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Amended! Podcast on Free Speech and Satire

March 4, 2026 by admin

ForHum co-founder Laura Little (Temple University) recently joined the Voxtopica podcast Amended! (hosted by Liberty Vittert) for an episode focusing on satire and freedom of expression. More details below:

Free speech: the most iconic right guaranteed by the First Amendment.

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Disturbing, but not so much: Leo Lins acquitted by appellate judges

February 27, 2026 by admin

João Paulo Capelotti (practicing lawyer, Curitiba, Brazil)

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On February 23rd, controversial Brazilian stand-up comedian Leonardo de Lima Borges Lins, who had been convicted to 8 years in prison by a federal judge …

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“Under Pressure”: Report on the Situation of Threatened Press Cartoonists Worldwide (2023–2025)

March 7, 2026February 23, 2026 by admin
Cover by Zehra Ömeroğlu

A new report on the situation of threatened press cartoonists around the world will be released on March 2, 2026. It is the result of a joint effort by Cartooning for Peace, Cartoonists Rights…

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ForHum Bulletin 1: December 2025 – February 2026

February 28, 2026February 9, 2026 by admin

Alberto Godioli (University of Groningen)

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This week we inaugurate the ForHum Bulletin format – a three-monthly, curated selection of recent humor-related cases from our Humor News! section. The Bulletin features a brief discussion of …

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It’s Not Funny, but Is It Humor? A Database Dilemma [#InsideTheDatabase, Pt. 1]

January 28, 2026January 28, 2026 by admin

Marieke Oostindjer (University of Groningen)

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Editors’ Note: As announced in the last ForHum newsletter, we are currently working on a major overhaul of the ForHum database, including (among other new features) more search …

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ISHS Panel “Humor Studies and Free Speech Adjudication: From Theory to Practice”

February 9, 2026January 18, 2026 by admin
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On the occasion of the 36th annual conference of the International Society for Humor Studies (Niterói, Brazil, 6-10 July 2026), the ISHS Special Interest Group Humor, Free Speech, and the Law is …

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NIAS Event: Political Cartooning in Constrained and Polarised Societies

February 9, 2026January 9, 2026 by admin

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, …

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On Diapers and Defamation: The Schild & Vrienden Saga (Part III)

November 24, 2025November 24, 2025 by admin

Babette De Naeyer (PhD candidate, Pompeu Fabra University)

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Dries Van Langenhove – the notorious leader of the far-right student group Schild & Vrienden – is back in court. Already the subject of two ForHum …

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New Research Project on Comedians’ ‘Cautious Labor’

November 12, 2025November 12, 2025 by admin
Photo by Lianhao Qu on Unsplash

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’ …

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Bears, Repeating: Parody, Intellectual Property, and Children’s Characters

October 25, 2025October 11, 2025 by admin

Dr Alberto Godioli (University of Groningen)

Promotional image for ‘The Rest Is Bulls*!t’. Source: Avalon.

How many of you still remember Cocaine Bear, the outlandish B-movie which acquired viral internet fame in early 2023? For those who do, …

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Recent Posts

  • Amended! Podcast on Free Speech and Satire
  • Disturbing, but not so much: Leo Lins acquitted by appellate judges
  • “Under Pressure”: Report on the Situation of Threatened Press Cartoonists Worldwide (2023–2025)
  • ForHum Bulletin 1: December 2025 – February 2026
  • It’s Not Funny, but Is It Humor? A Database Dilemma [#InsideTheDatabase, Pt. 1]
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