Author Edwidge Danticat gave the keynote address. Among the scholars in attendance were two visiting Spelman professors who are collaborating with Princeton scholars in a two-year project as part of a new research initiative between the University and HBCU partners.
AND YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW HER: TUES, MARCH 28 // LECTURE ONE "DEAR TONI: MORRISON EDITS A GENERATION OF BLACK MEN" WED, MARCH 29 // LECTURE TWO "HERE STANDS A MAN: MORRISON'S (FEMINIST?) MOLDING OF BLACK MASCULINITY" THUR, MARCH 30 // LECTURE THREE "ON THE FAR SIDE: GLOBALIZATION IN MORRISON'S WORLD" Held over three days March 28 – March 30th, the Toni Morrison Lectures are held bi-annually and spotlight the new and exciting work of scholars and writers who have risen to positions of prominence both in academe and in the broader world of letters. The lectures are published to celebrate the expansive literary imagination, intellectual adventurousness and political insightfulness that characterize the writing of Toni Morrison. Morrison taught creative writing at Princeton for many years. In 2014 she donated a major portion of her papers to the Princeton University Library. As of spring of 2016, the papers are available for all scholars to vi
AND YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW HER: TUES, MARCH 28 // LECTURE ONE "DEAR TONI: MORRISON EDITS A GENERATION OF BLACK MEN" WED, MARCH 29 // LECTURE TWO "HERE STANDS A MAN: MORRISON'S (FEMINIST?) MOLDING OF BLACK MASCULINITY" THUR, MARCH 30 // LECTURE THREE "ON THE FAR SIDE: GLOBALIZATION IN MORRISON'S WORLD" Held over three days March 28 – March 30th, the Toni Morrison Lectures are held bi-annually and spotlight the new and exciting work of scholars and writers who have risen to positions of prominence both in academe and in the broader world of letters. The lectures are published to celebrate the expansive literary imagination, intellectual adventurousness and political insightfulness that characterize the writing of Toni Morrison. Morrison taught creative writing at Princeton for many years. In 2014 she donated a major portion of her papers to the Princeton University Library. As of spring of 2016, the papers are available for all scholars to vi
AND YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW HER: TUES, MARCH 28 // LECTURE ONE "DEAR TONI: MORRISON EDITS A GENERATION OF BLACK MEN" WED, MARCH 29 // LECTURE TWO "HERE STANDS A MAN: MORRISON'S (FEMINIST?) MOLDING OF BLACK MASCULINITY" THUR, MARCH 30 // LECTURE THREE "ON THE FAR SIDE: GLOBALIZATION IN MORRISON'S WORLD" Held over three days March 28 – March 30th, the Toni Morrison Lectures are held bi-annually and spotlight the new and exciting work of scholars and writers who have risen to positions of prominence both in academe and in the broader world of letters. The lectures are published to celebrate the expansive literary imagination, intellectual adventurousness and political insightfulness that characterize the writing of Toni Morrison. Morrison taught creative writing at Princeton for many years. In 2014 she donated a major portion of her papers to the Princeton University Library. As of spring of 2016, the papers are available for all scholars to