N.B. This posting is made on behalf of The Mark Twain Home Foundation. Please contact Henry Sweets for additional information
The Clemens Conference 2024: Additional Information
The Mark Twain Home Foundation in Hannibal, Missouri, will host its fourth
quadrennial edition of The Clemens Conference Thursday through Saturday, August 1-2-
3, 2024.
The conference will be in downtown Hannibal. Paper presentations will be at the Mark
Twain Museum Gallery, 120 North Main Street. The Call for Papers is below.
At this time the cost for the Clemens Conference will be $216 which includes the
opening reception, all sessions, visiting the Mark Twain Cave, and a dinner cruise on the
Mark Twain Riverboat. This is $100 less than the 2019 conference.
Lodging and meals will be on your own. Hannibal has many overnight accommodation
choices and a wide selection of restaurants. A list of lodging options is on the Hannibal
Visitor and Convention web site www.visithannibal.com as is a list of many places to eat.
There are many eating choices within easy walking distance of the museum.
One lodging option is a dorm room at Hannibal-LaGrange University. A room with
private bathroom is $40 per night, sharing a bathroom is $30 per night. There is a $15
linen fee.
If you submit your name and e-mail address, you will be added to our mailing list to
receive notifications as soon as they are formalized.
Contact Henry Sweets at the Mark Twain Museum if you have any questions.
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Phone 573-221-9010 extension 405.
Proposals for Papers Deadline February 15
Abstracts for proposals are being accepted immediately through February 15,
2019. These should be e-mailed in Word format to Henry Sweets at
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words in length. Presenters will be limited to a 20-minute presentation at the
conference.
The subject matter is wide open. Presentations are expected to address some topic
related to Mark Twain, his life, or his works. Preference will be given to papers
addressing Mark Twain in Hannibal, in Missouri, or on the Mississippi River.
In addition to the papers being presented, the conference will include visits to the
Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, touring Mark Twain Cave, and riding the
Mark Twain Riverboat on a dinner cruise.
Contact Henry Sweets with any questions.
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573-221-9010 extension 405
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