 (The Russian Room)
Tuesday May 3, 2016
13.30 Welcome words by Anu Korhonen
Keynote lecture by Kari Kallioniemi: ‘The Sound of Thatcherism on Vinyl’: Spandau Ballet and the Ambiguous Neo-Liberal Aspirations in Popular Music
14.30 Martin Cloonan: Thatcherism, Popular Culture and the Music Industries
15.00 Coffee
15.30 Rami Mähkä: Basil Fawlty as a ‘Pre-Thatcherite’ Conservative in Fawlty Towers
16.00 Janne Salminen: “I say We Take Off and Nuke the Entire Site from Orbit:” The Influence of Ronald Reagan on American Cinema in the 1980s
17.00-18.00 Q&A with Martin Cloonan: Thatcherism, Popular Culture and the Legacy of the 1980s (Tiedekulma Aleksi, Aleksanterinkatu 7)
Wednesday May 4, 2016
10.15 Welcome words by Anu Korhonen
Keynote lecture by Fernand Hörner: Crisis? What Crisis? The Artist, the Irony and the Public from Byron to Splatterdandy
11.15 Nina Maskulin: Child Characters in Apocalyptic Hollywood Films from 1982 to 2014
12.00 Lunch break
13.00 Roundtable on The Dark Side of Humor: introducing a research project
Anu Korhonen; Giacomo Botta; Outi Hakola; chair Daniel Blackie
14.00 Coffee
14.30 Heta Mulari: Gurlesque Girlhood: Adaptations and Absence of Teen Comedy in Swedish Youth Film Production
15.00 Maiju Kannisto: How Are We Entertained on Television? Saturday Night on MTV 1981-2005
15.30-15.45 End discussion
Organized by:
• Research Project The Dark Side of Humor: Popular Culture and the Power of Ridicule, Area and Cultural Studies, University of Helsinki
• Research Project Thatcherism and Popular Culture, Cultural History, University of Turku