Hi all, Proposals for the Mark Twain Circle conference this coming July in Chicago are due today. The conference is a joint conference with the American Humor Studies Association. Although the conference theme is "Humor in America," we welcome papers on all aspects of Mark Twain and his work (and his life, etc.). Please see: https://humorinamericaconference.wordpress.com We welcome proposals for paper presentations and panels on any topic related to American humor and/or Mark Twain, broadly conceived. All topics related to Mark Twain (especially the following topics: Mark Twain language play, MT and Political humor, MT and stand-up, MT a and gendered humor, Laughter and the Color Line: Huckleberry Finn and Pudd’nhead Wilson, The Fantastic and The Comic in MT, The Comic Rhetoric of MT’s Speeches and/or Interviews) We also invite you to participate in one of the following roundtable topics. You are eligible to present a paper and be on one roundtable. Roundtable topics: –Mark Twain and Graphic Humor: Icon and Caricature –Race, Ethnicity, and the Study of Humor –Mark Twain and Today’s satirists: Colbert, Bee, and Oliver –The Publics of Political Humor and Satire –Violence in the humor of Mark Twain –Theory, Methodology, and Practice of Humor Studies: New Directions Please let us know if you have any questions. You may submit proposals, volunteer for a roundtable, or ask questions at [log in to unmask] . Best, Tracy Wuster on behalf of Larry Howe and Peter Kunze