The Mark Twain Circle of America will sponsor two panels at the annual American Literature Association conference, which will be held 25-28 May 2017, at Boston’s Westin Copley Place Hotel. Please send a 1 page abstract to Circle president Kerry Driscoll ( [log in to unmask]) on or before 7 January 2017. *Panel 1. Mark Twain and Immigration* Papers are invited examining Twain’s representation of national and cultural borders (as well as more abstract conceptual boundaries) and the various individuals crossing them—from Chinese immigrants in the Western U.S. and the Quaker City “pilgrims” in Palestine to the dynamic of ethnic imposture (Irish immigrants masquerading as “Indians” in “A Day at Niagara” and as Chinese in “John Chinaman in New York,” etc.) *Panel 2. Open Topic—New Directions in Mark Twain Studies* Papers are invited on any aspect of Twain’s work and legacy. Thank you, Kerry Driscoll President, Mark Twain Circle Professor of English University of St. Joseph West Hartford, CT 06117