Department Archives: History

Don Harrell, adjunct professor of Africana Studies, shares why his past and present make him proud of his heritage.

Distinguished author Martha S. Jones will be the keynote speaker at the 2020 Jerrell Shofner Lecture Series on Florida History and Culture on October 12. The subject will be “The Right to Vote: Women and Race in the 1920 Election.“

Luis Martínez-Fernández hopes to use the platform to give a voice to a growing and important Latino community in America.

Historian Richard Crepeau expands his history of the league on its centennial.

The Russian edition of history professor Vladimir Solonari’s book “Purifying the Nation: Population Exchange and Ethnic Cleansing in Nazi-Allied Romania” was just released.

Robert Cassanello actively engages students in primary document research in his new course, “History of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.” The course is a featured case study on the Adam Matthew website, a digital publisher of unique primary source collections from archives around the world.  

For the National Council for History Education Summer Professional Learning Series, Luis Martínez-Fernández will host a webinar on July 28.

Texts and Technologies at UCF is hosting two virtual conferences this summer, both of which focus on the fusion of humanities questions with critical examination and playful exploration of the potential of technology.

As challenging as today is in America, it is nothing like the nation’s turmoil of July 4, 1776.

Historian, author, and lecturer David Head gives insight from his recent op-eds and research.