Event Details
Date: January 30, 2025 · 2:00–3:30 pm
Location: Monash University, Caulfield Campus
Discussion led by Til Knowles on Comedy and Politics:
- Higgie R (2015) ‘Playful Politicians and Serious Satirists: Comedic and Earnest Interplay in Australian Political Discourse’, Comedy Studies, 6(1):63–77, doi:10.1080/2040610X.2015.1026077.
- Tsiolkas C (2012) ‘The Toxicity of Smugness’, in A Loewenstein and J Sparrow (eds) Left Turn: Political Essays for the New Left, Melbourne University Press.
Further Reading
- Lockyer S (2015) ‘From comedy targets to comedy-makers: disability and comedy in live performance’, Disability & Society, 30(9):1397–1412, doi:10.1080/09687599.2015.1106402.
- Sedgwick C (2024) Inequality in Contemporary Stand-Up Comedy in the UK, Springer International, Cham, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-55932-7.
- Tomkins S (2017) ‘I, John Safran, am a Proud Black Man!’, Australasian Journal of American Studies, 36(1):75–100.
- Warner M (2010) Publics and Counterpublics, Zone, New York.
The ACSC’s Comedy Studies Reading Group meets regularly to read and discuss works of comedy scholarship. Currently, meetings take place fortnightly and are hosted at Monash University’s Caulfield Campus and online via Zoom.
Like all our activities, the Reading Group is run on a volunteer basis in the spirit of collectivism, collegiality, and community service. Meetings are open to all and there is no cost to attend. If you would like to know more or attend an upcoming meeting, please get in touch.