The first GRISU Symposium – Gruppo di Ricerca Italiano di Studi sull’Umorismo

Delia Chiaro

Università di Bologna – Alma Mater Studiorum

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Delia Chiaro
Professor Emerita at the University of Bologna and a leading humour scholar. She has published numerous books, over 100 articles and chapters, and regularly speaks at global conferences. Recent works include Playing with Food: Language, Humor and Disgust (with Debra Aarons, Routledge, 2026) and Comedy in Political Language: How Politicians Use Humour (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming). Delia served as President of the International Society of Humor Studies (2016–17), sits on HUMOR's editorial board, and is affiliated with Brunel University's Centre for Comedy Studies Research.

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