CALL FOR PAPERS ON MARK TWAIN/LEO TOLSTOY THE EDITORIAL INSTITUTE AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION OF LITERARY SCHOLARS, CRITICS AND WRITERS BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS AUGUST 20-22, 2010 The Editorial Institute at Boston University--in coordination with the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics and Writers--invites academic faculty, independent researchers, editors, conservators, and graduate students working on Mark Twain and Leo Tolstoy to submit abstracts for a conference analyzing the parallel lives and legacies of both authors on the centennial of their passing. The following themes are to be considered for panel topics. Submissions can concentrate on one or both of the authors, and on any of their works: The International National Epic The Veneration of Location (in Print or in Mortar) Between the Lines: Libraries and Marginalia Editing Literary Executorship Twain, Tolstoy, and the Testaments Imperial Rejection, Political Reception Lost in Translation: Tolstoy in English, Twain in Russian Censorship Uncensored Twain and Tolstoy in the Twenty-First Century For questions, please contact Alex Effgen at the Editorial Institute ([log in to unmask]). To contribute, please send a short curriculum vitae and 300-word abstract to the above email by Friday, 5 March 2010. -- Mr. Alex B. Effgen, M.A. Administrative Assistant The Editorial Institute at Boston University 143 Bay State Road Boston, MA 02215 Tel: 617-353-6631 Fax: 617-353-6917 http://www.bu.edu/editinst/