The Center for Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College is excited to offer 10 fellowships in 2027 to any scholar, writer, and artist working in the field of Mark Twain Studies at any career stage, giving Fellows the opportunity to work on academic and/or creative...
The 2027 First Book Institute June 6-June 12, 2027 Hosted by the Center for American Literary Studies (CALS) at Pennsylvania State University Co-Directors: Priscilla Wald, R. Florence Brinkley Distinguished Professor of English, Duke University, and Co-Editor...
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 HeavyThe Denbo Center for...
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 engage...
Judith Yaross Lee Publication Grant in American Humor Studies Call for AbstractsThe American Humor Studies Association’s Judith Yaross Lee Publication Grant supports early career scholars with professional guidance as they develop an article in comedy/humor studies...
The American Literature Association is hosting a symposium on "The American Novel: Forms, Genres, and Traditions" in Santa Fe on November 5-7, 2026. We have a great hotel in the best location in Santa Fe, and I am committed to putting together a fabulous program....
The Mark Twain Circle of America invites proposals for its session on "New Directions in Mark Twain Studies" at the upcoming Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) conference in Seattle from November 12-15, 2026. The Circle invites innovative...
J19: The Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists is excited to announce that we will be hosting an online forum discussion of Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined By David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson This graphic novel reimagining of...
Call for Papers—“Irreverence, Rebellion, and Resilience”: The Mark Twain Circle at Elmira’s Tenth International Conference on the State of Mark Twain Studies, July 30-August 1, 2026 The Mark Twain Circle invites proposals (developed abstracts of 250-500 words plus a...
A Unique Opportunity for American Humor Scholars As part of the 10th International Conference on the State of Mark Twain Studies, the American Humor Studies Association (AHSA) invites proposals for either a panel or a roundtable discussion. The Elmira conference will...