Hello and welcome to the online home of the South Carolina Historical Association.
The South Carolina Historical Association (SCHA) was founded eighty-seven years ago in 1931 to help enhance the teaching and study of all areas of history. The association has a diverse membership that includes university professors, graduate students, archivists, public historians and even park rangers!
SCHA provides opportunities for individuals who love history to share that passion with like-minded individuals through an annual meeting held every March. In 2018 the annual meeting will be held at the USC Aiken Campus in Aiken, SC and in 2019 at the SC Department of Archives and History in Columbia, SC. Papers presented at the annual meeting are eligible for submission to our prestigious peer-reviewed journal The Proceedings.
Check our website for updates throughout the year on the annual meeting, the call for papers, information on how to become a member, etc and check out the South Carolina Historical Association on Facebook for other updates and opportunities throughout the year.
If you have a passion for history we hope you’ll join us!
Elizabeth L. Laney
SCHA President
CALL for PAPERS
TBA
South Carolina Archives and History, Columbia, SC
Information will be available soon
2019 Annual Meeting and Conference
Location: USC Aiken
When: March 9th, 2019
History of SCHA
The South Carolina Historical Association was founded in 1931 by persons teaching, writing, and studying history in South Carolina. Since that time, it has held an annual meeting for the presentation of papers on a wide variety of historical fields. Although its geographical base is the state of South Carolina, the organization exists to enhance the teaching and study of all areas of history. Membership comes primarily from South Carolina, but the organization is open to any person interested in history. The person's field of study may be any area of history; the association welcomes and encourages participation regardless of the historical field of interest. The Association also publishes a journal, The Proceedings, to which papers presented at the annual meeting may be submitted.
The Proceedings
Annually, the association publishes a journal, The Proceedings, which consists of papers presented at the annual meeting and submitted to the journal for publication consideration. The papers presented at the annual meeting and submitted to the journal are refereed by professional historians prior to selection for publication. Only those papers that meet high standards of scholarship and writing quality are selected for publication. Some papers are published in their entirety; others are published in abstract. Here are The Proceedings from past years.
SCHA Officers
Each year the association elects for its officers, a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and three members-at-large. These officers comprise the executive board. The executive board nominates an editor for The Proceedings, arranges the annual meeting and program, oversees the publication of The Proceedings, and publishes a quarterly Newsletter.
Officers:
President
Elizabeth Laney
Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site
Vice President
Michael Morris
College of Coastal Georgia
Board Members:
J. Brent Morris
USC Beaufort
Term Expires 2019
Stefan Wiecki
Presbyterian college
Term Expires 2021
Proceedings Editors:
Brenda Schoolfield
Bob Jones University
Earnest Jenkins
USC Lancaster
Treasurer
Melanie Maddox
The Citadel
J. Tracy Powers
Newberry College
Term Expires 2021
Secretary
Carol Loar
USC Upstate
Alexia Helsley
USC Aiken
Term Expires 2018
Elizabeth Georgian
USC Aiken
Term Expires 2020
Brooke Bauer
USC Lancaster
Term Expires 2020
Prizes
Every two years the association awards prizes for outstanding articles that are published in The Proceedings. One prize is for the best article submitted by a graduate student member. The other prize is for the best article submitted by a professional member.
2017 Professional Paper: Ken Alford
2016 Graduate Student Paper: Anderson Rouse
2015 Professional Paper: Robert Scott Davis
2015 Graduate Student Paper: Megan Hatfield
2013 Professional Paper: Stefan Wiecki
2013 Graduate Student Paper: Otis Westbrook Pickett