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 Twain Scholars.
In 2019, CMTS established a formal, yet independent, relationship with the Mark Twain Circle of America, the principal organization dedicated to the study of Samuel Clemens, his works, and his times.

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2023 Spring
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“Mark Twain: Invention, Technology,
and Science Fiction”
THe 10th Quarry Farm Symposium

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Upcoming Events & Call for Papers

CFP: Seminar Proposals for C19 2024 Biennial Conference “The End”

CFP Deadline – May 5, 2023

March 14-16, 2024 – Pasadena, California

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Mark Twain Circle Panel at 2023 American Literature Association Conference

May 25-28, 2023 – Boston, Massachusetts

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“COMEDY/HUMOR”: American Humor Studies Association Conference

July 10-12, 2023 – Empire State College, Saratoga Springs, New York

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CFP: Special Issue of AMERICAN LITERARY REALISM: “Regionalism and Indigeneity”

Proposal Deadline – August 25, 2023

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CFP: C19 2024 Biennial Conference “The End”

CFP Deadline – September 1, 2023

March 14-16, 2024 – Pasadena, California

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10th Quarry Farm Symposium – “Mark Twain: Invention, Technology, and Science Fiction”

October 6-8, 2023 – Quarry Farm, Elmira, New York

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Mark Twain Circle Panel at 2024 Modern Language Association Conference

January 4-7, 2024 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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