Celebrating The 70th Anniversary of her Cornell Degree (MA 1955)

Toni Morrison: Literature and Public Life

September 18-21, 2025
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Toni Morrison's 1955 Cornell Master’s Approval of Thesis

Cornell University’s Toni Morrison Collective in collaboration with the Toni Morrison Society invites the public to a symposium celebrating the 70th anniversary of her Cornell Degree (MA 1955).

Among the international, distinguished, and emerging scholars and writers, the presenters include: NoViolet Bulawayo, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Ishion Hutchinson, Tayari Jones, Louis Massiah, Claudine Raynaud, Carolyn Rouse, Autumn Womack, Kevin Young, as well as high school student artists.

Registration (no fee) required
Deadline: Sept. 1, 2025
Inquiries: tonimorrisoncoll@cornell.edu

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