UCF History Alumni Spotlight: Where Are They Now – Anne Ladyem McDivitt, Class of 2010 & 2013
June 27, 2017 UCF History Alumni Spotlight: Where Are They Now Anne Ladyem McDivitt, Class of 2010 & 2013 While pursuing her PhD in Public History at George Mason University, Anne Ladyem McDivitt is interning this summer at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. She is working on curatorial...
Citizen Curator Project on RICHES
June 08, 2017 RICHES (the Regional Initiative for Collecting the History, Experiences and Stories) includes a permanent archive of Resilience: Remembering Pulse and Pulse: A Consultation, plus five additional projects: Florida Pride and Shame by Amanda Polk; Black in White by Kimari Jackson; Literature for the Resistance by Jaclyn Crawford; Central Florida Pulse:...
History Department's Dr. Tiffany Earley-Spadoni has been published in the Journal of Archaeological Science
May 26, 2017 History Department’s Dr. Tiffany Earley-Spadoni has been published in the Journal of Archaeological Science. Her article, “Spatial History, deep mapping and digital storytelling: archaeology’s future imagined through an engagement with the Digital Humanities,” argues for collaboration between GIS specialists and digital humanists, as well as collaboration in deep mapping, digital storytelling and...
UCF History Alumnus Receives Florida Historical Society Award
April 26, 2017 Terrell Orr (MA History 2016) has won the 2016 Gov. LeRoy Collins Award from the Florida Historical Society for his MA Thesis titled “Conflict and Modernity in New South Florida’s Phosphate Mines, 1900-1930.” You can read the abstract for Orr’s thesis here. Named in honor of the late Gov. LeRoy...
Longtime UCF history professor Jerrell Shofner dies at 88
April 17, 2017 Read on Dr. Shofner’s career at UCF in the Orlando Sentinel by clicking here.
UCF History Students Showcase Their Research at the 2017 Graduate Research Forum
April 10, 2017 On Tuesday, April 4th, seven History graduate students showcased their research at UCF’s 2017 Graduate Research Forum. The Graduate Research Forum allows students from all disciplines to share their research and projects through academic posters. Along with creating a poster that showcases their work, students are given the opportunity to...
Max Osceola recently spoke to students in Bob Clarke's AMH 2010 class
April 10, 2017 Max Osceola is a tribal historian and current Council member of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. He recently spoke to students in Bob Clarke’s AMH 2010 class, covering a wide range of topics from Indian Removal to modern Seminole culture. Max helped student’s understand different perspectives on U.S. History and...
Historian David Staley Unveils FHQ Data Sculpture At Public History Talk on “The Creative Humanities”
April 07, 2017 Visitors to the Florida Historical Quarterly offices on the fourth floor of Colbourn Hall will soon find displayed there a 3D data sculpture representing 100 top key terms from the journal’s 85-year run of digitized back issues, courtesy of Ohio State University historian David J. Staley. The sculpture resembles a...
Arts & Humanities 2017 Founder's Day Awardee
April 07, 2017 Dean Jeff Moore introduces the UCF College of Arts & Humanities 2017 Founder’s Day winner: History major Kayla Davis.
Dr. Olivia Sohns' Recent Publication in Diplomacy & Statecraft
April 06, 2017 UCF History Department’s Dr. Olivia Sohns has recently published an article entitled “The Future Foretold: Lyndon Baines Johnson’s Congressional Support for Israel” in a recent issue of Diplomacy & Statecraft. Click here to read the article.
Professor Martínez-Fernández's Published in the Orlando Sentinel
March 31, 2017 Professor Martínez-Fernández was recently published in the Orlando Sentinel. His article, “Are Latinos invisible? Watch TV and you’ll believe it’s so”, delves into the invisibility of Latinos on television. To read Professor Martínez-Fernández’s article, please click here.
Dr. Lori Walters Honored by the Center for Success of Women's Faculty
March 31, 2017 Dr. Lori Walters was honored by the Center for Success of Women’s Faculty this month for Women’s Month. See Dr. Walter’s profile by clicking here.
VA Selects UCF Historians to Bring Deceased Veterans’ Stories to Life
March 09, 2017 A University of Central Florida team of scholars has been awarded a $290,000 contract from the national Cemetery Administration (NCA), an agency of the Veterans Administration, to bring the stories of veterans buried in the Florida National Cemetery to life for a new generation of students. UCF is one of...
Dr. Thomas Greenhaw History Scholarship Winners
March 03, 2017 Preserving the legacy of Dr. Thomas Greenhaw, the Dr. Thomas Greenhaw History Scholarship was awarded to graduate student Tyler Campbell and undergraduate Rachel Rothstein-Safra during the Phi Alpha Theta Distinguished Lecture Series. The scholarship is a worthy monument to preserve the historical legacy of Dr. Greenhaw’s self-less giving and influence...
Faculty and students explore connections between gender, machines and patriotism through research presentation
March 03, 2017 Dr. Yovanna Pineda, Associate Professor, History Department and Luciano Prosperi, Producer, Estudio Libertad, Rafaela, Santa Fe hosted a Brown Bag Lunch to discuss the connections between gender, machines and patriotism, and show clips from their upcoming film, The Birthplace of the Harvester. Attendees were able to see how oral history,...
Dr. Olivia Sohns Recent Publication
February 06, 2017 UCF History Department’s Dr. Olivia Sohns was recently published in Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. Dr. Sohns reviewed a new release by Asaf Siniver called Abba Eban: A Biography. “Abba Eban: A Biography by Asaf Siniver (Review)” published by Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies (Volume 35,...
Students Present Academic Posters at ZORA Festival
February 03, 2017 UCF History M.A. students are encouraged to sharpen their presentation skills and share their work-in-progress through academic poster sessions. Last week a team of five presented at the #ZORAFestival28 Communities Conference. They and others will compete for awards in the upcoming 2017 UCF Graduate Research Forum: http://www.students.graduate.ucf.edu/research_forum/. Click here for...
Public History Students Advocate for a National Historic Landmark
January 13, 2017 Public history graduate students Erin Montgomery, Sarah Schneider and Holly Baker presented a strong case to the National Historic Landmarks Committee of the National Park System Advisory Board on why the Norman Film Manufacturing Company (Norman Studios) in Jacksonville, FL should be a National Historical Landmark. Under the guidance of...
History M.A. Candidate featured on Audible.com
January 05, 2017 UCF History M.A. thesis candidate Mike Partain is featured in “What Men Can Teach Us About Breast Cancer” written by host and science journalist Florence Williams. Mike Partain was born on a storied Marine Corps base in North Carolina. Thirty-nine years later, he was diagnosed with breast cancer. He is...
Associate Professor featured in Perspectives on History, the Newsmagazine of the American Historical Association
January 05, 2017 “History and Belonging: First-Generation Latino/a Students and the Discipline’s Future” written by Yovanna Pineda, Associate Professor of History was featured in Perspectives on History, the Newsmagazine of the American Historical Association. View the feature article here.