TJ Wallace
SC Humanities is pleased to announce an opportunity for undergraduate or graduate students who are majoring in or pursuing a masters degree in a humanities discipline. Through the SC Humanities Student Scholarships, SC Humanities seeks to encourage students to explore humanities fields as they pursue their academic careers. In FY2025, the amount of the undergraduate and graduate … Read more
SC Humanities is issuing a call for speakers to join our Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program roster. The Speakers Bureau is one of the oldest programs of SC Humanities and one of the most beloved. Through the Speakers Bureau, some of South Carolina’s finest scholars travel throughout the state to share their interests and knowledge of the humanities … Read more
The Aiken County Public Library will be presenting an original book and film discussion series titled “Modern Southern Novels on Page and Screen” from September 2024 – March 2025. This reading and film discussion series features novels by modern Southern writers whose works have been turned into films; it will kick off in September with … Read more
The 29th Annual SC Humanities Festival will take place in North Augusta on Thursday, September 12 – Saturday, September 14, 2024. The 2024 festival will highlight the rich cultural history of North Augusta and celebrate the arts and humanities. Every year, South Carolina Humanities sponsors a Humanities Festival in a community in South Carolina. Established in 1993 … Read more
The Berkeley County Museum will present their annual Colonial Day Festival on September 28, 2024 at Old Santee Canal Park in Moncks Corner. The event includes living history presentations, historical lectures, tours of Fort Fair Lawn, vendors, and food trucks. SC Humanities supported this event with a Mini Grant. The Colonial Day Festival is the … Read more
The traveling Smithsonian exhibit Spark! Places of Innovation will open in Greenwood at The Museum on Saturday, August 3, 2024. The exhibition explores the unique combination of places, people, and circumstances that sparks innovation and invention in rural communities. The exhibit will be in Greenwood through Wednesday, September 11 and several collateral programs and events will take place … Read more
South Carolina Humanities is pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of the Governor’s Awards in the Humanities and the Akers Prize. Established in 1991, the Governor’s Awards 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 … Read more
The Poetry Society of South Carolina will offer a series of six poetry readings, discussions, and workshops from August 2024 – January 2025 in Charleston and Columbia as part of their “Every Corner, Every County Reading Series.” Featured poets include Jo Angela Edwins, Claire Bateman, Al Black, Quitman Marshall, Adam Houle, and Angelo Geter. SC … Read more
The Stone Soup Storytelling Institute will present a series of six collaborative program sessions about the American Revolution. Each event will include a storyteller presenting a story or oral history from the American Revolution, a scholar presentation about the topic, and a moderated audience discussion. The first program will take place on Sunday, January 21, … Read more
