Carolina Lowcountry & Atlantic World Program

Join WGS Sept 4th, 2024 @HalseyArt to view and discuss the current solo exhibition of artist Desmond Melancon. Happening at 4:00pm! See flyer for more details.

Join food historian, storyteller, and documentary filmmaker Julian Gooding as he shares the history and recipes of enslaved Africans. Their knowledge of rice cultivation made Charleston one of the richest cities in the world. The program is free. Registration is strongly advised.

Happening on June 7th! Historic Marker Dedication Event at Gibbes Landing, taking place June 7, 6-8pm, with the Preservation Society of Charleston and the Marsh Project. There will be a marker unveiling, along with a food truck, ice cream, and Lowcountry Street Grocery as well!

The Preservation Society of Charleston and Anson Street African Burial Ground Project invite you to join us for a Mapping Charleston's Black Burial Grounds Projectpreview event Tuesday, June 11, 5:30 – 7:30 PM at ILA Hall, (1142 Morrison Dr)! See you there!

Upcoming event at CLS: In Conversation with Dr. Fields-Black on “COMBEE” and Harriet Tubman’s Daring Raid. Dr. Fields-Black will be in conversation with David Ray, Chief Conservation Officer of the LLT, about the untold story of the Combahee River Raid by Harriet Tubman.

Film screening and panel discussion: A TREE STORY: GULLAH/GEECHEE ROOTS AND RESILIENCE (2022) Wed., April 17, 6pm, Septima Clark Auditorium ECTR 118, 25 St. Philips Light refreshments will be provided.

Join us April 27th for a Book Talk Session with Dr. Millicent E. Brown. Event information: •1pm, Avery Research Center (Sen. McKinley Washington Auditorium) •Light refreshments. •RSVP required: libcal.library.cofc.edu/event/12301099

The Public History Working Group of the Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston (CSSC) is pleased to sponsor the sabbatical talk given by @MaryJoFair, Coordinator of Research Services at the Special Collections at the CofC! Program is free to all See flyer for more details

Happening @ the Charleston Library Society at 6pm tomorrow; Prof. John Navin, our colleague at Coastal Carolina University and member of the CLAW Community Advisory Board, will give a talk on his wonderful book, The Grim Years: Settling South Carolina, 1670–1720.

Join the COFC’s Latin American and Caribbean studies on April 9th at 3pm to hear a Lecture Series talk by Dr. Sharonah Fredrick, “Scoundrels of All Nations or Robin Hoods of the High Seas”. The lecture will discuss piracy in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Charleston)

Happening next week on Wednesday March 27th at 5pm! Join Seth Fein in discussion about his film with covers topics of immigration and imperialism. Q&A will follow. See flyer for more details.

JOIN US! The 2024 Institute for the Study of the Reconstruction Era symposium will be centered around the 1st South Carolina Volunteers of African Descent, “Breathing Democracy into Spaces.” The symposium will be April 19-20th in Beaufort, SC. (academics.uscb.edu/humanities-soc…)

Attention COFC STUDENTS! There will be an opportunity for students to engage with Prof. Wood at 11am on April 11th in Addlestone 227 We will provide lunch and free copies of his books to the students who register for this opportunity. Please read the book prior to meeting!

Please join us April 11th to hear Peter Wood speak on his book Black Majority: Race, Rice, and Rebellion in South Carolina 1670-1740. Held in Mace Auditorium room 129. See flyer for details.

Hip-hop salvação! Explore Brazilian hip-hop’s potential to work as a salvation tool for Afro-Brazilian youth with Dr. Daniela Gomes from San Diego State University Africana Studies. Tuesday, March 19. @ 6pm Michael Auerbach Auditorium Room number 129!

The Library Sociery is thrilled for the second collaboration with the ETV Endowment of South Carolina and SCET V to sercen Sisterhood SC Suffragist: The Grimke Sisters Tickets are free with RSVP. Register via the form below. Please note: 6:00PM - 7:30PM charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/document…

Join CLAW and @drvholden March 12th-13th, 2024 as Dr. Holden leads a discussion on enslaved memory in Charleston and enslaved resistance. See flyers below for details and poems to read prior to the lectures.

Join the @chasmuseum Thursday March 7th at the for a conversation with artist Katy Mixon in conjunction with The Art of Abstraction: Modernism in Quilting. Registration is encouraged! Link: charlestonmuseum.org/news-events/ev…

The ⁦@PowderMag⁩ presents: Charleston, 1780-1782: a Divided City. The program is offering four lectures by Nic and Christina Butler - starting on March 20th and running through mid April. These are free and open to the public.