The Biennial Conference is an interdisciplinary conference series that is held every two years in a location important to the life, work, and the historical and cultural understanding of Morrison’s novels. The conference series has been held every two years since 1998 with the exception of 2002 when the planning of the conference was suspended because of the events of September 11, 2001. The conference was held in odd years (2003 and 2005 during those years) and in 2008 will resume in even-year series with the 2008 Biennial Conference in Charleston, South Carolina.
Biennial Conferences: “Toni Morrison and the American South (Atlanta, 1998), “Toni Morrison and the Meanings of Home”(Lorain, Ohio, 2000), “Toni Morrison and the Politics of learning” (Washington, D.C., 2003) “Toni Morrison and Sites of Memory (Cincinnati, Ohio, 2005) “Toni Morrison and Modernism (Charleston, S.C. 2008)