Vol. 14 No. 1 (2026)

Published 22 April 2026

Articles

Simon Dureuil, Sabine Sportouch, Dimitra Laimou
1-18
Humour in the Nazi camps: a defence against dehumanisation
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Massih Zekavat
19-38
Cartooning in the Anthropocene: drawing environmental degradation under capitalism
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Agnieszka Ziora, Dominik Gęgotek
39-47
Analysis of the humour in advertisements in Discord's posts on Twitter
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Abdullah Jaradat
48-61
Black humour in bumper stickers in Jordan
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Selma Đuliman, Matija Bošnjak
62-78
Humour of Bruca Braca Bruda Brada
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Volkan Arslan, Serkan Kıvrak
79-91
Humour and hazard: cartoonists’ perspectives on occupational incidents
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Vicky Manteli
92-111
The semiotics and metapragmatics of humour in contemporary theatre: Lena Kitsopoulou’s adaptation of Aristophanes’ Wasps
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Lilia Ben Mansour
112-130
The humorous standard: Modern Standard Arabic in Tunisia and social embarrassment
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Jennalee Donian
131-145
From theory to practice: an empirical investigation of the Mutual Vulnerability Theory of laughter using Trevor Noah’s comedy
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Tetiana Khraban
146-168
The battle of the sexes and humour: the example of Ukraine
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Taner Atasoy, Atike Yılmaz
169-198
An examination of the personality traits and sense of humour of Paralympic athletes
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Muhammad Attarzadeh, Fazlolah Samimi
199-218
A summary of the evolution of jokes in Persian in the last millennium: an analysis of structure and content
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Research note

Kelly Stone
219-224
‘Probably the only way to teach Americans about sex’: audiences riff on stand-up comedy as sex education
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Reviews

Michael Ewans
225-228
Book review: Chao, Shun-Liang and Vivienne Westbrook (Eds.) (2026). Humour in Times of Confrontation, 1901 to the Present. Routledge.
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Răzvan Săftoiu
229-233
Book review: Logi, Lorenzo (2025). Characters and Surprises in Stand-Up Comedy. Bloomsbury.
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Carmen Maíz-Arévalo
234-237
Book review: Hilborn, Matthew (2025). Film Comedy and Spain: Humour, Genre, and the Nation 1970-2020. Legenda Books.
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Aleksandar Takovski
238-240
Book review: Godioli, Alberto, Sabine Jacques, Jennifer Young and Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández (2025). What’s in a Joke? Assessing Humor in Free Speech Jurisprudence. Forum for Humor and the Law and Columbia Global Freedom of Expression.
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Villy Tsakona
241-246
Book review: Simon, John Charles and Jennalee  Donian (2025). Understanding Laughter and Humour: Why We Laugh, Why We Don’t, and Why It Matters. Palgrave Macmillan.
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