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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Dear former participants of the Humor Research Conference and those who expressed an interest,<BR>
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We are currently entering the hot phase of the organization for the next conference and want to let you know dates and theme as soon as possible. Further details are to follow on this channel soon and will be posted on the conference website as well:<BR>
<a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/humor">http://www.tamuc.edu/humor</a><BR>
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Hope to see you in February!<BR>
Kiki<BR>
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4th Humor Research Conference 2014<BR>
“Intercultural and Cross-Cultural Humor”<BR>
February 21-23, 2014<BR>
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The 4th annual Humor Research Conference (HRC) 2014 in Texas will take place as an international multidisciplinary all-plenary 3-day event at Texas A&M—Commerce’s facility in Rockwall next door to Dallas, TX. The theme of this year’s HRC is “Intercultural and Cross-Cultural Humor.” <BR>
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Please submit:<BR>
* Abstract for general submission (up to 250 words; plus 1 extra page for images, references, etc.); indicate if paper (20m + Q/A) or poster or either. <BR>
* Panels of 3 papers (90 minutes) <BR>
* Workshops (90 minutes) <BR>
* Submission email: <a href="CHSSA@tamuc.edu">CHSSA@tamuc.edu</a> <BR>
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Important Dates:<BR>
* December 1, 2013: Submission deadline <BR>
* December 15, 2013: Notification of acceptance <BR>
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Conference Venue:<BR>
A&M-Commerce at Rockwall <<a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/academics/locations/rockwall/default.aspx">http://www.tamuc.edu/academics/locations/rockwall/default.aspx</a>> <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><B>Christian F. Hempelmann | Assistant Professor of Computational Linguistics<BR>
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Texas A&M University-Commerce<BR>
P.O. Box 3011 | Commerce, TX 75429-3011<BR>
Tel. 903.468.5291 | Fax: 903.886.5980 | www.tamuc.edu<BR>
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