The Pragmatics of Cringe-Humor on the Screen and on Digital Media

›9:30 (30min)

Welcome coffee

› Salle Lucie Aubrac

›10:00 (10min)

Opening speeches

› Amphi

›10:10 (1h)

Dimensions and Loci of Cringe: The Case of 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Keynote Alexander Brock

› Amphi

›11:10 (15min)

Short break

›11:25 (25min)

Interview- Style Cringe Comedy Between Two Ferns with Zach Galafianakis: A Multimodal and Pragmatic Analysis
Jacob Rigal & Dima Al-Khateeb

› Amphi

›11:50 (25min)

The Limits of my Humor Mean the Limits of my World: Is Politically Incorrect Humor Cringe?
Sabina Tabacaru

› Amphi

›12:15 (15min)

Questions & Answers

› Amphi

›12:30 (2h)

Lunch break

› Salle Lucie Aubrac

›14:30 (25min)

Cringe and Refraction: Ambivalent Comedians and their Streamed Comedy Specials
Thomas C. Messerli

› Amphi

›14:55 (25min)

“And so ... our hero bids a fond ‘Adieu’ to his latest collection of adventures and miserable puns”: Quest for Glory and the Afterlife of Point-and-Click Cringe Humour
Will Noonan

› Amphi

›15:20 (15min)

Questions & Answers

› Amphi

›15:35 (30min)

Coffee break

› Salle Lucie Aubrac

›16:05 (1h)

“Hard to watch”: Cringe and Embarrassment Humor (online)
Keynote Salvatore Attardo

› Amphi