No twain is not a dieing topic, but it is bad timing since there is another mla at the same time which has a full panel.

I suggest that you go to a university near where your conference is and go talk to the lit profs to see if they have any students interested. That is what I do and I get a full panel before cfp is even out!
Good luck
Jules
 

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> On May 10, 2016, at 11:52 AM, Richey, Ms. Carolyn L <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> I am putting out a last call for papers as I have not had much of a respons=
> e.  While the conference's theme is The Spectacular City, ALL proposals on =
> Mark Twain, his life, his writing, and his lectures are welcome.
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------
> 
> SCMLA 73rd ANNUAL CONFERENCE
> November 3 - 5, 2016
> 
> Sheraton Dallas Hotel * 400 North Olive Street * Dallas, TX 75201
> 
> The Spectacular City: Glamour, Decadence, and Celebrity in Literature and C=
> ulture
> -----------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> On a side note, is the study of Mark Twain a dying discipline?  I certainly=
> hope not.  I have had such a lack of interest in this Mark Twain session a=
> t the conference that it leads me to wonder.  Or, is the problem the confer=
> ence theme?  Please submit ANY PAPER OR PROPOSAL for this conference to sho=
> w me that there are still Twainiacs out there!
> 
> 
> Send your paper, proposal, or abstract to:  [log in to unmask]  or  Caroly=
> n L. Richey, Dept. of English and Languages, Box T-0300, Tarleton State Uni=
> versity, Stephenville, Texas. 76402
> 
> 
> Carolyn
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Call for Papers:  Mark Twain:
> 
> Carolyn Leutzinger Richey
> Tarleton State University
> Department of English and Languages
> [log in to unmask]
> 254-968-9511