Elmira 2022 Conference Registration and Schedule Now Available

Established in 1989, the Center for Mark Twain Studies “International Conference on the State of Mark Twain Studies” is the oldest and largest gathering devoted to all things Twain. During times so turbulent and uncertain as to require that that the quadrennial conference on the State of Mark Twain Studies be postponed by a year, the theme of change and growth “speaks to our condition,” as the Quakers say. 

The conference will be held from Thursday, August 4 to Saturday, August 6, 2022 on the campus of Elmira College in Elmira, New York. In addition to scholarly presentations, the conference will  have events that provide contexts for Mark Twain and his life in Elmira, and will also feature a keynote by Jimmy Santiago Baca, an  award-winning writer for whom Twain has been an important influence.

An important focus of the conference will be scholarly discussion of the study of Mark Twain and how the field might grow and change in response to changing conditions in the world, in the academy, and in the field of Mark Twain Studies. 


To register for Elmira 2022 and purchase lodging on the Elmira College campus, visit the Elmira 2022 Conference page at

www.marktwainstudies.org/elmira2022/


ELMIRA 2022 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE (DRAFT)