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1/6: This month’s #FridayFeature is @IngerKuin an Assistant Professor of Classics General Faculty at the University of Virginia ( @UVA), who teaches a class titled ‘Laughter and Humor in Ancient Greece and Rome’. Here is the interesting syllabus: https://www.academia.edu/40988324/Syllabus_Laughter_and_Humor_in_Ancient_Greece_and_Rome
2/6: Kuin's research interests are in the intersections of religion, popular culture, & philosophy in the Greek literature of the Roman Empire.
3/6: Her recent book chapter: ‘Diogenes vs. Demonax: Laughter as Philosophy in Lucian’ (2019) explores the value of laughter in philosophy and the potential of laughter 'as' philosophy: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/laughter-humor-and-comedy-in-ancient-philosophy-9780190460549?cc=us&lang=en&fbclid=IwAR1VNs2cBiBGh3zCFgcVR6YdfmgklC-2x7XgVl3sRW-DEHdR14-rup4Ki20
4/6: Look out for Kuin’s up-and-coming book on the comic works of Lucian of Samosata titled ‘The Gods in Lucian: Humor, Popular Culture, and Religion in the Second Century CE’.
5/6: As well as her up-and-coming contributions to the edited collection ‘Humour in Beginning' where she explores laughing gods! #HumourandReligion
6/6: In the meantime you can also read Kuin's numerous op-eds in both English and Dutch such as: ‘Inside Jokes’: https://eidolon.pub/inside-jokes-286c1d4985b
