Department Archives: History

Associate professor of history Amy Foster spoke with “The Galaxy Reporters” about Europe’s growing need for a crewed spaceship.

Housed in the UCF Department of History, PRINT provides access to historical correspondence between Anabaptists, Quakers and Pietists and allows users to create custom visualizations of the connections sparked by these letters.

History student and Navy veteran Michael Richardson helped launched UCF’s Supply Vault for Student Veteran Success in November.

Associate professor John M. Sacher will discuss his new book, “Confederate Conscription and the Struggle for Southern Soldiers,” at an upcoming Faculty Book Talk hosted by the UCF History Department.

UCF history professors have published a wide variety of work in the past several months

This month, the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities (ZORA! Festival) enters its 33rd season with an expanded, year-round calendar of in-person and virtual events.

Seventy years ago this week, Harry and Harriette Moore were assassinated when a bomb hidden under their house was detonated. The bombing demonstrates how Florida played a significant role in Black Americans’ fight for civil rights — more so than is often acknowledged.

Barbara Gannon, associate professor of military history, spoke with WMFE’s Joe Byrnes about what students can learn from World War II veterans.

As we approach the 80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, we remember Capt. Richard S. Roberts through oral interviews and a digital exhibit developed by UCF students.

UCF associate professor of Judaic studies Ken Hanson shares the significance of the eight-day celebration and its customs.