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Congratulations to Kennedy Caldwell and Lilly Fair, who have been named 2022 HSS Scholars by Gibbs Knotts, Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Department of History - College of Charleston!
Scroll to learn more about Kennedy and Lilly and their wonderful achievements. ✨
The HSS Scholar Awards are presented annually and celebrate top students chosen by their departments in each of the undergraduate major programs within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Please join faculty, students, family and friends in celebrating our scholars and all of their amazing achievements during their time at the College of Charleston! 👏👏👏
Scroll to learn more about Kennedy and Lilly and their wonderful achievements. ✨
The HSS Scholar Awards are presented annually and celebrate top students chosen by their departments in each of the undergraduate major programs within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Please join faculty, students, family and friends in celebrating our scholars and all of their amazing achievements during their time at the College of Charleston! 👏👏👏
Our own Dr. Melanie Maddox, Associate Professor of History, will present a guest lecture for the College of Charleston's Medieval Society next week (available in-person or remotely via Zoom).
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Ciao from beautiful Florence, Italy! 🇮🇹
Dr. Cara Delay, Department of History - College of Charleston, Dr. Colleen Glenn, College of Charleston Department of English, Dr. Celeste Lacroix, College of Charleston Department of Communication, and College of Charleston students kicked off Day 1 of the Spring Term study abroad trip yesterday! Here’s the group at the Piazza della Repubblica in city center. This semester’s cohort of the HSS Interdisciplinary Florence, Italy Study Abroad program is the largest group we’ve ever had - 26 students!! 🗺
Dr. Cara Delay, Department of History - College of Charleston, Dr. Colleen Glenn, College of Charleston Department of English, Dr. Celeste Lacroix, College of Charleston Department of Communication, and College of Charleston students kicked off Day 1 of the Spring Term study abroad trip yesterday! Here’s the group at the Piazza della Repubblica in city center. This semester’s cohort of the HSS Interdisciplinary Florence, Italy Study Abroad program is the largest group we’ve ever had - 26 students!! 🗺
I soaked in so much knowledge today during this fantastic interview on the Black History Talks radio show with host, Dr. Bernard Powers, Director of the Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston and Professor Emeritus, Department of History - College of Charleston.
Today, he interviewed Dr. Tamara Butler, Executive Director for the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture about her journey back home from teaching in the Midwest, the history of the Avery Research Center, the influential works of a few of our ancestors who paved the way for greatness in our generation, and more.
Thanks for coming in to Ohm Radio Charleston today!
Check out the interview here:
https://schedule.ohmradio963.org/WOHM/pl/14430077/Black-History-Talks?layout=1
Today, he interviewed Dr. Tamara Butler, Executive Director for the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture about her journey back home from teaching in the Midwest, the history of the Avery Research Center, the influential works of a few of our ancestors who paved the way for greatness in our generation, and more.
Thanks for coming in to Ohm Radio Charleston today!
Check out the interview here:
https://schedule.ohmradio963.org/WOHM/pl/14430077/Black-History-Talks?layout=1
This , we salute Daniel Ravenel ‘72, recipient of the prestigious Alumni Award of Honor! The College of Charleston Alumni Association will honor six distinguished alumni at the Alumni Awards Gala on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021, as part of the College’s 2021 Fall Alumni Weekend.
Rachel Greene Phillips writes in The College Today:
A ninth-generation Charlestonian, Daniel Ravenel graduated from the College in 1972 with a degree in history Department of History - College of Charleston. He joined Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, was president of the student body, and participated in and managed men’s athletics teams as a student. Since his graduation, he has served the College on countless boards and advisory panels, including the Board of Trustees.
Ravenel has been president of the College of Charleston Alumni Association, the College of Charleston Foundation, the Lowcountry Alumni Association of Pi Kappa Phi, the Preservation Society of Charleston, the South Carolina Historical Society, the Rotary Club of Charleston, the Huguenot Society of South Carolina and the French Protestant Huguenot Church of Charleston. He was a founding member of the College’s Friends of the Library and the second recipient of the Howard F. Rudd Jr. Business Person of the Year. He also served as vice chair of the Commission on Higher Education in South Carolina and chair of the S.C. Higher Education Study Committee, mandated by the Legislature to develop a strategic plan for higher education.
He founded Daniel Ravenel Real Estate Company in 1983, which has managed nearly $2.5 billion in real estate sales since that time. In 2007, the firm became Daniel Ravenel Sotheby's International Realty. He considers the education he received and the network of friends he built at the College to be integral to his success. Ravenel and his wife reside in Charleston and have two daughters and a son.
Thank you, Mr. Ravenel, for your tremendous service to the College of Charleston and congratulations on your well-deserved award!! 👏👏👏
Go Cougars!!
Rachel Greene Phillips writes in The College Today:
A ninth-generation Charlestonian, Daniel Ravenel graduated from the College in 1972 with a degree in history Department of History - College of Charleston. He joined Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, was president of the student body, and participated in and managed men’s athletics teams as a student. Since his graduation, he has served the College on countless boards and advisory panels, including the Board of Trustees.
Ravenel has been president of the College of Charleston Alumni Association, the College of Charleston Foundation, the Lowcountry Alumni Association of Pi Kappa Phi, the Preservation Society of Charleston, the South Carolina Historical Society, the Rotary Club of Charleston, the Huguenot Society of South Carolina and the French Protestant Huguenot Church of Charleston. He was a founding member of the College’s Friends of the Library and the second recipient of the Howard F. Rudd Jr. Business Person of the Year. He also served as vice chair of the Commission on Higher Education in South Carolina and chair of the S.C. Higher Education Study Committee, mandated by the Legislature to develop a strategic plan for higher education.
He founded Daniel Ravenel Real Estate Company in 1983, which has managed nearly $2.5 billion in real estate sales since that time. In 2007, the firm became Daniel Ravenel Sotheby's International Realty. He considers the education he received and the network of friends he built at the College to be integral to his success. Ravenel and his wife reside in Charleston and have two daughters and a son.
Thank you, Mr. Ravenel, for your tremendous service to the College of Charleston and congratulations on your well-deserved award!! 👏👏👏
Go Cougars!!
This , we salute Dr. Richard Bodek, Fulbright Scholar Award recipient for 2021-22! ✨
As an undergrad, phenomenal faculty like Vernon Lidtke, a German historian, turned his interests toward an academic career. Dr. Bodek became fascinated by the question of how democracies die and what, if anything, people could do to preserve them. This became a red thread in his research. Another major influence was William Arrowsmith, one of the great classicists of his day. He showed his students how much the past and its poetry could mean to the contemporary world. In his own teaching, Dr. Bodek keeps one eye on contemporary issues and another on the big issues that transcend eras.
Dr. Bodek’s numerous publications include a translation of What Will Become of the Children?, a novel that appeared three months before the N***s took power in Germany. They burned the book, and it faded into obscurity. “I’d like to think that translating and publishing it struck some kind of posthumous blow against the Third Reich,” he says.
With all that he’s achieved, Dr. Bodek is extremely proud of his former students’ accomplishments. For example, Catherine Stiers went on to grad school and is now a colleague working in College of Charleston Libraries. Many of Dr. Bodek’s favorite moments come from team teaching with terrific faculty like Joe Kelly and Scott Peeples. He reveled in running a 5K race with Jon Hale, Tammy Ingram, and Lisa Covert as a Department of History - College of Charleston team, although they didn’t win! “If anybody ever says that I have gravity,” he notes, “they probably mean that I run very slowly and the ground seems to pull me down into it.”
This Fulbright recipient also loves participating in a fantasy baseball league with great colleagues, former colleagues, and friends. Phil Jos, Joe Kelly, Ryan Milner, Dave Parisi, Scott Peeples, Chris Warnick, and Jacob Steere-Williams are all proud HSS faculty and retired faculty. In addition, Dr. Bodek plays the mandolin and is an amateur photographer. In the evenings, he and his partner walk their dogs and catch up on the day. Sounds like there’s always plenty to catch up on!
Dr. Bodek, thank you for ALL you do for College of Charleston, and have fun in London!! 👏👏👏
As an undergrad, phenomenal faculty like Vernon Lidtke, a German historian, turned his interests toward an academic career. Dr. Bodek became fascinated by the question of how democracies die and what, if anything, people could do to preserve them. This became a red thread in his research. Another major influence was William Arrowsmith, one of the great classicists of his day. He showed his students how much the past and its poetry could mean to the contemporary world. In his own teaching, Dr. Bodek keeps one eye on contemporary issues and another on the big issues that transcend eras.
Dr. Bodek’s numerous publications include a translation of What Will Become of the Children?, a novel that appeared three months before the N***s took power in Germany. They burned the book, and it faded into obscurity. “I’d like to think that translating and publishing it struck some kind of posthumous blow against the Third Reich,” he says.
With all that he’s achieved, Dr. Bodek is extremely proud of his former students’ accomplishments. For example, Catherine Stiers went on to grad school and is now a colleague working in College of Charleston Libraries. Many of Dr. Bodek’s favorite moments come from team teaching with terrific faculty like Joe Kelly and Scott Peeples. He reveled in running a 5K race with Jon Hale, Tammy Ingram, and Lisa Covert as a Department of History - College of Charleston team, although they didn’t win! “If anybody ever says that I have gravity,” he notes, “they probably mean that I run very slowly and the ground seems to pull me down into it.”
This Fulbright recipient also loves participating in a fantasy baseball league with great colleagues, former colleagues, and friends. Phil Jos, Joe Kelly, Ryan Milner, Dave Parisi, Scott Peeples, Chris Warnick, and Jacob Steere-Williams are all proud HSS faculty and retired faculty. In addition, Dr. Bodek plays the mandolin and is an amateur photographer. In the evenings, he and his partner walk their dogs and catch up on the day. Sounds like there’s always plenty to catch up on!
Dr. Bodek, thank you for ALL you do for College of Charleston, and have fun in London!! 👏👏👏
Congratulations to Irene Pasquino and Jonathan Dattilio, who have been named 2021 HSS Scholars by Gibbs Knotts, Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Department of History - College of Charleston! ✨
The HSS Scholar Awards are presented annually and celebrate the top one to two students chosen by their departments in each of the 11 undergraduate major programs within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. This year, Scholar profiles will be posted on HSS social media outlets, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, this week as well as on the HSS Scholars page on the College of Charleston website: https://hss.cofc.edu/scholarships-awards/hss-scholars/2021-awards.php
Please join faculty, students, family and friends in celebrating our scholars and all of their amazing achievements during their time at the College of Charleston! 👏👏👏
The HSS Scholar Awards are presented annually and celebrate the top one to two students chosen by their departments in each of the 11 undergraduate major programs within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. This year, Scholar profiles will be posted on HSS social media outlets, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, this week as well as on the HSS Scholars page on the College of Charleston website: https://hss.cofc.edu/scholarships-awards/hss-scholars/2021-awards.php
Please join faculty, students, family and friends in celebrating our scholars and all of their amazing achievements during their time at the College of Charleston! 👏👏👏
Discover more about the fascinating life of Eliza Lucas Pinckney! The Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World Program, College of Charleston (CLAW) & the Department of History - College of Charleston will host Dr. Lorri Glover to discuss her compelling new book, Eliza Lucas Pinckney: An Independent Woman in the Age of Revolution on March 18 at 6pm. https://linktr.ee/cofc_dept_of_history
Posted • Department of History - College of Charleston Please join the Department of History in welcoming Dr. Douglas Flowe for its inaugural Annual Black History Month Lecture, "Uncontrollable Blackness: African American Men and Criminality in Jim Crow New York." Due to current Covid-19 restrictions, this lecture and Q&A will be held online on Tuesday, Feb. 16. Register by the 15th! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-history-month-lecture-dr-douglas-flowe-on-uncontrollable-blackness-tickets-135911146899
Douglas Flowe is an Assistant Professor of History at Washington University in St. Louis where he teaches courses on urban history, criminality, masculinity, and other subjects relating to race, crime, and gender. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Rochester and has recently published his first book, Uncontrollable Blackness: African American Men and Criminality in Jim Crow New York (UNC Press). His work has appeared in publications such as the Journal of Urban History and the Journal of African American History, and he is currently working on a second book that will trace the experiences of black inmates in the mid-twentieth century carceral state. Flowe is also a current member of the Urban History Association’s board of directors.
This event is organized and moderated by Elisa J. Jones and Shannon Eaves, Assistant Professors of History at the College of Charleston. In order to attend, please register by 5:00PM on February 15. Each ticketholder will receive an email from eventbrite with a link from Eventbrite one week before and the evening before the lecture on January 16. Be sure to check filtered folders if you cannot locate this email.
Douglas Flowe is an Assistant Professor of History at Washington University in St. Louis where he teaches courses on urban history, criminality, masculinity, and other subjects relating to race, crime, and gender. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Rochester and has recently published his first book, Uncontrollable Blackness: African American Men and Criminality in Jim Crow New York (UNC Press). His work has appeared in publications such as the Journal of Urban History and the Journal of African American History, and he is currently working on a second book that will trace the experiences of black inmates in the mid-twentieth century carceral state. Flowe is also a current member of the Urban History Association’s board of directors.
This event is organized and moderated by Elisa J. Jones and Shannon Eaves, Assistant Professors of History at the College of Charleston. In order to attend, please register by 5:00PM on February 15. Each ticketholder will receive an email from eventbrite with a link from Eventbrite one week before and the evening before the lecture on January 16. Be sure to check filtered folders if you cannot locate this email.
Posted • Department of History - College of Charleston Coming up Tuesday, Feb. 16: Adjunct professor Dr. Hayden Smith is giving a lecture for the South Carolina Historical Society's 2021 Winter Lecture Series. The talk, "Carolina’s Golden Fields: Inland Rice Cultivation in the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1670-1860," will be virtual via Zoom.
https://schistory.org/event/2021-winter-lecture-series-carolinas-golden-fields-inland-rice-cultivation-in-the-south-carolina-lowcountry-1670-1860/?fbclid=IwAR0z3MzlEyXn10_GWKZYgOvJjtxDzYcBEp4ZRslDUEvuEdQfKvq0ahkUcwE
https://schistory.org/event/2021-winter-lecture-series-carolinas-golden-fields-inland-rice-cultivation-in-the-south-carolina-lowcountry-1670-1860/?fbclid=IwAR0z3MzlEyXn10_GWKZYgOvJjtxDzYcBEp4ZRslDUEvuEdQfKvq0ahkUcwE
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10/05/2023
10/05/2023
TODAY! Proud to co-sponsor this talk, "Black in Germany: Anton Wilhelm Amo," on Oct. 5th at 3:15 (Alumni Center, 86 Wentworth).
09/29/2023
Take a study break with us! Coffee & donuts will be available in Maybank 201 Thursday, Oct. 5 from 3:00-4:30. ☕🍩
09/28/2023
TODAY!
Join us for a panel discussion organized by the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at CofC around themes explored in La Vaughn Belle: When the Land Meets the Body on Thursday, September 28 at 4pm!
The panel participants are selected by WGS and include:
Mari Crabtree, Associate Professor, African American Studies
Deb Bidwell, Senior Instructor, Biology
Shannon Eaves, Assistant Professor, Department of History
Panel Moderated by Mary Jo Fairchild, Interim Co-Director, CLAW; College Libraries Research Services Coordinator, Special Collections and Archives
09/27/2023
09/26/2023
DIASPORA, CONFLICT BODIES, AND THE POWER OF ART
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
1:45PM-2:45PM
THE SEPTIMA CLARK AUDITORIUM (ECTR 118) | 25 ST PHILIP ST
WGS scholar-in-residence, Régine Jean-Charles (Northeastern Univ.), in conversation with Kameelah Martin, Robert Sapp, & Cady Walker '23
Moderated by Lauren Ravalico
Recorded live for the WGS podcast, What IFF?
LAND, BODY, HISTORY
A WGS SERIES EXPLORING VECTORS OF KNOWLEDGE FROM GLOBAL BLACK FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES
Read more about the week long series and participants' bios (link in profile)
09/25/2023
Dr. Shannon Eaves will be featured in the CofC Women's and Gender Studies Intersections panel this week at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art. Don't miss it!
Join us for a panel discussion organized by the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at CofC around themes explored in La Vaughn Belle: When the Land Meets the Body on Thursday, September 28 at 4pm!
The panel participants are selected by WGS and include:
Mari Crabtree, Associate Professor, African American Studies
Deb Bidwell, Senior Instructor, Biology
Shannon Eaves, Assistant Professor, Department of History
Panel Moderated by Mary Jo Fairchild, Interim Co-Director, CLAW; College Libraries Research Services Coordinator, Special Collections and Archives
09/25/2023
Proud to co-sponsor this talk, "Black in Germany: Anton Wilhelm Amo," on Oct. 5th at 3:15 (Alumni Center, 86 Wentworth).
09/22/2023
West African Foodways Talk and Taste
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
2:15-4:00 PM
TRIDENT TECH CULINARY AMPHITHEATER
DOWNTOWN-PALMER CAMPUS (66 COLUMBUS ST)
Discussion, cooking demo, & sampling with Chef Binta N’Daw Young (Bintü Atelier), John Cropper (History, African Studies), & WGS Scholar-in-Residence, Régine Jean-Charles(Northeastern Univ.)
Moderated by Lauren Ravalico
This event is part of "Land, Body, History," a WGS series exploring vectors of knowledge from global Black feminist perspectives
West African Foodways
Talk and Taste
Discussion, cooking demo, & sampling with Chef Binta N’Daw Young (Bintü Atelier), John Cropper (History, African Studies), & WGS Scholar-in-Residence, Régine Jean-Charles(Northeastern Univ.)
Moderated by Lauren Ravalico
This event is part of "Land, Body, History," a WGS series exploring vectors of knowledge from global Black feminist perspectives
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
2:15-4:00 PM
TRIDENT TECH
CULINARY AMPHITHEATER DOWNTOWN-PALMER CAMPUS
66 COLUMBUS ST
Learn more about Land, Body, History events and participants' bios (link in profile)
09/19/2023
09/18/2023
Students: Please join us for the first History Club meeting of the semester, MONDAY, Sept. 18th at 5:00, MYBK 302.
History Club is a college campus organization devoted to providing a forum for historical exploration and discourse to any student with an interest in the field of history. It provides students with a social setting to meet fellow history scholars through a series of trips to historical sites, lectures, movie showings, and social gatherings. NOTE: you don't have to be a history major or minor to join this club, so please bring any interested friends who enjoy history with you!
09/15/2023
The application deadline for the W.N. Looper Award for the Summer 2024 program is Friday, October 13, 2023 at 11:59pm. The W.N. Looper Award was established to provide financial support for College of Charleston undergraduate students majoring within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences to complete a summer internship with the United States Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. A total of $4,000 will be awarded to one student.
09/11/2023
Spend Spring Break in Mexico City! Info Session: WEDNESDAY 9/13.
09/07/2023
Join us Thursday, Sept. 7, from 3-4:30pm on Cougar Mall in front of Maybank Hall! First-year students and sophomores, you’re invited to learn about our fantastic majors.✨ During the ice cream social, faculty and students will give you the inside “scoop” on our majors, minors, and student clubs! Delicious treats will be available from King of Pops and Wich Cream 😊
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Department of History - College of Charleston College of Charleston Department of Communication College of Charleston Department of Political Science Department of Philosophy College of Charleston College of Charleston Department of English College of Charleston Sociology and Anthropology College of Charleston Department of Psychology CofC Department of Religious Studies CofC Women's and Gender Studies Urban Studies CofC
09/07/2023
NEW CONVERSATION DATE! Join us next Thursday, September 7 for PURE Conversation with President Hsu and Dr. Amy Gordanier following the performance. Tickets are going fast, so be sure to get yours today at our website, www.puretheatre.org.
09/04/2023
DON'T FORGET! Join us Monday, Sept. 4 for our Popsicle Party!
09/01/2023
RESCHEDULED! Dr. Gordanier's talk at PURE Theatre will now be Thursday, Sept. 7th. Don't miss it!
NEW CONVERSATION DATE! Join us next Thursday, September 7 for PURE Conversation with President Hsu and Dr. Amy Gordanier following the performance. Tickets are going fast, so be sure to get yours today at our website, www.puretheatre.org.
08/30/2023
08/24/2023
Deadline EXTENDED to Sept. 1st:
The call for papers deadline for SEWHA's "Water in World History" conference is now Friday, September 1st.
* Please submit a 250-word abstract, contact information, and a brief CV.
* This conference will take place on CofC campus & registration is FREE for CofC participants.
* Cash prizes will be given for the best undergraduate and graduate papers.
* Further details on their website, linked here. Don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity! https://www.sewha.org/call-for-papers-water-in-world-history-2023-conference/?fbclid=IwAR1q6sjapB2p_z-TzTNxzMS9W2an5FoaB6YJ3Z_lXumcijT_hlRvOdTXLUE
Call for Papers: “Water in World History” (2023 Conference) | The Southeast World History Association | SEWHA.org Call for Papers: “Water in World History” (2023 Conference) 35th ANNUAL MEETING COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, 19-22 OCTOBER 2023 Please join us from 19-22 October 2023 for the annual meeting of SEWHA, the southeastern regional affiliate of the World History Association. The conference will be held in f...
08/23/2023
Did you know you can take a History course in the spring with a spring break trip to Mexico City?
* Info Session: 9/13
* Deadline to Apply: 10/15
* Contact Dr. Covert for more info!
08/21/2023
Join us Sept. 4 for a Welcome Back Popsicle Party!
08/17/2023
Interesting event happening Aug. 17 & 18 at Charleston Library Society. Check it out:
"Professor James Raven is a global authority on ‘the Book,’ with a Capital ‘B.’ From the materials and physical structures of the form, to how books have influenced people and places at contrasting times in history, to rare titles and the libraries that house them, he is an encyclopedic expert on the printed text.
During this two-day series, his first time presenting at CLS since 2002, Professor Raven will bring his formidable experience to bear, covering both the singular power of the Book as a vehicle for impact, and the topic as it relates to CLS specifically (he wrote the definitive history of the Library Society).
Copies of his titles, including a new update of his classic bibliophile bible, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book, will also be featured."
Summer Symposium // The Book: A History of Innovation & Impact with Global Expert James Raven Professor James Raven is a global authority on 'the Book,' with a Capital 'B.' From the materials and physical structures of the form, to how books have influenced people and places at contrasting…
08/14/2023
ATTN Historians: The call for papers deadline for SEWHA's "Water in World History" conference is AUG. 15th. At this point, you just need to submit a 250-word abstract, contact information, and a brief CV. This conference will take place on CofC campus & registration is FREE for CofC participants. Cash prizes will be given for the best undergraduate and graduate papers. Details on their website, linked here. Don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity! https://www.sewha.org/call-for-papers-water-in-world-history-2023-conference/?fbclid=IwAR0vgWBIICHFe4W8Yk7sv_31LihVI_jFbunFbHErR1RyRmvhh08UUY8_m50
Call for Papers: “Water in World History” (2023 Conference) | The Southeast World History Association | SEWHA.org Call for Papers: “Water in World History” (2023 Conference) 35th ANNUAL MEETING COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, 19-22 OCTOBER 2023 Please join us from 19-22 October 2023 for the annual meeting of SEWHA, the southeastern regional affiliate of the World History Association. The conference will be held in f...
08/08/2023
Coming up Wednesday, August 30: Dr. Amy Gordanier will moderate a post-show discussion, featuring President Hsu & First Lady Chen, of PURE Theatre's "The Chinese Lady."
Pay What You Will & student ticket prices available. Don't miss it!
About the play:
In 1834, 14-year-old Afong Moy sailed into New York Harbor, a living cultural exchange to be put on display for a paying public who were mesmerized by her exotic ways and her tiny bound feet. Spanning over 60 years of American history, THE CHINESE LADY is a portrait of the indomitable spirit of a young Chinese woman struggling to find herself in a strange new country.
“…piercing and intimate…this quiet play steadily deepens in complexity…by the end of Mr. Suh’s extraordinary play, we look at Afong and see whole centuries of American history” —NY Times
08/01/2023
Fascinating article on Charleston tourists' interest in learning the city's racial history. Includes a shoutout to Lauren Davila's graduate work uncovering the largest known slave auction in the U.S., linked again here in case you missed it.
"Activists Have Long Called for Charleston to Confront Its Racial History. Tourists Are Now Expecting It."
https://www.propublica.org/article/tourism-helping-charleston-confont-racial-history
"How a Grad Student Uncovered the Largest Known Slave Auction in the U.S." https://www.propublica.org/article/how-grad-student-discovered-largest-us-slave-auction
Activists Have Long Called for Charleston to Confront Its Racial History. Tourists Are Now Expecting It. Surging interest from visitors is contributing to a more honest telling of the city’s role in the American slave trade. But tensions are flaring as South Carolina lawmakers restrict race-based teachings.
07/25/2023
ATTN Historians: The deadline to submit papers for SEWHA's "Water in World History" conference is AUG. 15th. This conference will take place on CofC campus & registration is FREE for CofC participants. Cash prizes will be given for the best undergraduate and graduate papers. Details on their website, linked here. Don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity!
Call for Papers: “Water in World History” (2023 Conference) | The Southeast World History Association | SEWHA.org Call for Papers: “Water in World History” (2023 Conference) 35th ANNUAL MEETING COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, 19-22 OCTOBER 2023 Please join us from 19-22 October 2023 for the annual meeting of SEWHA, the southeastern regional affiliate of the World History Association. The conference will be held in f...
07/14/2023
Not to mention a great place to study history!
The 15 Best Cities in the U.S., According to Travel + Leisure Readers The best cities in the United States in our annual "World’s Best Awards" survey for 2023.
07/10/2023
Check out this very nice write up in The College Today of assistant professor Sam Payne's recent award win:
"The Society of American Historians has awarded Samantha Payne, assistant professor of history at the College of Charleston, the 2023 Allan Nevins Prize for her dissertation, “The Last Atlantic Revolution: Reconstruction and the Struggle for Democracy in the Americas, 1861–1912.”
Congrats again, Dr. Payne!
History Professor Receives Prestigious Allan Nevins Prize The Society of American Historians has awarded Samantha Payne, assistant professor of history at the College of Charleston, the 2023 Allan Nevins Prize for her dissertation, "The Last Atlantic Revolution: Reconstruction and the Struggle for Democracy in the Americas, 1861–1912." Named in honor of ...
07/03/2023
Check out Gibbs Knotts, dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the College of Charleston, featured in the latest episode of the podcast, Inside the College of Charleston.
Humanities and Social Sciences Dean Discusses Collaborations and Achievements on Faculty, Staff Podcast Gibbs Knotts, dean of the College of Charleston School of Humanities and Social Sciences, is featured in the latest episode of the podcast, Inside the College of Charleston. Host Mike Robertson, senior director of media relations in the Office of Marketing and Communications, talks to Knotts about t...
06/22/2023
Wonderful article on professor emeritus of history Bernard Powers' role in launching the International African American Museum, opening Saturday, June 24. He is one of many College of Charleston faculty members who helped bring this museum to life. "This is not a just history museum: it is an interdisciplinary museum of history, art, geography, literature, anthropology – all of these are a part of telling the story,” Powers says. “We want visitors to understand and consume the story by multiple means to supplement the historic record." Congratulations Bernie, as well as Department of History's Christophe Boucher, Hayden Smith, & everyone else involved in this tremendous undertaking! https://today.cofc.edu/2023/06/21/college-of-charleston-international-african-american-museum/?fbclid=IwAR3IfrvFh_h1vHsE1U8-tFqyv5of9Y4lDX7rrcRkeReev4-BtXKeawm1sg8
College of Charleston Faculty Pivotal in the New International African American Museum Above: Bernard Powers at the International African American Museum. (Photo by Mike Ledford) Having worked with Charleston's new International African American Museum (IAAM) since its inception, Bernard Powers, director of the College of Charleston's Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston and....
06/16/2023
GREAT article on Lauren Davila's incredible discovery: "How a Grad Student Uncovered the Largest Known Slave Auction in the U.S." Well done, Lauren!
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-grad-student-discovered-largest-us-slave-auction
06/14/2023
Did you know an Experiential Learning Grant can help cover your study abroad costs? Check out our latest blog & explore your options!
Department of History | Study Abroad Offers Exciting Opportunities for Historians Study Abroad Offers Exciting Opportunities for Historians Posted on by Andrea Evans Hey Historians: have you considered studying abroad? Did you know you can apply for a Department of History Experiential Learning Grant to help cover your costs? HSS also has scholarships available for study abroad s...
06/13/2023
Check out this great podcast featuring Mari Crabtree:
"On this episode of Speaking of … College of Charleston, Mari Crabtree, associate professor of African American studies, discusses her book, 'My Soul Is a Witness: The Traumatic Afterlife of Lynching.' The book provides an intimate look at the aftermath of lynching as seen through the personal accounts of Black victims and survivors who lived through and overcame the trauma."
CofC Podcast: African American Studies Professor Explores the Traumatic Afterlife of Lynching In her book, My Soul Is a Witness: The Traumatic Afterlife of Lynching, Mari Crabtree, associate professor of African American studies at the
06/05/2023
CONGRATULATIONS to assistant professor Sam Payne on winning the prestigious Allan Nevins Prize from the Society of American Historians!
The Nevins Prize is awarded “annually for the best-written doctoral dissertation on a significant subject in American history.” Sam won the prize for her work, "The Last Atlantic Revolution: Reconstruction and the Struggle for Democracy in the Americas, 1861-1912."
From the Society of American Historians: "Payne’s dissertation is an extraordinary historical provocation. Embracing the challenges and reaping the rewards of transnational and comparative history, Payne has written a transformative study of the end of slavery in United States, Cuba, and Brazil, the last 3 slaveholding societies in the Atlantic world.
She asks how the abolition of slavery and the promises of emancipation ended in a new international order grounded on the principle of Black exclusion from democratic politics. Contrary to earlier scholarship, she argues, the United States was not alone in using race to exclude the formerly enslaved from the franchise. Race-based discrimination and the structures of white supremacy emerged across the hemisphere as formerly slaveholding elites and their allies in business and politics destroyed experiments in in*******al, rural democracy and brought an end to the promises of an “Atlantic Reconstruction.”
The jury was impressed by Payne’s intellectual ambition, by her use of sources from diplomatic correspondence to the Black press, by her ability to embody abstract ideas in the language and actions of human actors, and by the clarity and grace of her prose. Reading Payne reminds us that discoveries by historians can break your heart, but in the hands of a scholar with humane commitments, those discoveries can sometimes help us imagine routes to a better future."
Great work, Sam!
https://sah.columbia.edu/content/prizes/allan-nevins-prize/2023-samantha-payne-harvard-university-last-atlantic-revolution
05/31/2023
College of Charleston to Host Second Annual Maroon Walk for Juneteenth Above: Visitors at the Knox-Lesesne House during the inaugural Maroon Walk for Juneteenth. The College of Charleston will host the second annual Maroon Walk for Juneteenth on June 5, 2023. The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin 10:30 a.m. and feature a half-mile walk exploring s...
05/22/2023
We love seeing the artistic sides of our students! During the Spring 2023 semester, Adjunct professor Joshua Mayes brought history to the present with his Byzantine mosaic assignment. His HIST 115 students really knocked it out of the park, creating beautiful artwork & tying the symbolism featured in their images to Byzantine culture.
Check out our latest blog for all the details!
https://blogs.cofc.edu/history/2023/05/22/adjunct-professor-brings-history-to-life-with-hands-on-assignment/
05/19/2023
Congratulations to Dr. Cara Delay! Her latest book, co-written with Beth Sundstrom, was recently published by Oxford University Press.
Read more about 'Catching Fire' on our latest blog: https://blogs.cofc.edu/history/2023/05/19/cara-delays-catching-fire-published-with-oxford-university-press/
05/12/2023
Congratulations, Class of 2023! Don't miss the HSS celebration on Friday, May 12th following the HSS Commencement Ceremony. Join us on the front porch of Maybank Hall to enjoy ice cream from King of Pops & Wich Cream ice cream sandwiches. Bring your friends and family, take photos with your favorite HSS professors, and enjoy a refreshing cool treat on the big day. See you there!
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Welcome to the Department of History
The knowledge and skills that students gain as History majors are vital for preparing for the challenges facing us in the 21st century. Today’s problems—epidemic disease, racial oppression, political unrest, violent extremism, environmental crises, economic inequality—also confronted people in the past, and historians’ efforts to understand how they faced these threats provide valuable insights for us today. Our faculty, made up of dynamic teacher-scholars, offer courses that afford students a fascinating glimpse into how societies in the past sought to overcome these threats and how they changed in the process. Likewise, the History major equips graduates with valuable skills for launching successful careers after graduation.
The History major provides students with a skillset that employers value in today’s rapidly changing, information-based economy. Our students learn how to build and defend arguments based on evidence, evidence they have collected, evaluated, and analyzed, a crucial skill employers covet. Studying history also helps students hone their research, writing, and oral communication skills, abilities that are also highly valued in today’s workplace. As a result, our former students have gone on to launch exciting careers after graduation, working in museums and archives, public relations firms and publishing houses, law firms and courtrooms, and schools and universities. Others have landed exciting jobs with major corporations, the federal government, or international non-profits. In today’s rapidly changing environment, the ability to think and write clearly has a real, long-term value, whatever your eventual career.
History is a core field in the humanities, a field of human inquiry designed to give human beings the tools to live life to the fullest. History—the study of human beings in the past—teaches us to understand the present and to imagine the future. Knowing where people come from is key to understanding where they’re going. History gives warnings but also inspires. Contact me at [email protected] if you’d like to talk about becoming a History major.
-- Dr. Jason Coy, Department Chair.
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