South Carolina Humanities
The humanities are how we understand ourselves and our world and how we communicate that understanding to others. South Carolina Humanities is one of 54 state and jurisdictional humanities councils that receives funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. SC Humanities funds, promotes, counsels, and coordinates all manner of thoughtful (and thought-provoking) endeavors—exhibits, documentaries, discussion forums, research, planning, workshops, dramatizations, lectures, and on and on—that pertain to the humanities.
Get Involved
We are a small organization, but we accomplish big things with our partners throughout South Carolina.
We help to build communities and move South Carolina forward as a state. SC Humanities reaches many rural areas, increasing the cultural capacity of local institutions and providing local economic impact.
Won’t you join us in this endeavor?
Apply
for a Grant
There are several categories of grants available to nonprofits, including major grants, mini & planning grants, and fast-track literary grants.
Request
a Speaker
Request one of South Carolina’s finest scholars to share their knowledge and to spark discussions about human values, traditions, and cultures.
Start a Conversation
The "Let's Talk About It" book discussion series has long been the backbone of library programming offered by SC Humanities with assistance from the SC State Library.
Donate
Today
Your support matters. Commit to a monthly gift or support a program that you are passionate about.
Attend
an Event
Attend an exhibition or lecture, sign-up for a workshop, and more.
Celebrate the Humanities
The annual Governor's Awards in the Humanities Luncheon celebrates excellence in the humanities.
Featured News
SC Humanities Announces New Themed Grant Opportunity
SC Humanities Launches New "Accessibility and Inclusion Grants"
SC Humanities Welcomes Four New Board Members
2023 South Carolina Humanities Festival in Orangeburg County
SC Humanities Awards $140,000 in Grants
NEH Awards South Carolina Humanities $50,000 Grant for “United We Stand: Connecting Through Culture” Programming
News Stories
“Justice for All” Exhibit is in Georgetown
The traveling exhibit “Justice for All: South Carolina and the American Civil Rights Movement,” created by the Center for Civil
Art History Lecture Series in Spartanburg
Converse University will present an art history lecture series featuring art historians from other South Carolina universities with programs in
Native American Language Reclamation Project
Hagood Mill Foundation will help coordinate a collaborative Cherokee language reclamation project in partnership with the Eastern Cherokee Southern Iroquois
Charleston Southern University Visiting Writers Series
Charleston Southern University hosts an annual Visiting Writers Series. For 2023-2024, they plan to host poets Lauren K. Carlson and
“Resilience and Revolution” exhibit in Walterboro
The exhibition “Resilience and Revolution: Native Peoples in 18th Century South Carolina” will be on display at the Colleton Museum &
Sigal Music Museum – Distinguished Lecture Series
From November 2023 – May 2024, the Sigal Music Museum will present 12 lectures in their Distinguished Lecture Series to
Lander University Writers Series Presents Robert Maynor
Lander University will host a public reading with author Robert A. Maynor, who won the 2022 South Carolina Novel Series
AfroSouth Film Festival – “Voices of Black Southern Filmmakers”
The AfroSouth Film Festival will take place Thursday, November 2 – Sunday, November 5, 2023 in Charleston. The festival includes
