The Forum for Humor and the Law (ForHum) was founded in 2022 by Dr Alberto Godioli (University of Groningen) and Prof. Laura E. Little (Temple Law School). Its goal is to serve as a platform for practicing lawyers, legal and humor scholars, artists, and anyone who might be interested in the multiform relationship between humor, freedom of expression and the law.
The ForHum website was created in the framework of the ‘Humor in Court‘ project, funded by the Dutch Research Council from 2022 to 2027 (NWO Vidi grant VI.Vidi.201.111, Principal Investigator Dr Alberto Godioli). In the website you will find regular updates on related topics, a list of scholarly resources, and a comprehensive database of legal cases regarding humor and satire from all over the world.
Should you be interested in joining ForHum, contributing to our blog, or simply find out more about our activities, please email us at info@forhum.org.
ForHum Members:
- Prof. Brigitte Adriaensen (Radboud University)
- Reem Ahmed (Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, University of Hamburg)
- Dr Natalie Alkiviadou (The Future of Free Speech, Vanderbilt University)
- Dr Luvell Anderson (Syracuse University)
- Terry Anderson (Cartoonists Rights Network International)
- Sofia Elisabetta Balzaretti (University of Fribourg)
- Dr Uladzislau Belavusau (Asser Institute / University of Amsterdam)
- Prof. Danielle Bobker (Concordia University)
- Dr Mark Boukes (University of Amsterdam)
- Dr Daphne Brandenburg (University of Groningen)
- Dr Andrew Bricker (Ghent University)
- Dr João Paulo Capelotti (Tomasetti Jr. & Xavier Leonardo, Curitiba)
- Dr Sara De Vido (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
- Dániel Döbrentey (Hungarian Civil Liberties Union)
- Dr Anita Dorczak (Lawyer & Mediator, Edmonton CA)
- Dr Chi-Hé Elder (University of East Anglia)
- Dr Ibukun Filani (Augustine University Ilara-Epe, Lagos)
- Dr Matteo Fiori (Council of Europe / University of Groningen)
- Prof. Katharine Gelber (University of Queensland)
- Dr Alberto Godioli (University of Groningen)
- Dr Mohammad Ali Heidari-Shahreza (Azad University)
- Dr Nick Holm (Massey University)
- Dr Sabine Jacques (University of Liverpool)
- Hicham Kantar (Financial Prosecution Office of Lebanon / Lebanese American University)
- Dr Eleni Kapogianni (University of Kent)
- Dr Elisa Kriza (University of Bamberg)
- Dr Ted Laros (Open University of the Netherlands)
- Prof. Laura Little (Temple Law School)
- Dr Sharon Lockyer (Brunel University London)
- Melissa Luypaers (University of Groningen)
- Prof. Giuseppe Martinico (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa)
- Dr Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández (Queensland University of Technology)
- Dr Jacopo Menghini (University of Bologna)
- Dr Jessica Milner Davis (University of Sydney)
- A./Prof. Kerry Mullan (RMIT University)
- Babette De Naeyer (Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona)
- Jonas Nicolaï (Antwerp University)
- Dr Ivo Nieuwenhuis (Radboud University)
- Yordan Nugraha (Hasselt University)
- Dr Ana Pedrazzini (ECyC IPEHCS CONICET / Universidad Nacional del Comahue)
- Dr Raúl Pérez (University of La Verne)
- Dr Mando Rachovitsa (University of Nottingham)
- Tjeerd Royaards (Cartoon Movement)
- Renata Vaz Shimbo (independent researcher)
- Bethany Shiner (Middlesex University London; University of Oxford)
- Dr Jennifer Young (University of Groningen)