The Black University Concept & The Second Curriculum (A Tale of Today, Episode #6)
The second act of “A Tale of Today” opens with a survey of the history of HBCUs.
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CFP: American Humor Studies Association at ALA 2025 in Boston, MA (May 21-24, 2025)
Panel Proposal title “Humor and/in Periodicals in the Long 19th Century.” CFP deadline is November 15.
“It is Mighty Hard to Fully Believe What You Don’t Know”: Mark Twain & Ghosts
Dwayne Eutsey recounts one of many spooky experiences at Quarry Farm.
All 2024 CMTS Lectures Are Now Available
The lectures from the 2024 Spring & Fall Trouble Begins Lecture Series, the 2024 Park Church Summer Lecture Series, and the 2024 Quarry Farm Symposium are now available. CMTS had the opportunity to record 27 talks from established and emerging scholars working in the field of Mark Twain Studies and other related fields. We hope these support and push forward the study of Mark Twain and his texts in all […]
Morris’s Trouble Begins Lecture Now Available
Morris examines the life and writings of Frances Whitcher, Elmira resident and author of the “Widow Bedott” satiric sketches.
Fall ‘Trouble Begins’ Lecture Series Finishes October 23
Lecture takes place on Wednesday, October 23 at 7:00pm in the Quarry Farm Barn.
First As Farce: Structures of Feeling In The Gilded Age (A Tale of Today, Bonus Episode)
Podcast edition of the 2024 Quarry Farm Fall Symposium Keynote by Nathan Wolff, including bibliography.
Donahue’s Trouble Begins Lecture Now Available
Donahue offers a new interpretation of Twain’s NO.44, THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER.
The Historical Novel (A Tale of Today, Episode #5)
Organized around a comparison of György Lukács’s “The Historical Novel” (1937) and Mark Twain & Charles Dudley Warner’s “The Gilded Age” (1873).
Fall ‘Trouble Begins’ Lecture Series Continues October 16
Lecture takes place Wednesday, October 16 at 7:00pm in the Quarry Farm Barn.