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Be curious. Explore. Question. Challenge the status quo. Try the unfamiliar as well as the tried and true – and your academic experience will pay big dividends.
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Take advantage of everything the College has to offer. Use your imagination. Move outside your comfort zone. Look at every new experience as an opportunity. And have fun!
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Charleston’s historic Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church has donated thousands of condolence letters to The South Carolina Historical Society (SCHS). “Easily thousands of letters,” said Celeste Wiley, Visual Materials Archivist … Read More
Join Assistant Professor Matthew Cressler for a discussion and preview of his upcoming Spring 2020 course, “Black Religion and Black Nationalism from Slave Rebellions to Black Lives Matter.” This lecture introduces … Read More
Join TheWashington Post‘s Peter Finn for a look at the dramatic story of Gertrude Legendre, a South Carolina heiress who joined the OSS and became the first American woman in … Read More
Three sisters from the South wrestle with orthodoxies of race, sexuality, and privilege. Join National Humanities Award–winning historian Jacquelyn Dowd Hall on October 2nd as she discusses her new book, … Read More
College of Charleston’s Addlestone Library will resume normal operations on Sunday, September 8 at 10AM. For further details on Library hours of operation, please visit out Hours page below: Hours … Read More
Due to Hurricane Dorian, the College is cancelling all classes and College events starting Monday, September 2, following an evacuation order for coastal counties issued by the S.C. Governor’s Office … Read More
Who wrote the pseudonymous slave narrative, Before the War and After the Union (1914) and why does it matter Most of all, how does learning about the author’s true identity unfold a … Read More
The College Libraries will be closed on Thursday, July 4, for Independence Day. Normal library hours will resume on Friday, July 5. For the most up-to-date hours, click here.
Welcome New Students! Your Library is here to aid you. Visit us in person at the Access & Instruction Desk or online through our New Student Guide. Look for the … Read More
The College Libraries are pleased to announce the successful match of a $25,000 challenge gift for LGBTQ Life in the Lowcountry, a project dedicated to collecting and sharing the stories … Read More
