On Tuesday, January 13, the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) will host a panel discussion on the growing pressures facing humor – especially political cartooning – in increasingly polarised and constrained democracies. Speakers include:
• Alberto Godioli, …
Babette De Naeyer (PhD candidate, Pompeu Fabra University)
Dries Van Langenhove – the notorious leader of the far-right student group Schild & Vrienden – is back in court. Already the subject of two ForHum …
Dr Qian Huang, assistant professor at the University of Groningen and ForHum member, was recently awarded a Veni research grant by the Dutch Research Council for her project Negotiating Digital Visibility: Public Intellectuals’ …
Dr Alberto Godioli (University of Groningen)
How many of you still remember Cocaine Bear, the outlandish B-movie which acquired viral internet fame in early 2023? For those who do, …
We are happy to report that the traveling exhibition Designed to Provoke: Visual Humor in Court, 1749-2025 was officially launched at the 44th International …
Luisa Fernanda Isaza-Ibarra (University of Groningen)
Against the efforts of Donald Trump to kill the conversation about the Epstein files, people are talking and the jokes keep flowing. As late …
Dr Jennifer Young and Professor David Mead (University of East Anglia)
Protest is under pressure in the UK (and unfortunately, it’s not the only place). Recently a number of reforms have been passed which all created new powers for the …
The Australasian Humour Studies Network has recently launched a new long-format podcast series, titled “LET’S GET INTO IT” and hosted by Ben Nickl. The first episode focuses on humor and the law, and features three special guests:
Babette De Naeyer (PhD candidate, Pompeu Fabra University)
Remember the Schild & Vrienden (S&V) case we discussed last year? In March 2024, a Belgian First Instance Court convicted six prominent members of …
Laura E. Little (Professor, Temple Law School) and Anja H. Hayes (Student, Temple Law School)
As evidenced by the various initiatives featured on this site, dictators and oligarchs around the world have recently flexed extra muscle to target and silence …