The Center brought a series of distinguished international scholars to conduct
faculty colloquia at Coastal Carolina University on their current research,
including Prof. Graham White of the University of Sydney, Australia, discussing
his study of "The Sounds of Slavery," in October; Prof. Warren Ellem of La Trobe
University, Melbourne, Australia, discussing his study of "The Fall of Fort Fisher:
Contested Memories of the Civil War," in November; Prof. Waldemar Zacharasiewicz of
the University of Vienna, Austria, discussing his study of "Southern Culture and the
Ideas of Europe," in February; and the noted American historian Bill C. Malone of Tulane
University, singing his entire lecture, "Take This Job and Shove It: Country Music and
Southern Workers," in April.
