In the era of populism, Christopher Dickey, World News Editor of The Daily Beast, and David Hare, British playwright renowned for his state of the nation dramas, discuss the implications of the Trump regime in the US and Brexit in the UKRead more
Sounds of the South is a symposium focused on the evolving historical and contemporary music of the American South. The symposium features lectures by renowned historians, ethnomusicologists, musicians, and Southbound photographers, with presentations on subjects ranging from praise-house history toRead 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
The Educated Citizen and Democracy with Dr. John S. Cowan. This talk contains dangerous ideas. Some may be useful in understanding past elections and bracing for coming ones. But at its heart, it is about misconceptions about education, and aboutRead more
On Sunday, February 10th at 10:00 AM, Bakari Sellers, will be the speaker at Mt. Zion AME Church at 5 Glebe Street, Charleston, SC at 10:00 AM, in celebration of Black History Month. Bakari T. Sellers is an American attorney,Read more
What is a portrait? Are they physical representations of the people they depict? Or do they convey something more, whether it’s an emotional or psychological quality? How does the medium of photography help shape portraits? And with the early formsRead more
This Lifelong Learning class will cover the history of the relationship between the US (or its precursor colonies) and Canada (or its colonial precursor) from the fall of Quebec near the end of the French and Indian War to theRead more
