Looking Beyond
The Institute encourages exploration of the rapidly growing variety of resources on the American South in the region and beyond. These include:
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South Carolina Political Collections
South Carolina Political Collections is a special collections repository at USC documenting South Carolinians and their government at the national and state levels in the post-World War II era. Its web site includes detailed descriptions of its holdings, consisting of papers of South Carolina's leaders in Congress and the General Assembly, governors, the state's political parties, party leaders, diplomats, journalists and others playing substantive roles in politics and government. The site also includes electronic exhibits, oral history transcripts, and information about other resources and research awards. It also links to a blog where staff and patrons discuss collections, exhibits, recent events, etc. -
Southcomb
Southcomb is a product of the Cyberinfrastructure for Scholars project of the Digital Programs and Systems Division at the Woodruff Library at Emory University. The goal of the project is to conduct research and development in creating easily manageable, sustainable and reusable software for scholarly portals and digital libraries. SouthComb is the real-world result of this investigative work. -
Southern Anthropological Society
The Southern Anthropological Society is a professional organization of anthropologists who live and/or work in the South. Our members are anthropologists in all four fields and we are especially happy to welcome graduate and undergraduate students in anthropology. Professional benefits offered through SAS include a peer-reviewed journal, annual meetings, an electronic list-serve, an electronic newsletter, a database of professional anthropologists who are members, and regional social and professional networks. Please browse the site and see what we have to offer. If you have any questions or wish to contact someone from the society, please contact Dr. Margaret Huber, our Secretary/Treasurer. -
Southeastern Archaeological Conference
The Southeastern Archaeological Conference was founded in response to the tremendous increase in federally-funded archaeological work in the Southeast during the 1930s. SEAC was created to allow excavators to quickly share new data with each other and to standardize ceramic types. Southeastern Archaeology now typically publishes over 200 pages per year of articles and book reviews. -
Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geography
The Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geography conducts educational and research projects that advance geographic understanding, geographic literacy, and geographic learning. SEDAAG advances professional studies in geography and encourages the application of geographic research in education, government, and business. -
Southern Historical Association
The Southern Historical Association was organized November 2, 1934. Its objectives are the promotion of interest and research in southern history, the collection and preservation of the South's historical records, and the encouragement of state and local historical societies in the South. As a secondary purpose the Association fosters the teaching and study of all areas of history in the South. -
Southern Political Science Association
The Southern Political Science Association constitution lists as its purposes "to publish a professional journal, to improve teaching, to promote interest and research in theoretical and practical political problems, to encourage communication and to develop standards of competence and respect between persons engaged in the professional study and practice of government and politics." -
Baruch Institute
The Baruch Institute was established in 1969 through the joint efforts of the Belle W. Baruch Foundation and the University of South Carolina. As an internationally recognized academic research institute, the Baruch Institute conducts basic research on environmental processes, tidal, estuarine and coastal ocean environments. Collectively the studies span the molecular to landscape level, including the effects of human activities. Our collaborative research efforts bring together scientists whose perspectives and expertise enable a more complete approach to wise use and sustainability. -
McKissick Museum
The McKissick Museum at USC was established to serve as a general University museum and to engage in education, research, and collections development as well as campus and public service. -
SC Institute for Archaeology and Anthropology
The SC Institute for Archaeology and Anthropology was established in 1963 as a USC research institute and a State cultural resource management agency. As the latter, it serves as the main State agency concerned with South Carolina's Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology, and its discovery, study, revelation, and official safekeeping at a curatorial facility. As a University research institute, SCIAA initiates and conducts a broad range of field research and collections research throughout the State, participates in a very wide range of USC activities and duties, and contributes to the University infrastructure, and the USC publication series. -
African American Studies
The African American Studies department at USC offers interdisciplinary approaches to the history, culture and contemporary situations of African Americans in South Carolina, the South, the United States, and beyond. Students learn about the African background of New World black communities; the consequences and implications of the African slave trade; and the social, cultural, economic and political life of black people in the United States, from the seventeenth century to the present. Drawing upon the insights of Anthropology, English, History, Religion, and other disciplines, the African American Studies major is designed for highly motivated and intellectually adventurous students who have a serious interest in learning more about African American life. -
South Caroliniana Library
The South Caroliniana Library was established in 1931 in an effort to halt the exodus of the state's historical resources to out-of-state repositories. That work was eventually superceded and expanded in 1937 with the creation of the University South Caroliniana Society, the organization for the friends of the library. In 1940, the University library moved to a new building, McKissick Memorial Library, now McKissick Museum. The University designated the former book repository as the South Caroliniana Library, a new institution charged with the task of documenting the history and literature of the Palmetto State. Today, the Society continues to assist the Library in its mission to acquire, preserve, and disseminate published and unpublished South Carolina-related material.