by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Oct 8, 2026 | Trouble Begins Lectures
The Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) at Elmira College kicked off the 2026 Fall Trouble Begins Lecture Series last night. The lectures take place on Wednesdays throughout October at Quarry Farm. Located at 131 Crane Road (Elmira), the lectures are free and open...
by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Oct 5, 2026 | Trouble Begins Lectures
“The Bosses of the Senate,” political cartoon by Joseph Keppler. First published in Puck (January 23, 1889) The public is invited to attend the 2026 Fall Trouble Begins Lecture Series, presented by the Center for Mark Twain Studies and supported by the generous...
by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Sep 14, 2026 | Call for papers
CFP: “Speculative Souths” The Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts The University of Tennessee, Knoxville June 10-12, 2027 CFP Deadline: November 2, 2026 Keynote Speaker: Kiese Laymon, Rice University, author of Long Division and Heavy The Denbo...
by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Sep 1, 2026 | CMTS Events, Trouble Begins Lectures
CLICK HERE FOR A FULL RECAP OF ELMIRA 2026 Conference Theme: Irreverence, Rebellion, and Resilience Established in 1989, the quadrennial International Conference on the State of Mark Twain Studies is the oldest and largest gathering of scholars interested in the field...
by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Aug 5, 2026 | Call for papers
The Mark Twain Circle invites abstracts for a panel at the 2026 South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) conference in Atlanta, Nov. 5–7. This year’s theme is hospitality; a full description is available at https://southatlanticmla.org/. Papers should...