The Trouble Begins in Hartford: The Development of the “Fresh Air” Treatment for Tuberculosis
In-person and virtual lecture starts at 7pm on Wednesday, November 8
Author: Center for Mark Twain Studies
EdTech, AI, & The Unbundling of Research & Teaching (Criticism LTD, Episode #13)
A sometimes uncanny Halloween week exploration of the EdTech griftopia.
CFP: Eleventh Annual Quarry Farm Symposium “Gilded Ages: Humor, Literature, and Society”
CFP deadline is February 1, 2024
Podcasting Criticism (Criticism LTD, Episode #12)
An appropriately rangy discussion of the podcast medium and its debts to existing print and audio forms.
Cushman’s Trouble Begins Lecture Now Available
Cushman explores how Twain shaped the genre of memoir in the nineteenth century and today
The Trouble Begins in Hartford: Lurking, There, in the Underbrush: The Gilded Age in the Adirondacks
Virtual and in-person options are available
Next Trouble Begins Lecture Focuses on Twain and Ulysses S. Grant
Lecture takes place on Wednesday, October 25 (7:00pm) at Quarry Farm
Cray’s Trouble Begins Lecture Now Available
Cray discusses the scandals surrounding NYC’s John Allen
Next Trouble Begins Lecture Deals With “The Wickedest Man in New York”
Lecture takes place on Wednesday, October 18. All CMTS lectures are free and open to the public
Criticism In The Conglomerate Era (Criticism LTD, Episode #11)
As mass-market literature has been consolidated into a small handful of publishing conglomerates, the critical work once done by publicity and editorial departments has been offloaded.