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Academics Do Have A Sense of Humour
BCadmin February 18, 2019 September 6, 2022 Uncategorized

Academics Do Have A Sense of Humour

For those of you who don’t know what or who Bright Club is, listen up because you’re missing out on something very special. It’s a variety night for lateral minds, where academics use comedy to communicate their research and experiences in the world of academia to a public audience. Each …

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Dancing Into Bright Club
BCadmin November 15, 2018 October 21, 2019 Uncategorized

Dancing Into Bright Club

This post was written by Deidre Cavazzi, a dance academic on sabbatical in Galway. Jessamyn Fairfield and I met sharing a tiny cabin aboard a tallship in the Arctic for several weeks in 2017 as part of the Arctic Circle Summer Solstice Residency, and decided to collaborate on a project …

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The Bright Club Mission
Jessamyn Fairfield September 25, 2018 October 21, 2019 Uncategorized

The Bright Club Mission

What is Bright Club about? We’re glad you asked… Our mission is to empower researchers, inform and engage the public, and contribute to cultural and societal change. We will do this by: Building capacity for Irish-based researchers in communication and engagement, toward creating a community of practice Empowering publics to …

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Bright Club Ireland: Our Story in Numbers
BCadmin August 29, 2018 October 21, 2019 Uncategorized

Bright Club Ireland: Our Story in Numbers

Who comes to Bright Club? Who speaks at Bright Club? What do they talk about? Here’s a few stats on our story so far:

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Bright Club Open Call 2018!
BCadmin July 18, 2018 October 21, 2019 Uncategorized

Bright Club Open Call 2018!

Bright Club Ireland, the variety night bringing academic research and comedy together, is looking to fund COMEDIANS & PERFORMERS to develop material for headline performances in late 2018 and early 2019. We will award a small number of €500 grants to performers of any type willing to develop 15-20 minute …

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The Psychology of Stand-Up Comedy
BCadmin July 10, 2018 October 21, 2019 Uncategorized

The Psychology of Stand-Up Comedy

Why do comedians engage in stand-up, and why Do audiences like it? This post was written in 2016 by Brian Hughes, a speaker at the second ever Bright Club Dublin. It was originally posted on Psychology Today. Recently I had cause to perform some stand-up comedy (strictly as an amateur of …

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First Time at Bright Club?
BCadmin May 21, 2018 October 21, 2019 Uncategorized

First Time at Bright Club?

This post was written in 2015 by Andrew Jackson, a speaker at the second ever Bright Club Dublin. It was originally posted at the EcoEvo blog. Bright Club is a variety night of entertainment combining light-hearted research talks from academics and performances from professional comedians. It has been running for …

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Why Use Comedy to Communicate Science?
Jessamyn Fairfield March 26, 2018 October 21, 2019 Uncategorized

Why Use Comedy to Communicate Science?

Comedy is a tool for change. It changes how people think about the world we live in, about complex ideas, and about each other. In this talk from TEDxTUM this winter, I explain why comedy is a great way to communicate science, to foster new ways of thinking, and even …

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Know The Rules So You Can Break Them
Jessamyn Fairfield March 20, 2018 March 22, 2018 Uncategorized

Know The Rules So You Can Break Them

Whenever you get up to speak in public, the audience has certain expectations about what you are going to say and how you’re going to say it, based on context: where you are, what you look like, who the audience themselves are. This is perfectly satirized in this meta-TED talk: Everything …

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How It All Started
Jessamyn Fairfield March 16, 2018 March 22, 2018 Uncategorized

How It All Started

Back in October 2015 I was over in London, to give a talk at the Institute of Physics and to give a monologue about science for a Project2 improv show. At both places I found myself chatting to audience members afterward about my passion for comedy as well as physics, …

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