American Humor Studies Association

AHSA The American Humor Studies Association Mark Twain Circle of America
and The Mark Twain Circle of America

Invite you to join us for our 2010 Quadrennial Conference.
December 9-12, 2010

Location: The Bahia Resort Hotel, San Diego, California
Rooms: $119.00 per night single or double.

Registration fee: $80 ($40 for graduate students)

Proposals due by May 30, 2010

Send proposals for sessions and individual presentations,
along with any AV requirements, to:

American Humor Material

Jan McIntire-Strasburg
Department of English
St. Louis University
3800 Lindell Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63108
mcintire@slu.edu

Mark Twain Material

John Bird
English Department
250 Bancroft Hall
Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC 29733
birdj@winthrop.edu

Suggestions for Sessions
•New Directions in Humor Studies
•1950s TV Humor
•Gendered Humor
•Ethnic Humor
•New Literary Humor
•Regional Humor
•Talk Show Humor

Suggestions for Sessions
•Twain’s Letters
•Twain’s Speeches
•Mark Twain Abroad
•Twain [and other 19th Century
literary or public figure(s)]
•Twain’s Literary Heirs
•Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens