RBML Curatorial Shorts 2026-2027

The RBML Curatorial Shorts series features conversations highlighting new acquisitions, research findings, and other library news. These informal talks take place over Zoom and are open to the public.

 

This year, several talks will highlight aspects of the Toni Morrison editorial papers, which are part of the library’s Random House records. Visiting scholars and activists will discuss Morrison’s work with Toni Cade Bambara, Angela Davis, Henry Dumas, Lucille Clifton, June Jordan, and more. 

 

On September 28th at 4 pm, the first Curatorial Short of the year will feature Channelle Russell and Zoe Bambara, granddaughter of Toni Cade Bambara, discussing Toni Morrison editing her grandmother’s fiction. Their talk is titled: “Looking for Toni: Morrison and Bambara in the Archives,” and you can register for their talk on September 28th at 4 pm here:

 

https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lsr-SvoiSa-cuATg_N33RQ

 

Talks this fall will also feature new, exciting publications that drew on RBML collections, including:

• October 26, 2026: Megan Murph discussing her new book on Max Neuhaus
• November 9, 2026: Lynn Garafola discussing her new book on Arthur Mitchell
• November 30, 2026: Celeste Brewer, “Behind the Finding Aid: Processing the Toni Morrison editorial files in the Random House Records” Nov 30 
• Feb 8, 2027: Dr Tessa Roynon, Eccles Institute Research Fellow, The British Library, “Curating Toni Morrison’s Random House List at the British Library”

You can also follow our newsletter on the behind-the-scenes ‘making of a Toni Morrison exhibition’ here: https://incirculationarchives.substack.com/

 

We hope you can join us!