Spend Two Weeks with Mark Twain - July 19-30, 2004 Elmira College announces the 2004 Summer Mark Twain Teachers Institute. Sponsored by the Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies and the Elmira College Office of Continuing Education and Graduate Studies, the institute is under the direction of Michael J. Kiskis, Professor of American Literature, Elmira College. Visiting faculty include accomplished Mark Twain scholars Victor A. Doyno, Professor of English, SUNY Buffalo, Kerry Driscoll, Professor of English, St. Joseph's College, and Laura E. Skandera Trombley, President, Pitzer College. Participants will come away with resources both practical and theoretical to enhance their understanding of Mark Twain within the context of American literary culture. The primary focus of the two-week seminar is on strategies for teaching Mark Twain. One week will focus on Twain's major novels; the second will focus on travel writings, essays, short fiction, and auto/biography. Participants will be eligible to earn 3 graduate credits through Elmira College's graduate program. When? July 19 - 30, 2004 Seminar meetings will be held at Quarry Farm, on East Hill overlooking the city of Elmira, NY. Quarry Farm was the summer home of the Langdon family and became the home of Olivia Langdon Clemens' sister and brother-in-law, Susan and Theodore Crane. Participants will stay on the Elmira College campus. Cost? $2000, which includes opening reception, graduate tuition, room and board from July 18 - 30, 2004. Lunches will be provided at Quarry Farm. Enrollment is limited to a maximum of 25 participants. Information and registration materials can be requested by contacting Elmira College's Office of Continuing Education and Graduate Studies. Phone 800-354-4720 or 607-735-1825; fax 607-735-1150; email [log in to unmask] You may also contact Dr. Michael J. Kiskis, Institute Director: phone 607-735-1827; email [log in to unmask] Website addresses www.elmira.edu/graduate; www.elmira.edu/Twain.