Activities
2025
Feeding the far right: Veronica Inside and the rise of the humour scandal entrepreneur (co-authored with Giselinde Kuipers)Zijp, D. (Speaker)
9 Jul 2025
, International Society for Humor Studies Conference (Krakow, 2025)Pre-conference seminar - Capitalising on controversy: A conjunctural analysis of humour scandalsZijp, D. (Speaker)
7 Jul 2025
, International Society for Humor Studies Conference (Krakow, 2025)Protestcollege: Protesteert, protesteert, protesteert! Cabaret en (anti-)protestliedjes (Universiteit van Amsterdam)Zijp, D. (Speaker)
23 Jun 2025
Rethinking Bakhtin's carnivalesque model of humour in art, activism and politics (Paper presentation at the IFTR conference, Cologne)Zijp, D. (Speaker)
11 Jun 2025
, International Federation for Theatre Research conferenceParticipation in dissertation workshop Sara Atwater (Universiteit Maastricht)Zijp, D. (Speaker)
6 May 2025
, Dissertation workshop Sara AtwaterIt's Funny Cause it's True (Panelgesprek over comedy in Vlaanderen op het Mad Goat Festival, Arenbergschouwburg Antwerpen)Zijp, D. (Speaker)
6 Mar 2025
, Mad Goat FestivalGrappige vrouwen, dominante mannen (Symposium Archief Speculatief, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 28 februari 2025)Zijp, D. (Speaker)
28 Feb 2025
, Archief SpeculatiefThe politics and ethics of provocative humour (Studium Generale, Universiteit Wageningen)Zijp, D. (Speaker)
11 Feb 2025
2024
The pleasure of politics in the theatre, or why the Left needs to remember how to have funZijp, D. (Speaker)
20 Nov 2024
, Fun as a Political Category: A Late Afternoon with Nicholas Holm, Linda Duits, and Dick Zijp (University Theatre, University of Amsterdam)Inleiding bij de voorstelling "No Ponies" van Alex Klaasen (Theater aan de Parade, Den Bosch)Zijp, D. (Speaker)
2 Jun 2024
Comic InnocenceZijp, D. (Speaker)
31 May 2024
, Humor and its Political Affordances Today: From Nostalgia to Cancel Cultures (ASCA, University of Amsterdam)Humor en klimaatcrisis in het werk van Puck Verkade (Lezingenavond bij de tentoonstelling Plague, Platform POST, Arnhem)Zijp, D. (Speaker)
25 Apr 2024
, ECHO PlagueInleiding bij "Een voorstelling" van Herman van Veen (Theater aan de Parade, Den Bosch)Zijp, D. (Speaker)
11 Apr 2024
Panel: Stand-up comedy as a site for social identityZijp, D. (Speaker)
4 Apr 2024
, Humor and Conflict in the Digital Age (Symposium, KU Leuven)Humor en sociale verhoudingen: Hoe ver kun je te ver gaan? (Lezing voor christelijke studentenvereniging)Zijp, D. (Speaker)
6 Mar 2024
2023
Kuipers, Giselinde, Joonas Koivukoski, and Dick Zijp. Humor and Affective Polarization: How Finnish and Dutch Humor Scandals Mark - and Possibly Widen - Societal Divides.Zijp, D. (Speaker)
30 Nov 2023
, Humor and Conflict in the Digital Age (HACIDA) conferenceComic InnocenceZijp, D. (Speaker)
29 Nov 2023
, Humor and Conflict in the Digital Age (HACIDA) conferenceComic InnocenceZijp, D. (Speaker)
24 Apr 2023
, 5th International Communication Styles Conference (Krakow, Poland)Interview tijdens De Nationale Avond van de Woordgrap (Torpedo Theater, Amsterdam)door Michiel Eijsbouts en Victor MastboomZijp, D. (Invited speaker)
1 Apr 2023
, De Nationale Avond van de Woordgrap2022
We have never been wokeZijp, D. (Invited speaker)
8 Oct 2022
, Food for LaughsWe have never been wokeZijp, D. (Invited speaker)
8 Oct 2022
, Food for Laughs'Those Who Laugh as a Body Today, Will March as a Body Tomorrow': Critical Comedy and the Politics of CommunityZijp, D. (Invited speaker)
2 Jul 2022
, International Society for Humor Studies Conference (Bertinoro, Italy)Round Table: The Politics and Aesthetics of Humour in an Age of Comic ControversyZijp, D. (Invited speaker)
1 Jul 2022
, International Society for Humor Studies Conference (Bertinoro, Italy)Nuanced Humour: The Possibilities and Limitations of Humour in the Public SphereZijp, D. (Invited speaker)
30 Jun 2022
, International Society for Humor Studies ConferenceHumour & TransgressionZijp, D. (Participant)
28 Feb 2022
2021
Is Crossing Boundaries Always Liberating? The Contested Politics of Transgressive HumourZijp, D. (Invited speaker)
4 Jun 2021
, International Society for Humor Studies Webinar series2020
Mogen we dan niks meer zeggen? 3 mythes over grensoverschrijdende humorZijp, D. (Invited speaker)
12 Sept 2020
, The Funniest Festival Ever2019
Humour as Protest?Zijp, D. (Invited speaker)
16 Mar 2019
, Performance Philosophy Biennial2018
Repoliticizing Dutch Cabaret: A Critical Analysis of the Depoliticizing Tendencies of HumourZijp, D. (Invited speaker)
26 Jun 2018
, International Society for Humour Studies Conference2016
The Conservative Implications of Humour in Dutch CabaretZijp, D. (Invited speaker)
3 May 2016
, Comedy and Critical Thought2014
Humour, Authenticity and Absorption: Re-Thinking Conservative HumourZijp, D. C. (Speaker)
11 Jul 2014
, International Society for Humor Studies Conference