Cofitachequi: A Chiefdom

Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program with Gail WagnerSponsored by The Revolutionary War Visitor Center with support from SC HumanitiesLunch and Learn eventLocation: The Revolutionary War Visitor Center, 212 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020Open to the publicInfo: 803-272-0076

Black Southern Folklore – Storytelling

Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program with Dr. Nancy TolsonSponsored by the Friends of Florence County Library with support from SC HumanitiesLocation: Florence County Library, 509 South Dargan Street, Florence, SC 29506Free and open to the publicInfo: 843-413-7074

Historic South Carolina Ghosts and Legends

Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program with Pat McNeelySponsored by Laurens District Genealogical Society with support from SC HumanitiesLocation: Laurens County Museum, 116 E Public Square, Laurens, SC 29360Open to the publicInfo: 864-876-3712

Historic South Carolina Ghosts and Legends

Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program with Pat McNeelySponsored by Sumter County Genealogical Society with support from SC HumanitiesLocation: Swan Lake Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 912 Haynsworth St, Sumter, SC 29150Open to the publicInfo: 803-774-3901

Sleeping with the Ancestors – Slave Dwelling Project

Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program with Joseph McGill and Herb FrazierSponsored by Historic Bluffton Foundation with support from SC HumanitiesBook Signing and TalkLocation: Heyward House Museum’s Common Ground, 70 Boundary St, Bluffton, SC 29910Open to the publicInfo: 843-757-6293

Carolina Bays – Wild, Mysterious, and Majestic Landforms

Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud presentation by Tom PolandSponsored by Chapin Memorial Library with support from SC HumanitiesLocation: Chapin Memorial Library, 400 14th Avenue North, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577Free and open to the publicInfo: 843-918-1294

Stories From A Big Chair – Interwoven

Engage with our exhibitions during a free wine reception from 6-6:30pm in the main gallery and engage with the power and craft of storytelling beginning at 6:30pm in the Brown Pavilion. Limited seating for storytelling, reserve your chair for $10. Join our guest speakers as we share perspectives, build points of connection, and unearth the … Read more

Jackson Lecture Series: African American Athletes, Race, and the Olympic Games

The authors of the book Black Mercuries: African American Athletes, Race, and the Olympic Games will tell the story of African American athletes at the Olympic Games.  Scholars David Wiggins, Kevin Witherspoon, and Mark Dyreson will discuss the roles of Olympics such as Jesse Owens, Rafer Johnson, Wilma Rudolph, Michael Johnson, and Simone Biles, but also many … Read more