The John Howard Birss, Jr. Memorial Program 2006

2006 Selection - The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

Cover of The Good Earth

A Celebration of the Seventy-Fifth anniversary of the publication of The Good Earth

The Good Earth and American Culture, 
or Who's Afraid of Pearl S. Buck?

Guest Lecturer:  Dr. Peter Conn
Andrea Mitchell Term Chair in English
 University of Pennsylvania

Wednesday, February 15, 2006
4:00 p.m.
Feinstein College of Arts and Sciences
Room FCAS 157

BOOK DISCUSSION
Dr. Katherine Hall
Asst. Professor of Writing Studies
Monday, February 6, 2006, 4 p.m. 
Mary Tefft White Cultural Center
University Library
All are welcome to attend

HARD TIMES IN OLD CHINA: THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF PEARL S. BUCK'S The Good Earth
Yafei Hu, Educator, Translator, and     Editor of Chinese Literature
Wednesday, February 8, 2006, 4 p.m.
FCAS 152

FILM SCREENING - The Good Earth
Monday, February 13, 2006, 7 p.m.
Mary Tefft White Cultural Center
University Library
All are welcome to attend

LIBRARY EXHIBITION
February 1 - March 15, 2006
Prepared by Christine S. Fagan, Collection Development Librarian, in conjunction with Pearl S. Buck International, John Day Company Archives. Princeton University Library and Redwood Library. 
Sponsored by the John Howard Birss, Jr. Memorial Library Fund

Click Here to see the original 2006 Birss resource page. Archive pages are presented as is.