DELIAH will be taking part in the @oppattune.bsky.social Forum in Sarajevo on March 12-13, to discuss strategies for countering extremism.
More info: deliaheu.substack.com/p/hybrid-thr...
Image by Glen Le Lievre.
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DELIAH members Carmelo Moreno and Marcos Engelken-Jorge will chair a panel that explores the role of culture and entertainment in political life as part of the 18th Spanish Congress of Political Science and Public Administration in September 2026
More info: deliaheu.substack.com/p/panel-cult...
We are delighted to be present at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia this year, where we will be (co-)hosting two workshops: open.substack.com/pub/deliaheu...
#DELIAH #humour #democracy #event
Image showing the photo of Katarína Motyková with the quote 'I love to laugh - in all forms, from a subtle smile to a hearty uncontrollable laugh'
Check out our interview with Katarína Motyková from Comenius University in Slovakia. For DELIAH, the team from Slovakia is working on analysing humour and fostering democratic participation in times of conflict: deliaheu.substack.com/p/i-love-to-...
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We have just published another interview with a member of the DELIAH research team!
This time we talk to Carmelo Moreno-del Río from the University of the Basque Country. Read it here: deliaheu.substack.com/p/the-key-wo...
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Making fun of those in power can be dangerous business. Weekly cartoon, by Viacheslav Shilov.
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Humour scandals. Our weekly cartoon, this time by Dale Cummings from Canada.
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Is there a place for democracy in the new world order? Our weekly cartoon, this one by Tjeerd Royaards.
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We are interviewing every member of the DELIAH team; in this edition we talk to we talk to Julia Fleischhack from the University of Göttingen.
She is working on ways to use humour to effectively counter harassment and anti-democratic behaviour: deliaheu.substack.com/p/we-should-...
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If you haven't done so yet, be sure to check out our newsletter that came out last Monday: deliaheu.substack.com/p/deliah-new...
Cartooon by Guido Kühn.
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Open call to PhD students from Estonia and beyond: join our international, interdisciplinary workshop titled Humor Matters: Laughter and Democracy. Two days in Tallinn filled with lectures, panels and hands-on workshops. More info here: deliaheu.substack.com/p/humour-mat...
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The 36th Conference of the International Society for Humor Studies will be held in Brazil between July 6th and 10th. The conference website is live (ishs2026.org) and the call for papers and panel proposals are open: ishs2026.org
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We have just published our second newsletter! Check it out to find out about DELIAH's activities in 2026, the comic we're working on, interviews and more!
deliaheu.substack.com/p/deliah-new...
Image by Pedro X. Molina.
One year of Trump. Our weekly cartoon, this time by Burkhard Mohr.
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If you haven't subscribed to our newsletter yet, now's a good opportunity to do so. Our first newsletter of 2026, full of project updates and other news, will be dispatched early next week!
Subscribe here: deliaheu.substack.com
Cartoon by Portuguese cartoonist Vasco Gargalo.
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Happy new year!
We are kicking off 2026 with an interview with Andrew Bricker, the Academic Coordinator for DELIAH. For DELIAH, Andrew is researching far-right online humour. Find out more about this and his view on humour in general here: deliaheu.substack.com/p/humour-sho...
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As the end of the year approaches, it is time to take stock and look ahead. In our Year in review, we take a look back at what we have done since the project started in March 2025 and we look ahead to 2026. Read it here: deliaheu.substack.com/p/year-in-re...
Cartoon by Glen Le Lievre
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Sign of the times. Cartoon by Thiago Lucas.
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We are interviewing every member of the DELIAH team; in this edition we talk to Luisa F. Isaza-Ibarra, a postdoctoral researcher in the DELIAH project at the University of Groningen: deliaheu.substack.com/p/its-not-po...
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Our sister project Democracy In Action invites European grassroots arts and culture organisations across Europe to contribute to a new survey, exploring how they work with and for young people to strengthen civic engagement and democratic participation: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Funny. Cartoon by Viacheslav Shilov.
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We are interviewing every member of the DELIAH team, to give you some more insight into who we are, why we research humour and what we think is funny.
This time we talk to Marcos Engelken Jorge, a researcher at the University of the Basque Country: deliaheu.substack.com/p/research-s...
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Political cartoons: sometimes offensive, but essential for democracy. Check out this comic by @anntelnaes.bsky.social she made earlier this year about the nature of political cartoons: deliaheu.substack.com/p/politican-...
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'The very same mechanisms that make humor powerful can also be weaponized by anti-democratic forces.' Check out our interview with Nina Cingerová, associate professor in Slavonic languages and literatures at Comenius University in Bratislava: deliaheu.substack.com/p/the-very-s...
'The relationship between humour and democracy is fluid and unexpected.'
Check out our interview with DELIAH team member Anastasiya Astapova from the University of Tartu. For DELIAH, she works on how humor can be used to support democratic resilience: deliaheu.substack.com/p/the-relati...
Ismet Suleimanov, our member and doctoral student at the University of Tartu, presented his ongoing research on Ukrainian refugees’ adjustment to life in Europe and how they use humour to do this at the 14th International Conference of Young Folklorists.
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Censorship. Our weekly cartoon, this time by Halit Kurtulmus Aytoslu.
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DELIAH will take part in an online panel on October 16 with sister projects Democracy in Action and Larpocracy. All three projects will share their early insights on building democracy through play, humour, and grassroots culture.
You can join by registering here: forms.gle/EXWpYTJyLUN4...
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In the coming months, we will feature interviews with all the team members of DELIAH.
This time the spotlight is on Olsen Zobar, a Doctoral Researcher at Ghent University. Within DELIAH, Olsen works on better understanding laughter scandals: deliaheu.substack.com/p/a-humourle...
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Our website has a section that lists all our output that is specifically meant for academic research: www.deliah.eu/for-research...
Cartoon by Marco De Angelis.
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