Yelana Sims, assistant professor of history at the University of South Carolina, researches how technologies like film and photography used racial and gendered imagery to enter the marketplace, and how Black women responded to these narratives.
History and African American studies alumna Andreia Wardlaw blends her love for art and education as a USC instructor and an art gallery director, where she engages the next generation of cultural leaders.
Historic preservation consultant Janie Campbell, 2016 public history, has made a career of going into opportunities with low expectations and coming out of them realizing they were exactly what she needed at the time.
Carol Harrison smiles outside on USC's campus Double honor: USC historian lands Guggenheim Fellowship, Rome Prize April 25, 2024, Laura Erskine Carol Harrison is headed to Rome for the upcoming school year thanks to two major fellowships supporting her research on the First Vatican Council (1869-1870). A professor in USC’s Department of History, Harrison recently won both the Guggenheim Fellowship — one of the world’s most prestigious grants for scholars — and the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome.
A newly digitized collection of archives of the Williams Furniture Company serves as a key source for a traveling exhibit coming in 2024.
Erin awarded a National Society of the Colonial Dames dissertation fellowship.
Dan Littlefield receives prestigious award.
Congratulations to Professor Yulian Wu on her new book
Kay Edwards has been awarded a senior fellowship
Josh Grace and Tom Brown receive national and international recognition.
Congratulations to Marjorie on the publication of her book, "Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women's Rights and Family Values that Polarized American Politics."
Professor Kent Germany discusses executive orders and the purposes they have served throughout history.
Katie Schwichtenberg, senior in political science and history, completed an internship in the Office of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin.
The Free Times has published an interview with Kay Edwards about her "Last Lecture" and her work on ghosts.
Christine Ames has written a fine opinion piece that appeared in The State on August 22, 2016. This online version has a number of links, including one to last week’s troubling story about the “decline” of the history major at USC
Tom Lekan's research on tourism in the Serengeti
Graduate student Robert Greene is part of a forum of historians in The Nation.
Humanities Council grant to help fund History Center program.
Professor Holton will conduct research in Huntington and Newberry Libraries in 2016-2017.
Fascinating background piece on Professor Spruill's ongoing research
Dr. Snyder recognized by USC as Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor for 2016
Warren Milteer's article "From Indians to Colored People" has won the Historical Society of North Carolina's R.D.W. Connor Award
"What Donald Trump Owes George Wallace"
Robert Greene has been awarded a USC 2016 Breakthrough Graduate Scholar Award
Professor Ames is the 2016 Education Foundation Award Winner