International Conference I 7 – 9 April 2023 Sofia

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE I 7-9 April 2023, Sofia
Scary, Funny, Absurd, New Digital Absurdism

7 April 2023

Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication, Sofia University

1000 Sofia, Moskovska str. 49

 

  • 17.00–18.00 Welcoming. Presentation of the scientific project Pop-culture, pop-politics: the digital turn. Interdisciplinary analyses of the intersectionality between media, cultures and politics (with the financial support of The Bulgarian National Science Fund (BNSF) Н55/2, 15.12.2021) and the latest special issue of the online journal for cultural studies Seminar_BG (https://www.seminar-bg.eu/)

Ivaylo Ditchev, Department of History and Theory of Culture, Sofia University

Vencislav Dimov, Department of Radio and Television, Sofia University

  • 19.00 – Dinner

8 April 2023

Mirror HallSofia University

1504 Sofia, Tzar Osvoboditel blvrd. 15

 

 

10.00-11.40 – 1st SESSION: POP-FAKE/POP-CONSPIRACY[1]

Chair: Milla Mineva

 

 

Beyond Belief: The Seductive Appeal of Witticisms in Popular Culture

Todor Hristov, Literary Theory Department, Sofia University

 

 

“… No Dad, It Was Not Mein Kampf! It Was Minecraft!!!”

Julien Giry, PRIM, University of Tours

 

 

New Digital Absurdism

Ivaylo Ditchev, Department of History and Theory of Culture, Sofia University

 

 

#IAmAClown” How Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky Became President Through Digital Media

Matthias Schwartz, Leibniz Center for Literary and Cultural Research

 

11.40-12.00 – Coffee break

 

12.00-13.40 – 2nd SESSION: POP-MUSIC/POP-POLITICS

Chair: Ivaylo Ditchev

 

The Role of Music in Protest Mobilizations in Bulgaria

Valentina Gueorguieva, Department of History and Theory of Culture, Sofia University

 

“Let’s Laugh Together”: Political Uses of Music in “A Song for Lena”

Vladislav Petkov, Department of History and Theory of Culture, Sofia University

 

 

Relationship Between Music and Politics on the Macedonian Cultural Scene in the Last Decade

Julijana Papazova, European Scientific Institute

 

 

Between Funny and Absurd – Verse Writers and Radio-“Parrots”

Vencislav Dimov, Department of Radio and Television, Sofia University

 

 

13.50–15.00 – Lunch break

 

15.00-16.10 – 3rd SESSION: POP-HUMOUR/POP-SATIRE

Chair: Jana Popova

 

 

How Funny is “Political Correctness or Who Uses Humour as a Weapon?

Milla Mineva, Department of Sociology, Sofia University

 

Comedy is When You Fall into an Open Sewer and Die: When Political Humour Goes Meta

Alejandro Romero-Reche, Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology, University of Granada

 

 

Hunger for fun online

Nikoleta Daskalova, Media Democracy Foundation

 

16.30 – Coffee break

18.30 – 4th SESSION: POP-FUN

Chair: Niya Neykova

 

 

Humour during Crises: towards the Possibility of Virtual Authenticity

Luboslava Kostova, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

 

 

Absurdity in Digital Intimacy

Niya Neykova, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

 

 

Time to Laugh or Time to BSilent. In Search of the Sense of Humor of Horizont” Radio Channel Listeners in the Election Campaign for the Bulgarian 49th National Assembly

Lora Tarkoleva, Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication, Sofia University

 

Mixing of “Socialism and Transition Narratives in Satire Production of Post-2000 New Years TV Programs

Jana Popova, Department of Radio and Television, Sofia University

 

 

Balkan digital humor

Maria Ivanova, Department of History and Theory of Culture, Sofia University

 

 

[1] In each session there are 20 minutes per presentation and 20 minutes for final discussion.

Conference organizing committee: Jana Popova, Svetla Koleva, Niya Neykova

 

(within scientific project Pop-culture, pop-politics: the digital turn. Interdisciplinary analyses of the intersectionality between media, cultures and politics, with the financial support of The Bulgarian National Science Fund (BNSF) Н55/2, 15.12.2021)

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