Conferences

University of South Carolina Press exhibits at academic and trade conferences throughout the year. We look forward to these opportunities to connect with scholars, meet with current and prospective authors, and promote our books. 

If you are a USC Press author and plan on attending one of the conferences listed below, please let your editor know in advance.

If you are a USC Press author and would like to promote your book at a conference that is not listed below, please contact Dianne Wade, marketing assistant, at dw97@mailbox.sc.edu, as early as possible to discuss potential promotional opporunities.

USC Press Conference Schedule (July 2026 to June 2027):

September 2026

  • South Carolina Federation of Museums (Aiken, SC)
  • Association for the Study of African American Life and History (Norfolk, VA)

October 2026

  • Omohundro (Williamsburg, VA)
  • Southern Carolina Library Association (Columbia, SC)

November 2026

  • South Atlantic Modern Language Association (Atlanta, GA)
  • Southern Historical Association (Atlanta, GA)
  • American Revolution Symposium (Columbia, SC)
  • National Communication Association (New Orleans, LA)

February 2027

  • International Gullah Geechee and African Diaspora (Conway, SC)
  • South Carolina African American Heritage Commision (Columbia, SC)

March 2027

  • South Carolina Historical Association (Columbia, SC)
  • Landmark Conference (Rock Hill, SC)
  • USC-Beaufort Institute for the Study of the Reconstruction Era (Beaufort, SC)

April 2027

  • Organization of American Historians (San Francisco, CA)
  • South Carolina Historic Preservation (Columbia, SC)

May 2027

  • Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World (Charleston, SC)
  • American Literature Association (Boston, MA)