ABOUT THE CENTER FOR MARK TWAIN STUDIES

Mark Twain wrote his most famous works in an octagonal study overlooking Elmira, NY, the hometown of his wife, Olivia. For more than two decades the Clemens family summered with Olivia’s siblings at Quarry Farm. All are buried at the nearby Woodlawn Cemetery. In 1983, both Quarry Farm and the study, since relocated to the Elmira College campus, became part of the Center for Mark Twain Studies. CMTS is dedicated to serving an international community of scholars interested in a approaching Mark Twain Studies from a variety of different approaches and disciplines.

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2026 Quarry Farm Fellowships GUIDELINES

ViSiting the
Mark Twain STUDY

All 2024 CMTS
Lectures

“Energy Studies”
Twelfth Quarry Farm Symposium
October 2025 – CFP To Follow Soon

CMTS RESOURCES

Mark Twain Day by Day

TROUBLE BEGINS
Lecture ARCHIVES

ONLINE RESOURCES
And Information Pages
FOR MARK TWAIN STUDIES

THE Mark Twain
ARCHIVE

PHOTO GALLERY

RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS & STUDENTS

PAST QUARRY FARM FELLOWS

“From The Study”
CMTS POST INDEX

PASt COnferences
& SymPOSIA

Keep Mark Twain’s Legacy Alive

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Upcoming Events & Call for Papers

Mark Twain Circle at 2025 MLA

January 9-12, 2025 – New Orleans, Louisiana

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Mark Twain Circle at 2025 ALA (2 Panels)

“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer at 150” and “Open Topic”

May 21-24, 2025 – Boston, Massachusetts

CFP Deadline – January 15, 2025

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American Humor Studies Association at 2025 ALA

“New Directions”

May 21-24, 2025 – Boston, Massachusetts

CFP Deadline – January 15, 2025

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2025 Center for American Literature First Book Institute

July 1-7, 2025 – Pennsylvania State University

Application Deadline – February 19, 2025

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Heidelberg Center for American Studies Spring Academy Conference

March 24-28, 2025 – Heidelberg, Germany

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AHSA Panel at 2025 Critical Humor Studies Association Conference

“What’s So Funny About America?”

April 25-26, 2025 – Claremont, California

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American Humor Studies Association at 2025 ALA

“Humor and/in Periodicals in the Long 19th Century”

May 21-24, 2025 – Boston, Massachusetts

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W.D. Howells Society at 2025 ALA

May 21-24, 2025 – Boston, Massachusetts

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“Generations and Generational Time in the United States During the Long Nineteenth Century” Conference

June 12-13, 2025 – Université de Lille, France

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18th International “Connotations” Symposium: Humor and Its Borders

July 29-31, 2025 – Bochum, Germany

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