The State of Mark Twain Studies

Elmira 2001 will feature a variety of panels and seminars devoted to advancing research and teaching in the field, as well as a number of social interludes that will provide opportunities for informal exchanges and conversations about Mark Twain. Special events include a Finger Lakes Wine Tasting, a Mark Twain Movie Poster Exhibit, a preview of Ken Burns' Mark Twain biography, fine dining, a party at Quarry Farm, and much more...

Special Guests:

Florentine Films

Panel Chairs:

Lawrence Berkove, University of Michigan-Dearborn

John Bird, Winthrop University

Horst Kruse, Munster, Germany

Joseph McCullough, University of Nevada at Las Vegas

Peter Messent, University of Nottingham

Bruce Michelson, University of Illinois

Miriam Schillingsburg, LeMar University

Laura Skandera-Trombley, Coe College

Peter Stoneley, The Queens University of Belfast

Henry Wonham, University of Oregon

Discussion Leaders:

Westey Britton, Grayson County College

Jocelyn Chadwick-Joshua, Harvard University

Beverly David, Western Michigan University

Alan Gribben, Auburn University at Montgomery

Linda A. Morris, University of California at Davis

Jeff Steinbrink, Franklin and Marshall College

The Octagonal Gang:

Leader: Susan K. Harris, Pennsylvania State University at University Park

Gregg Camfield, University of the Pacific

Victor Doyno, University of Buffalo

Shelley Fisher Fishkin, University of Texas at Austin

Tom Quirk, University of Missouri-Columbia

Conference Planning Committee:.

Chair: Gretchen Sharlow, Elmira College

Louis J. Budd, Duke University

Alan Gribben, Auburn University at Montgomery

Susan K. Harris, Pennsylvania State University at University Park

Michael J. Kiskis, Elmira College

Leland Krauth, University of Colorado at Boulder

Lynne Rusinko '90, Elmira College

Nina Skinner, Elmira College

Mark Woodhouse, Elmira College

Elmira 2001 is funded in part by the Mark Twain Foundation.