This Saturday, a contingent from BJU attended the annual meeting of the South Carolina Historical Association. In all, we had four faculty and five graduate students: Dr. Matzko, Dr. Hayner, Dr. Larson, Dr. Schoolfield, Kellen Funk, Julie Phillips, David Woodworth, Abby Garland, and me. The meeting was held at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History in Columbia.

Abby and Kellen presented their papers about the U.S.S. Philadelphia and divorce law in South Carolina, respectively. Julie, David, and I formed a panel about time consciousness. Julie wrote about the Amish, David wrote about Samuel Clarke and Gottfried Leibniz, and I wrote about John Eliot’s mission to the Indians. Our commentator was Dr. Cheryl Wells, a friend of Dr. Schoolfield’s and a professor at the University of Wyoming. I received some helpful suggestions from both Dr. Wells and the audience, which will be helpful in revising the paper. You can see the session and paper titles in the meeting program.

When we picked up our copies of the SCHA Proceedings, we learned good news: Jonathan Newell and Paul Matzko had papers published that they had presented last year.