Month: October 2017

SC Humanities is happy to announce that six small communities in South Carolina will have the opportunity to host the traveling Smithsonian exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America in 2018 – 2019. Crossroads offers small towns a chance to envision their futures by exploring the changes that affected their fortunes during the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions … Read more Six South Carolina Communities Are Selected to Host Smithsonian Exhibit in 2018 – 2019

SC Humanities is pleased to announce the FY2018 Board of Directors who begin their terms on November 1, 2017. Four new members will join the Board of Directors in 2017: Mary Elisabeth Grigg of Columbia, Alice Taylor-Colbert of Greenwood, James E. Smith, Jr. of Columbia, and Richard Westbrook of Lexington. L to R: Mary Elisabeth Grigg, Alice Taylor-Colbert, James E. Smith, Jr., … Read more SC Humanities Is Pleased to Welcome Four New Board Members

War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator is a 57-minute documentary that tells the story of three young Americans from the South who volunteered as pilots in World War 1: Elliot White Springs of South Carolina, John McGavock Grider of Arkansas, and Lawrence Callahan of Kentucky. The South Carolina Channel will air this documentary as part … Read more War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator

The Town of Estill has reimagined their annual fall festival to include a variety of arts and humanities events. The “Growing Strong Together” festival will take place November 8 – 11, 2017 in the town of Estill in Hampton County. SC Humanities supported this event with a Major Grant in September 2017. Driven by a … Read more Estill Fall Festival – Growing Strong Together

Humanities moments occur daily in the lives of human beings. We access them through stories that reveal our complexities, our aspirations, and our tragic flaws. Whether we reflect on our personal experiences or our national history, it is the humanities moments that are most resonant, most epiphanic, to which we continually return to mark who … Read more Humanities Moments

The Free Verse Festival is the City of Charleston, SC’s first poetry festival. The mission is to uplift the community by providing eclectic poetry events and workshops at multiple venues in Downtown Charleston and West Ashley. Events will take place throughout the month of October 2017. SC Humanities supported this project with a Fast Track … Read more Free Verse Festival

SC Humanities is offering a grant opportunity for undergraduate students in colleges or universities. Student Research Fellowships support research and scholarship of important topics in the humanities. The deadline for applications for the next round of Student Research Fellowships is Monday, November 20, 2017. Student Research Fellowships are available and awarded on a competitive basis … Read more SC Humanities Offers Student Research Fellowships for 2018

On Saturday, October 14, Chhondeshi, a non-profit cultural organization in South Carolina, and the University of South Carolina School of Music will co-host a cultural program with the global theme “Bengal Meets the World.” The program will address Chhondeshi’s mission to promote humanity, compassion, peace and unity in diversity. Bongotsov will spotlight the artistic, literary, historical … Read more Bongotsov: Bengal Meets the World