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Department Events

Past Comedy, Seriously Events

May 2013
Performance: Commedia dell'Arte Project
Wednesday, May 8
Miller Library, Robinson Room
April 2013
Lecture: John Morreall on "It's a Funny Thing, Humor"
Saturday, April 6
Ostrove Auditorium
Conference: Mind & Mirth: the Philosophy of Humor
Friday, April 5 - Saturday, April 6
Colby Campus
Lecture: Daniel Dennett on "Reverse Engineering the Funny Bone"
Friday, April 5
Ostrove Auditorium
Monty Python's Spamalot
Friday, April 5 - Sunday, April 14
Waterville Opera House
Workshop: Humor in the Classroom
Friday, April 5
Parker-Reed Room, SSW
March 2013
Comedian Paula Poundstone
Friday, March 22
Waterville Opera House
Solo Performance by Tamy Ben-Tor
Wednesday, March 20
Colby College Museum of Art
Lecture: "Slippery Jingles and Other Political Satire in China Today" by Perry Link
Monday, March 18
Lovejoy 215
Comedian Ron G
Thursday, March 14
TBA
Lecture: "Comrades, Almost a Love Story: Class, Gender, and Film Comedy in Mao’s China" by Ying Bao
Wednesday, March 6
Lovejoy 215
Lecture: "Watching Comedy Undress its Enemies in Democratic Athens and Now"
Wednesday, March 6
Lovejoy 205
February 2013
Lecture: Humor, Norms, and Solidarity: Taking a Joke and Taking it Too Far
Thursday, February 28
Lovejoy 213
Comedian Erin Jackson
Thursday, February 21
TBA
December 2012
Museum Exhibit: Rediscoveries 4: Comedy, Seriously
Thursday, December 6 - Sunday, March 31
Colby College Museum of Art, Lower Jette Galleries
November 2012
Film: Horst Schlaemmer: I Run For Office
Wednesday, November 28
Lovejoy 450