Flinders University will host the 21st Australasian Humour Studies Network Annual Conference from 4-6 February at the State Library of South Australia and the Art Gallery of South Australia, North Terrace.

Highlights include a panel discussing humour in relation to the recent Charlie Hebdo murders in France. This is one of two events open to the public, although bookings are essential in both cases.

The first event, from 4pm to 5.30pm this Thursday (5 February), will see a panel including the renowned Australian cartoonist Bruce Petty discuss humour in relation to the murders – and what happens when some people don’t find certain kinds of humorous expression funny.

The second, connected, event will be the conference’s keynote address, beginning at 5.30 pm on 5 February in the Radford Auditorium of the Art Gallery of South Australia. Bruce Petty is to be the keynote speaker, and he will be drawing live on stage as he speaks about his cartooning oeuvre.

More information, abstracts, speaker profiles and event program can be found here.

To book for the Charlie Hebdo panel or the Bruce Petty keynote address, please email Joy Tennant or Christine Nicholls. Please note, reservations are essential.