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...
“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...
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...
The Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) at Elmira College is honored to continue the 2026 Park Church Summer Lecture Series, which takes place on Wednesdays throughout July at the historic Park Church. Located at 208 West Grey Street (Elmira), the lectures are free...
The Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) at Elmira College continued the 2026 Park Church Summer Lecture Series last night. The lectures take place on Wednesdays throughout July at the historic Park Church. Located at 208 West Grey Street (Elmira), the lectures are...
The Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) at Elmira College announced the schedule for the 2026 Park Church Summer Lecture Series, which takes place on Wednesdays throughout July at the historic Park Church. Located at 208 West Grey Street (Elmira), the lectures are...
The Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) at Elmira College began the 2026 Park Church Summer Lecture Series last night. The lectures take place on Wednesdays throughout July at the historic Park Church. Located at 208 West Grey Street (Elmira), the lectures are free...
The Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) at Elmira College announced the schedule for the 2026 Park Church Summer Lecture Series, which takes place on Wednesdays throughout July at the historic Park Church. Located at 208 West Grey Street (Elmira), the lectures are...
All Trouble Begins and Park Church Lectures are open to the general public at no charge. A videorecording of all Trouble Begins and Park Church Lectures will be posted and archived in the Trouble Begins Lecture Archive. The 2026 Trouble Begins and Park Church Lecture...
The Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) at Elmira College held its final lecture in the 2026 Spring Trouble Begins Lecture Series, on May 27 at the historic Barn at Quarry Farm. The final lecture featured Maggie E. Morris Davis, author of Reading the Classed Child:...