<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><h3 style="margin:14pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;break-after:auto;font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Dear members, </span></h3><div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Please read the following information on the10th Humor Research Conference:</span></div><h3 style="margin:14pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;break-after:auto;font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Theme: Multidisciplinary</span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Call for Papers</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> and General Registration</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Call Deadline: March 1st, 2020</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The 10th annual Humor Research Conference (HRC) 2020 is a
dual-modality conference, that is it will take place at Texas A&M - Commerce's
main campus in Commerce, TX and will be simultaneously live-broadcast on the
web. The Humor Research Conference is a student-organized international
multidisciplinary all-plenary event dedicated to the study of humor in all its
facets. The conference is student-friendly and invites submissions on <u>any
topic</u> in humor research, including and not restricted to literary studies,
psychology, sociology, and linguistics. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Our
goal in organizing a "green" conference is to contribute to a
sustainable future through a cost-efficient and energy-saving conference, while
acknowledging the need for scholarly interaction. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<h3 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;break-after:auto;font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-weight:normal"><a name="_79nenx9l8uas"></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Date:<b> March 20, 2020 </b></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;break-after:auto;font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-weight:normal"><a name="_9j1oh38xcrg0"></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Location:<b> Commerce, TX</b></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;break-after:auto;font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-weight:normal"><a name="_j8g4qma9fxf9"></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Questions?<b> <a href="mailto:HRC@tamuc.edu">HRC@tamuc.edu</a></b></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Registration
and additional information at </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/academics/colleges/humanitiesSocialSciencesArts/departments/literatureLanguages/newsandevents/nethrc/default.aspx" style="color:blue">http://www.tamuc.edu/academics/colleges/humanitiesSocialSciencesArts/departments/literatureLanguages/newsandevents/nethrc/default.aspx</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Call for Papers:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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, provide a
title. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submission Email: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:HRC@tamuc.edu">HRC@tamuc.edu</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Faculty
sponsors,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Salvatore Attardo, PhD</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Professor</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Department
of Literature and Languages</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Christian F. Hempelmann, PhD</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Associate Professor of Computational
Linguistics</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Director, Ontological Semantic
Technology Lab</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Department
of Literature and Languages</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Students,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Reza
Panahi </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(<a href="mailto:preza@leomail.tamuc.edu">preza@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>)<b></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Nabiha
El Khatib </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(<a href="mailto:nelkhatib@leomail.tamuc.edu">nelkhatib@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>)<b></b></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>