Furman Humanities Center Events

CLP: Narrating Trauma in the Nineteenth Century and Now

McEachern (FUR 214)

The Covid-19 pandemic changed the way we think about PTSD: how can we understand psychic trauma related to anticipated danger rather than past harm? And how can we tell those stories? Surprisingly, nineteenth-century medicine, culture, and literature had theories about that. This CLP explores nineteenth-century narratives of mental pain in connection with our contemporary cultural […]

CLP: Cellobration 2023

Daniel Music Building and McAlister Auditorium

The South Carolina Cello Choir Weekend has been an important annual tradition for Palmetto-state cellists since 1980. It offers a chance for cellists of all ages from near-beginners to professionals to celebrate their love of the cello by playing together.  Affiliated with South Carolina’s Chapter of the American String Teacher’s Association (SC-ASTA), in its early […]