by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Sep 2, 2025 | Call for papers
The W.D. Howells Society will host two panels at the American Literature Association’s 37th annual conference, which will meet at the Palmer House in Chicago, May 20-23, 2026 (Wednesday through Saturday of Memorial Day weekend). PANEL 1: HOWELLS & MEDIA From...
by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Sep 1, 2025 | Call for papers
Please note upcoming application deadlines for research fellowship opportunities at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts. All awards are for use of the AAS library’s resources for research and writing. On-campus housing is available. ...
by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Aug 25, 2025 | Call for papers
CFP: Edited Volume “Formats and Institutions of American Literary Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century” Editors: Philipp Löffler (Heidelberg) and Alexander Starre (Berlin) Deadline for Abstracts: October 31, 2025 This edited collection addresses alternative modes of...
by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Aug 8, 2025 | Call for papers
CFP for Special Issue of Studies in American Humor: “Periodicals, Period: Humor and Nineteenth-Century American Newspapers and Magazines” Studies in American Humor, the journal of the American Humor Studies Association, invites submissions of scholarly papers for a...
by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Jul 17, 2025 | CMTS Events, Trouble Begins Lectures
The Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) concluded the 2025 Park Church Lecture Series last night with a talk entitled, “Beyond Mental Telegraphy: Twain’s Late Psychological Fiction” by Thomas W. Howard, Bilkent University (Ankara, Turkey). The...