AMERICAN AUTHORS SYMPOSIUM: TONI MORRISON

Our first American Authors Symposium will be on April 11th via Zoom. We are proud to host Professor Justine Tally from University of La Laguna, Professor Anissa Wardi from Chatham University, Professor Laura Roldan Sevillano from University of Zaragoza and Assistant Professor Nisa Harika Güzel from Ankara University for their presentations. These four presentations provide a contemporary reading of Morrison's work from different focus points.

We hope that everyone interested in Toni Morrison can benefit from this symposium. You can send an e-mail to baskentacl@gmail.com if you want to register for our American Authors Symposium: Toni Morrison that will be held on April 11. You can view the sessions from the symposium program.

AMERICAN AUTHORS SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

11.04.2022

Please kindly note that all sessions will be held online via ZOOM.

Session 1

14.30-15.30

“Unlocking Toni Morrison’s Home: Reading the Philosophy of John Locke and its Foundations in Arabic Texts”

Professor Justine Tally

University of La Laguna (Spain)

Coffee Break

Session 2

15.40-16.40

“Toni Morrison’s Mnemonic Traces”

Assistant Professor Nisa Harika Güzel Köşker

Ankara University (Turkey)

Dinner Break

Session 3

19.00-20.00

“The Politics and Poetics of Plants: Toni Morrison and the Ecology of Home”

Professor Anissa Wardi

Chatham University (U.S.A)

Coffee Break

Session 4

20.10-21.10

“Toni Morrison’s Closure of a Literary Cycle: A Turn to Simplicity and Millennial Young Adults”

Dr. Laura Roldan Sevillano

University of Zaragoza (Spain)