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<div>Dear former HRC participant,</div>
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<div>The 8th Humor Research Conference is coming up soon! Below are the important details, the website will be updated soon.</div>
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<div>Hope to see you again!</div>
<div>Kiki</div>
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<div>Date: 16-Feb-2018 - 18-Feb-2018 <br>
Location: Commerce, TX, USA <br>
Contact Person: Kiki Hempelmann <c.hempelmann@tamuc.edu><br>
Web Site: <a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/humor">http://www.tamuc.edu/humor</a> <br>
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Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2018 <br>
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Meeting Description:<br>
The 8th annual Humor Research Conference (HRC) 2018 in Texas will take place as an international multidisciplinary all-plenary 3-day event at Texas A&M—Commerce’s main campus in Commerce, TX. The conference is student-friendly and invites submissions from any
field inside and out of linguistics.<br>
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Call for Papers: <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, panels of 3 papers (90 minutes), or workshop (90 minutes).
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Submission email: CHSSA<img src="https://linguistlist.org/images/address-marker.gif" align="absbottom">tamuc.edu
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Any topic in humor research is welcome, including and not restricted to literary studies, psychology, sociology, and linguistics.
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Important Dates: <br>
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- Early submission deadline: January 1, 2018 <br>
- Early acceptance notification: January 15, 2018 <br>
[for those who need to plan travel] <br>
- Late submission deadline: January 15, 2018 <br>
- Late submission deadline: January 25, 2018 <br>
[for local participants or those who can plan their travel late]</div>
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<div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Christian F. Hempelmann, PhD</span></div>
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<div style="font-weight: bold;">Asso<span style="font-size: 10pt;">ciate Professor of Computational Linguistics</span></div>
<div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Director, Ontological Semantic Technology Lab</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Department of Literature and Languages</span></div>
<a href="c.hempelmann@tamuc.edu">c.hempelmann@tamuc.edu</a> <br>
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Texas A&M University-Commerce<br>
P.O. Box 3011 | Commerce, TX 75429-3011<br>
Tel. 903.886.5260 | Fax: 903.886.5980 | www.tamuc.edu/ontology<br>
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