2024 Charleston Literary Festival

The 2024 Charleston Literary Festival will take place November 1 – 10, featuring a wide variety of noted authors, thinkers, and speakers. SC Humanities supported this program with a Major Grant. The full schedule of speakers and events is available on the website: https://www.charlestonliteraryfestival.com.

2024 Charleston Literary Festival

The 2024 Charleston Literary Festival will take place November 1 – 10, featuring a wide variety of noted authors, thinkers, and speakers. SC Humanities supported this program with a Major Grant. The Charleston Literary Festival was founded in 2017 as a result of an Anglo-American collaboration between the historic Charleston Library Society in the US and … Read more

Fall Lourie Lectures in Columbia

Senior Resources will host five courses in October 2024 at the Lourie Center as part of their bi-annual “Lourie Lectures” program. SC Humanities grant funds will support the courses “Four Stories of the Revolutionary War in South Carolina” led by Joe Long and “The History of Columbia Neighborhoods” led by four different speakers. The programs … Read more

Juneteenth Youth Literary Arts Workshops

The South East Rural Community Outreach organization in Hopkins will present their annual Juneteenth festival on the property of the historic Harriet Barber House on Saturday, June 22, 2024. The event will include presentations by authors and historians as well as other cultural offerings. Additionally, there will be four follow-up workshops over the summer for … Read more

“Living With Water” Symposium in Georgetown

The Rice Museum in Georgetown will host a multi-disciplinary symposium on April 18 -19, 2024 in partnership with the Georgetown County Library and Coastal Carolina University. The “Living With Water” symposium will investigate the historical, ecological, cultural, and social aspects of living along the coast and other waterways. SC Humanities supported this program with a … Read more

A Black Civil Rights Photographer’s Stories of Protests, Arrests and Deaths

Speakers Bureau program featuring Claudia Smith Brinson with Cecil WilliamsSponsored by the City of Rock Hill Parks, Recreation, and Tourism – Lifelong Learning programLifelong Learning @ Rock Hill (LL@RH) – Where Curiosity Never Retires – is an inclusive community of adults age 50+ who share knowledge through unique learning opportunities and local excursions. Lifelong Learning @ Rock Hill … Read more

2023 Awarded Grants

The following grants were awarded by SC Humanities in fiscal year 2023 (November 1, 2022 – October 31, 2023). Major Grants Sponsoring Organization: South Carolina New Play FestivalProject Title: South Carolina New Play Festival Town Hall: Revealing the State of American Theater and New American PlaysProject Director: West HylerAwarded: $7,500;  Cost-share: $14,980The South Carolina New Play Festival will present their second … Read more

2023 Charleston Literary Festival

The 2023 Charleston Literary Festival will take place November 3 – 12, featuring both virtual and in-person programs and a wide variety of noted authors, thinkers, and speakers. SC Humanities supported this program with a Major Grant. The Charleston Literary Festival was founded in 2017 as a result of an Anglo-American collaboration between the historic Charleston … Read more

SC Humanities Awards $140,000 in Grants

The South Carolina Humanities Board of Directors awarded more than $140,000 in Major Grants to 12 cultural organizations after a September 22, 2023 Board Meeting in Greenwood. The awards were selected through a competitive application and review process and are made possible by SC Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Matching community support for the … Read more

Trotting Sally: The Roots and Legacy of a Folk Hero

Presented by John FowlerSponsored by Anderson County Museum with support from SC Humanities through the Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud programLocation: Anderson County Museum, 202 East Greenville Street, Anderson, South Carolina 29621Free and open to the publicInfo: (864) 260-4737

An Evening with the Authors, Featuring C. Hope Clark

The program will include several self-published authors and a keynote presentation by author C. Hope Clark on “Why Edisto? Why Any Setting?”Sponsored by Friends of the Calhoun County Library with support from SC Humanities through the Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud programLocation: Calhoun County Library, 900 F R Huff Drive, St. Matthews, SC 29135Free and … Read more

How Did the Simple Act of Spending a Night in A Slave Cabin Become a Book

Book discussion and signing featuring authors Joseph McGill and Herb FrazierSponsored by the Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum with support from SC Humanities through the Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud programSaturday, August 26 | 11:00 a.m.Location: Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum, 1865 Lake Drive, Orangeburg, SC 29115Open to the publicInfo: 843-639-2455

Sleeping with the Ancestors: Talk and Book Signing

Speakers Bureau program featuring Joseph McGill and Herb FrazierLocation: Sumter County Museum (McKenzie Hall), 122 N. Washington Street, Sumter, SC 29150Free and open to the publicInfo: (803) 775-0908

Atlantic Beach Gullah Geechee Culture & Nature Festival

The Atlantic Beach Gullah Geechee South Carolina Organization will host its annual Culture & Nature Festival on June 23rd – 25th, 2023 on 30th Avenue South, the main street in Atlantic Beach. The event aims to highlight and celebrate the historical relevance of Atlantic Beach and the Gullah Geechee values of resilience, self-sufficiency, and tenacity. … Read more

Historic SC Ghosts and Legends

Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program with Pat McNeelySponsored by Old Pendleton District Genealogical Society with support from SC HumanitiesOpen to the publicInfo: 864-933-3013

Gullah Geechee History and Culture

Presented by Donald Sweeper through the Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud programSponsored by the Friends of the Surfside Beach Library with support from SC HumanitiesLocation: Surfside Beach Library, 410 Surfside Drive, Surfside Beach, SC 29575Open to the publicInfo: 843-915-6283

Use of Plants by American Indians

Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program featuring scholar Gail WagnerSponsored by Chesterfield District Chapter of the SC Genealogical Society with support from SC HumanitiesLocation: Old Chesterfield Courthouse, 100 Main Street, Chesterfield SC, 29709 Info: (843) 634-6447

Touring the Tombstones

Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program featuring scholar Ruth MillerSponsored by The Colleton County Memorial Library with support from SC HumanitiesLocation: The Colleton County Memorial Library, 600 Hampton Street, Walterboro, South Carolina 29488Free and open to the publicInfo: (843) 549-5621

If I Were a Book: Storying Our Lives

Featuring Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud scholar Suzie Parker DeVoe presenting on Charlotte Forten or Susie King TaylorSponsored by the Gender Studies Program at Francis Marion UniversityThe event will feature several speakers at stations, and attendees will be able to move around from station to stationLocation: Francis Marion University, 4822 E. Palmetto Street, Florence, SC … Read more

Cofitachequi: A Chiefdom

Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program with Gail WagnerSponsored by The Revolutionary War Visitor Center with support from SC HumanitiesLunch and Learn eventLocation: The Revolutionary War Visitor Center, 212 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020Open to the publicInfo: 803-272-0076

Black Southern Folklore – Storytelling

Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program with Dr. Nancy TolsonSponsored by the Friends of Florence County Library with support from SC HumanitiesLocation: Florence County Library, 509 South Dargan Street, Florence, SC 29506Free and open to the publicInfo: 843-413-7074

Historic South Carolina Ghosts and Legends

Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program with Pat McNeelySponsored by Laurens District Genealogical Society with support from SC HumanitiesLocation: Laurens County Museum, 116 E Public Square, Laurens, SC 29360Open to the publicInfo: 864-876-3712

Historic South Carolina Ghosts and Legends

Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program with Pat McNeelySponsored by Sumter County Genealogical Society with support from SC HumanitiesLocation: Swan Lake Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 912 Haynsworth St, Sumter, SC 29150Open to the publicInfo: 803-774-3901

Sleeping with the Ancestors – Slave Dwelling Project

Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program with Joseph McGill and Herb FrazierSponsored by Historic Bluffton Foundation with support from SC HumanitiesBook Signing and TalkLocation: Heyward House Museum’s Common Ground, 70 Boundary St, Bluffton, SC 29910Open to the publicInfo: 843-757-6293

Carolina Bays – Wild, Mysterious, and Majestic Landforms

Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud presentation by Tom PolandSponsored by Chapin Memorial Library with support from SC HumanitiesLocation: Chapin Memorial Library, 400 14th Avenue North, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577Free and open to the publicInfo: 843-918-1294