Elmira 2001:
The Fourth International Conference
On the State of Mark Twain Studies
August 16 - 18, 2001
Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies
Schedule of Events
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2001
8:30 - 5:00 P.M. REGISTRATION - Gannett-Tripp Library
10:00 - 11:30 A.M. Opening Panel: Mark Twain and the Body
Panel Chair - Peter Stoneley, Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland
1:00 - 2:30 P.M. Panel: Mark Twain in Pieces
Panel Chair - Peter Messent, University of Nottingham, U.K.
2:30 - 4:00 P.M. Panel: Mark Twain: Friends and Enemies
Panel Chair - Lawrence Berkove, University of Michigan-Dearborn
4:30-6:30 P.M Mark Twain Movie Poster Exhibit
from the Collection of Nick Karanovich
7:00 P.M. Opening Night Welcome Banquet
FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2001
8:30 - 10:00 A.M. Panel: Mark Twain: Narrative Strategies
Panel Chair - John Bird, Winthrop University
10:15 - 11:45 A.M. Concurrent Sessions:
Session #1: Wandering Mark Twain
Panel Chair - Shelley Fisher Fishkin, University of Texas, Austin
Session #2: Physical Mark Twain
Panel Chair - Miriam Shillingsburg, Indiana University South Bend
1:00 - 2:30 P.M. Panel: Mark Twain and the Nation
Panel Chair - Henry Wonham, University of Oregon
2:45 - 3:45 P.M. Discussion Groups:
Teaching The Prince and the Pauper
Discussion Leader - Linda Morris, University of California, Davis
Teaching The Gilded Age
Discussion Leader - Wesley Britton, Harrisburg Area Community College
Teaching Roughing It
Discussion Leader - Jeffrey Steinbrink, Franklin and Marshall College
Teaching the Censored Twain
Discussion Leader - Jocelyn Chadwick-Joshua, Harvard University
Teaching the Extreme Twain
Discussion Leader - Alan Gribben, Auburn University at Montgomery
Teaching the Illustrated Twain
Discussion Leader - Beverly David, Western Michigan University
4:00 - 5:30 P.M. Panel: Mark Twain and Status
Panel Chair: Horst H. Kruse, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
8:15 P.M. A Preview of Excerpts from the Ken Burns' film Mark Twain
Saturday, August 18, 2001
8:30 - 10:00 A.M. Panel: Mark Twain: 1900-1910
Panel Chair - Laura Skandera-Trombley, Coe College
10:15 - 11:45 A.M. Panel: Mark Twain and Visual Representations
Panel Chair - Bruce Michelson, University of Illinois
11:30 - 1:00 P.M. Luncheon with the Directors - Campus Center Dining Hall
Gretchen E. Sharlow, Director of the Center for Mark Twain Studies
John V. Boyer, Executive Director of the Mark Twain House
Robert H. Hirst, General Editor, Mark Twain Project, Bancroft Library
John Huffmann, Historic Site Administrator of the Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site
William H. Loos, Curator of Rare Book Room Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
Henry H. Sweets, Director of the Boyhood Home Foundation
1:30 - 2:30 P.M. Concurrent Session:
Session #3: Associating with Mark Twain
Panel Chair - Michael J. Kiskis, Elmira College
Session #4: Questioning Mark Twain
Panel Chair - Victor Doyno, State University of New York at Buffalo
Session #5: Patriotic Mark Twain
Panel Chair - W. Carey McWilliams, Rutgers University
2:45 - 4:15 P.M. Panel: Mark Twain at His Funniest
Panel Chair - Joseph McCullough, University of Nevada Las Vegas
4:30 - 5:30 P.M. The Future of Mark Twain Studies: A Round Table Discussion -
Discussion Leader - Susan K. Harris, Pennsylvania State University
at University Park
Victor A. Doyno, State University of New York at Buffalo
Shelley Fisher Fishkin, University of Texas, Austin
Thomas V. Quirk, University of Missouri-Columbia
Gregg Camfield, University of the Pacific
6:30 P.M. Celebration in honor of Louis J. Budd's Birthday
Those attending Elmira 2001 will enjoy additional social interludes and special events. For addional information for the cost and the registration form visit our web site: http://www.elmira.edu/MarkTwain/twainhom.htm.
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