Marieke Oostindjer (University of Groningen)
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 …
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 …
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: