Events for January 16, 2026 - January 16, 2026

Jeffrey Rosen, president of the National Constitution Center and law [...]

The fall meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of South [...]

The 2017 conference of the Southern Jewish Historical Society will [...]

Over the last few decades, scholars have worked to expand the study of American religion beyond white Protestants, in the process engaging with questions of race, ethnicity, and migration.

Charleston Research Fellow and journalist Sue Eisenfeld will talk about the process of writing and researching her next book, Postcards From Dixie: A Yankee’s Journey.

Charleston Research Fellow Brian Neumann, currently a PhD candidate in history at the University of Virginia, will present on his research about the Nullification Crisis, in which South Carolina tried to void federal tariffs.

The end of the Civil War initiated a period of dramatic hope, disappointment, and transformation in the American South and the nation as a whole.

Monuments, memorials, and historical memory have been much in the news over the last year.

Part 1 of a mini-course offering an overview of the history of Jews in the southern United States from colonial times until the present.

Part 2 of a mini-course offering an overview of the history of Jews in the southern United States from colonial times until the present.

Part 3 of a mini-course offering an overview of the history of Jews in the southern United States from colonial times until the present. We will explore some of the key events of southern Jewish history, seeking to understand how Jews have confounded, complicated, and conformed to the region’s “peculiar” norms and categories. Presented by Dr. Shari Rabin, director of the Pearlstine/Lipov Center for Southern Jewish Culture. Free and open to the public.