Department Archives: History

A strong and steady partnership between UCF and Preserve Eatonville Community (P.E.C.) affords students and faculty opportunities to share in Zora Neale Hurston’s American story.

Funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission will propel the PRINT portal towards its mission: to shed new light on the intricate history of early modern migration in the Atlantic world.

Historian David Head, whose research focuses on the founding of the United States and its early presidents, spoke with Fox 13 Tampa Bay about President Biden’s remarks at Valley Forge. “Democracy and our institutions are not things to take for granted,” he said, Watch the full video at www.fox13news.com/video/1391502.

UCF History Professor Jim Clark discusses the rise of toll roads in Florida with Click Orlando.

Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, Associate Professor of History, has been awarded the American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) Membership Service Award

In an editorial for Current, historian David Head discusses how conspiracy theories — even ones that seem like harmless fun — can cause damage.

James Clark, senior lecturer of history, discusses the two events that changed the landscape of Orlando.

Walt Napier ’15 ’16 ’20MA recently returned to UCF for Veterans Month to share his experience as historian at the US Army Command and General Staff College & Combined Arms Center in Fort Leavenworth, KS. 

The UCF community gathered to salute and celebrate alumni veterans. The salute was planned in a joint effort by Military and Veteran Student Success, the Department of History and the UCF Community Veterans History Project.

UCF’s historians are working with the National Cemetery Administration to collect the stories of individuals buried in the cemeteries as part of the Veterans Legacy Program.