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South Carolina Arts Commission Calls for First Novel Prize Submissions

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The South Carolina Arts Commission, Hub City Press and SC Humanities announce a call for submissions for the biennial South Carolina First Novel Prize. Guidelines, eligibilty requirements and the application are available at www.SouthCarolinaArts.com. The application deadline is March 3, 2014. The competition judge is Ben Fountain of Dallas, Texas, who won the National Book … Read more

SC Humanities Receives the Created Equal Film Series

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To introduce four documentaries with riveting new footage illustrating the history of civil rights in America, SC Humanities will make the Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle film series available to libraries, museums, churches, and other nonprofit organizations through our Let’s Talk About It: Reading and Discussion program. Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle is … Read more

The South Carolina Encyclopedia Gains New Life

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SC Humanities is pleased to announce that three guides to The South Carolina Encyclopedia have been published by the University of South Carolina Press as ebooks. Edited by Dr. Walter Edgar, The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to the Counties of South Carolina, The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to the American Revolution in South Carolina, and … Read more

The Humanities Council SC Receives Award for Let’s Talk About It: Muslim Journeys

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SC Humanities received a $4,500 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA) to host two five-part reading and discussion programs titled “Let’s Talk About It: Muslim Journeys.” SC Humanities is one of 125 libraries and state humanities councils across the country selected to participate in the project, … Read more

A Call for Nominations for the Board of Directors

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SC Humanities operates as a tax-exempt, non-profit corporation granting funds received from federal (National Endowment of the Humanities), corporate, state, and private sources. The Board of Directors consists of twenty-two volunteer academic and public members. New members will begin three-year terms in November 2013. Board members initiate and develop projects, seek to make the humanities … Read more

A Call for Nominations for the Governor’s Awards in the Humanities

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Established in 1991, the Governor’s Awards in the Humanities recognize outstanding achievement in humanities research, teaching, and scholarship; institutional and individual participation in helping communities in South Carolina better understand our cultural heritage or ideas and issues related to the humanities; excellence defining South Carolina’s cultural life to the nation or world; and exemplary support … Read more