Every year, South Carolina Humanities sponsors a Humanities Festival in a community in South Carolina. Established in 1993 in honor of South Carolina Humanities’ 20th Anniversary, the Humanities Festival has been held in 22 different communities. Each festival celebrates the local history and culture of the host community, engaging the citizens in lectures, discussions, films, … Read more
To host a Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program, please complete and submit the one-page application. The application should be submitted four weeks in advance of the desired program date. Please return the application to SC Humanities office: Fill out the online application below OR Download the application and Fax: 803-771-2487 Mail: PO Box 5287 • Columbia SC … Read more
Humanities at the Heart of Health Care® Literature & Medicine is a national award-winning reading and discussion program held in hospitals for health-care professionals that, as one participant wrote, “renews the heart and soul of health care.” Literature & Medicine discussions have helped health care professionals across the country improve their communication and interpersonal skills … Read more
Mission South Carolina Humanities’ mission is to enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of all South Carolinians. Vision South Carolina Humanities’ vision is to be recognized for inspiring, engaging and enriching public humanities programs and initiatives. Purpose SC Humanities seeks to increase public understanding of and support for the humanities; telling the human story by … Read more
Grants The grants program has always been the foundation of our public support of the humanities. We have funded a variety of projects, from major documentaries broadcast on national public television to small-scale genealogies and oral histories at the local level. South Carolina Humanities awarded its first grant in the spring of 1973 and recently … Read more
Support Public Humanities in South Carolina There are many different ways to support SC Humanities in its statewide work, from joining our Friends group, to volunteering in the office, to writing a letter of endorsement to legislators. Your support makes a difference in your community! Your tax-deductible donation helps SC Humanities continue to support programming … Read more
Welcome to the Press Room for SC Humanities. SC Humanities is committed to promoting the humanities in South Carolina through its many programs. In this section of our Web site, we provide the media and other organizations with materials needed to help us in our public relations and marketing activities. You can find: logos in … Read more
Established in 1991, the Governor’s Awards in the Humanities recognize outstanding achievement in humanities research, teaching, and scholarship.
The Humanities Council SC is seeking nominations for the Board of Directors to begin their term in November 2014.
