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Program
“Humour in ASEAN” International Conference
4 – 5 August 2010
Room 105 Maha Chulalongkorn Building
Department of English, the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok, Thailand
In Corporation with the Humanities Research Forum
The Thailand Research Fund (TRF)
Wednesday, 4 August 2010
08.00 – 08.45 Registration
08.45 – 08.50 Welcome Speech by the President of Chulalongkorn University
08.50 – 09.00 Opening Speech by the Director of the Thailand Research Fund
09.00 – 10.00 Keynote Speech by M. R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra (Governor of Bangkok)
10.00 – 10.15 Break
10.15 – 11.15 The Role of Humour in Dharma Preaching
An Interview with Phra Maha Sompong (Soithong Temple)
Interlocutor and Translator: Dangkamon Na-pombejra
11.15 – 12.15 Invited Paper Session I
Comedy, Humour and Laugh
Hoàng Ngọc Hiến
Center of Studies of Vietnamese Wisdom
Satire: The Power of the Joke
Kam Raslan
Writer, Malaysia
12.15 – 13.15 Lunch Break
13.15 – 14.45 Invited Paper Session II
Halakhak: Defining the “National” in the Humor of Philippine Popular Culture
Maria Rhodora G. Ancheta
University of the Philippines, Philippines
‘Excorporation’ and ‘Carnivalesque’ in Tactics of Humour for Nonviolent Struggle: The Case of Serbia’s Student-Led Protests and the Subsequent Resistance Movement (Otpor), 1996-2000
Janjira Sombatpoonsiri
PhD candidate, LaTrobe University, Australia
Humour as a Criticism of Life, an Indonesian Perspective
Ayu Sutarto
University of Jember, Indonesia
14.45 – 15.00 Break
15.00 – 16.30 Submitted Paper Session I
Humor Mechanisms in Jokes about the Aged
Siriporn Sriwarakan
Ethnic Joke in Lan Na Amusement Tales
Chalermchai Parasuk
Lao Jokes as Supplementary Materials for Teaching Lao to Thai Learners
Varisa Kamalanavin
What's So Funny About Sri Thanonchai?
John Hartmann
Pinitbhand Paribatra
Thursday, 5 August 2010
09.00 – 10.30 Submitted Paper Session II
Room 1:
The Power of Humour in Redressing Social Imbalances: The Case of an I-san Comedy Film
Amata Jantarangsee
Queer Representations and Thai Laughter: The Iron Ladies (2000)
Oradol Kaewprasert
“Laugh and Learn” on Contemporary Thai Stage
Dangkamon Na-pombejra
Indonesian Comedy: Socio-Cultural Studies of Dhagelan Mataram
M. Sholahuddin Nur’azmy
Room 2:
The Rhythm of the Blues: Humor, Fantasy and Melancholy in Philippine and Singaporean Gay Writing in English
Miguel Antonio N. Lizada
How Can Synonyms Become Funny? A Case Study into the Use of Transformative Literary Devices in Unnarut Roy Rueng
Kanjana Srisamut
Kandaporn Jaroenkitboworn
Animation, a Seriously Funny Subject in Cross Cultural Telling Tales
Millie Young
Factors Influencing Comprehension of Comic Strips
Angvarrah Lieungnapar
Richard Watson Todd
10.30 – 10.45 Break
10.45 – 12.15 Submitted Paper Session III
Room 1:
What Ignites Humour in ASEAN?
Yong Mun Cheong
The Bright and Dark Sides of Humor
Chantima Wangsomchok
Humour in Guided Tour Discourse
Sawitri Hammond
Room 2:
Humor and Pathos: Filipino Diaspora Drama (Carlos Bulosan’s The Romance of Magno Rubio and Chris D. Martinez’s Welcome to Intelstar)
Carina Chotirawe
Laughing beyond Borders: P. Intharapalit’s Phon Nikorn Kim-Nguan and Its Cambodian Brothers
Klairung Amratisha
The Roles of the Comic Tales of the Thai-Khmer People in Lower Northeastern Thailand
Direk Hongthong
12.15 – 13.30 Lunch Break
13.30 – 15.00 ASEAN Tales: Humour and More (Performance)
Wajuppa Tossa and Company
15.00 – 15.15 Break
15.15 – 16.15 Closing Remarks: Differences and Commonalities in Humour
Chaiyan Rajchagool, Payap University
16.15 – 16.20 Closing Ceremony by the Head of the Department of English, the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University |
