The Fall of 2008 marks the 100-year anniversary of Mark Twain's final
work on No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger, his last significant
full-length piece of fiction. To commemorate that event, The Elmira
College Center for Mark Twain Studies, in collaboration with Co-Chairs
Joseph Csicsila, Eastern Michigan University, and Chad Rohman, Dominican
University, will host a weekend conference October 10-11, 2008, titled
"A Centennial Symposium on Mark Twain's 'The Mysterious Stranger.'" The
weekend program for "A Centennial Symposium on Mark Twain's 'The
Mysterious Stranger'" will begin Friday, October 10, 2008, with an
evening cocktail reception followed by a formal dinner featuring a
Keynote Address by Alan Gribben. All paper presentations will take place
on Saturday, October 11, 2008, in single sessions, two in the morning
and two in the afternoon.

To access complete Symposium information and a registration form, please
google The Mysterious Stranger Symposium, or access symposium
information via
http://www.elmira.edu/resources/shared/pdf/academics/distinctive_program
s/twain_center/symposiumNEW.pdf