Stockton’s South Jersey Culture & History Center Hosts Symposium to revisit John McPhee’s The Pine Barrens

In 1967, acclaimed author John McPhee published

The Pine Barrens, a moving and influential work that touched on the cultural and

 The event is co-sponsored by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and Stockton’s School of Arts and Humanities.

The event will take place Saturday, May 12, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the

Campus Center Event Room. Free on-line registration is available at

http://wp.stockton.edu/sjchc/

The Symposium is the first public event of the newly inaugurated South Jersey Culture & History Center at Stockton. The Center’s mission is to foster awareness of the rich cultural and historical heritage of Southern New Jersey and to promote research and study of the region, especially among local students.