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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Upcoming Events & Call for Papers

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

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

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CFP: “American Nightmares”: The Inaugural Symposium of the Society for the Study of the American Gothic

CFP Deadline – October 31, 2023

March 21-23, 2024 – Salem, Massachusetts

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British Association of Nineteenth Century Americanists Biennial Symposium

December 1 & 2, 2023 – Bristol, United Kingdom

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CFP: New York History Conferece

CFP Deadline – January 1, 2024

June 20 & 21, 2024 – Albany, 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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CFP: Fourth Mark Twain Conference in Hannibal, MO

CFP Deadline – February 15, 2024

August 1-3, 2024 – Hannibal, Missouri

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C19 2024 Biennial Conference “The End”

March 14-16, 2024 – Pasadena, California

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