Department Archives: History

Built by a humanities doctoral student, a new immersive, 270-degree experience invites visitors to explore six decades of space history — and UCF’s place in it.

Smithsonian historians visited UCF to launch a student-led Space History Project.

The RICHES team has been digitizing the theater’s own extensive archive, said program director Connie L. Lester, and hopes to gather more historical information from the public at the History Harvest.

UCF History Professor Dr. John Sacher joined FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer live.

Applications for the Pabst Steinmetz Creative Futures Awards are open from Tuesday, Sept. 15, through Thursday, Dec. 11, 2026. Two UCF research teams will be selected to receive $25,000 each.

At 76, Linda Ebner and her 75-year-old husband, Scott, are taking a UCF history class this semester.

UCF associate vice provost for undergraduate studies and professor of history Wayne Bowen has been selected as a member of the 2026-27 cohort of the American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows Program..

UCF Associate Professor of History Amelia Lyons brings her passion for transformative learning and student success to her role on the Canisius University Board of Trustees.

The UCF College of Arts and Humanities welcomes new faculty members joining our college in fall 2026! Department of English Conner Dylan Bassett, Assistant Professor Conner Dylan Bassett received his MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and his Ph.D. in Creative Writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Before joining the University of Central Florida, […]

UCF Associate Professor Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, historian and archaeologist, examines the influences that shaped one of ancient literature’s great epics.