Hi all, I am attaching the CFP for the 'Humor in America' conference sponsored by the American Humor Studies Association and the Mark Twain Circle of America. The conference will be in Chicago in July 2018. We hope that the conference will be of interest to all in Twain Studies. Due to laws passed in Texas this year--followed by California's restrictions on employee travel to Texas--we decided to move the conference. You can read more on that issue (and on other humor studies news) at the AHSA newsletter website: https://towitahsa.wordpress.com Of specific interest to Twain scholars is the presentation of the "Charlie Award" to Judith Yaross Lee. We have worked to keep the conference fee low, reducing the registration fee from our last conference. We have also created the "Constance Rourke Travel Fund" for graduate students. We hope that established scholars will consider donating money to that fund to assist graduate students. Please check out the conference website: https://humorinamericaconference.wordpress.com If you have any questions, you can write Larry Howe and Tracy Wuster at: [log in to unmask] Best, Tracy Wuster