Step out of your day and into the tranquil setting of the Charleston Library Society for a lively lunchtime talk presented by Mark Smith, who, through the lens of 1969’s devastating hurricane Camille, will examine how all the senses—hearing, touch, taste, smell and sight—shape historical experience. Tickets available now—box lunch included in your admission.

Mark M. Smith is Carolina Distinguished Professor of History at the University of South Carolina, an acknowledged pioneer in the field of sensory history, author and editor of a dozen books, frequent media commentator, and winner of the Avery O. Craven Prize from the Organization of American Historians and a Choice Book Award. Featured in publications as varied as the New York Times, The Times of London, and Science, he is one of USC’s most popular history lecturers.

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