United States District Judge Richard Gergel, renowned for presiding over some of the Lowcountry’s most contentious lawsuits, discusses his upcoming book Unexampled Courage about the pioneering civil rights decisions of Judge J.Waties Waring which challenged the segregation orthodoxy of the South. Chaired by William Hubbard,Read more
Marking the 100th anniversary of the Armistice, American author Bill Goldstein and English author Alexandra Harris examine the impact and aftermath of World War 1 on a range of British and US writers including Virginia Woolf, E.M. Forster, D.H. LawrenceRead more
The College of Charleston Arts Management Program will honor its Artist in Residence Mark Bryan as he concludes his teaching and service to the program at IN THE MIX, the popular music industry series he hosts. The event, “IN THERead more
Join the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art for the Sit a Spell Conversation Series. These events aim to encourage thoughtful conversation on a variety of topics and issues faced by today’s New South. In a series of four installments, participantsRead more
Join the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art for a free film screening of Southern Rites and a Q&A with the director and Southbound photographer Gillian Laub. Laub spent over a decade working in Montgomery County, Georgia after first learning ofRead more
Join us for the official release party for In Darkest South Carolina, a biography of civil rights activist Judge Waring by Brian Hicks, hosted in conjunction with the City of Charleston as they kick off their 350th Anniversary. Brian Hicks willRead more
The Charleston Mercury presents author Shay McNeal as she speaks about her recent book, The Road to Trump. A country divided will fall into the abyss it creates. The Road to Trump chronicles the most pressing issues the United States facedRead more
Over recent months and years, as white Southerners’ hold over Southern history and memory is called into question, landscapes in the South are experiencing profound change. Monuments to the region’s charged past continue to be contested and removed from statehouse grounds,Read more
Over recent months and years, as white Southerners’ hold over Southern history and memory is called into question, landscapes in the South are experiencing profound change. Monuments to the region’s charged past continue to be contested and removed from statehouse grounds,Read more
Over recent months and years, as white Southerners’ hold over Southern history and memory is called into question, landscapes in the South are experiencing profound change. Monuments to the region’s charged past continue to be contested and removed from statehouse grounds,Read more
