Michael K. Johnson

Abstracts are invited for papers that seek to describe and interpret sites of memory as cultural locations, persons, artifacts, expressions, and as creative constructions in Toni Morrison's fiction. Particular attention will be given to those papers that address the sites of memory in Beloved, but papers on all of the works, employing a variety of approaches, will be considered. A special session will be devoted to the usefulness of sites of memory in teaching Morrison's novels. Abstracts should be no more than one page in length and should be submitted by January 15, 2005.

Please submit abstracts to:

Dr. Kristine Yohe
Fourth Biennial Conference Director
Department of Literature and Language
Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, Kentucky 41099

For more information, please visit: http://www.gsu.edu/tms

The Fourth Biennial Conference will include:

• Cincinnati Opera Premiere of Margaret Garner. Librettist Toni Morrison; composer Richard Danielpour; starring Denyce Graves
• Tour of Margaret Garner's home and sites on the Underground Railroad
• Tour of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
• Teacher Workshops
• Keynote Speakers
• Concurrent Sessions of Scholarly Panels
• Authors and Editors Luncheon
• Society Banquet