UCC hosts the The H.J. and Barbara Cummings Inaugural Public Lecture on
Humour on Thursday, 5 October at 8pm. Titled "The Evolution of
the Irish Joke", the lecture will be delivered by Professor Christie
Davies.
Professor Davies is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University
of Reading UK having been Professor of Sociology there from 1990 to
2002.
Professor Davies is the co-author of Wrongful Imprisonment (1973), author of Permissive Britain (1975), co-editor of Censorship and Obscenity (1978), author of Ethnic Humor Around the World: a Comparative Analysis (1990 and 1997) and of Jokes and their Relation to Society (1998) and co-author of The Corporation under Siege (1998). He is author of The Mirth of Nations (2002) and co-author of Etuniku Joku (2003). His recent book, The Strange Death of Moral Britain (2004) has received wide acclaim. His first book of short stories, Dewi the Dragon
has appeared this year. His main research and lecturing interests
continue to be in the comparative and historical study of morality and
of humour.
This lecture is made possible through the endowment of H.J. and
Barbara Cummings to University College Cork in support of the
development of the UCC Library of World Humour and the advancement of
our understanding of humour.
The lecture takes place on Thursday, 5 October at 8pm in Boole III
Lecture Theatre. Members of the public are invited to attend and
admission is free.
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