Department Archives: History

The UCF College of Arts and Humanities’ annual staff awards recognize employees who have delivered exemplary service to their department, the university and the community.

Faculty, staff and students from the College of Arts and Humanities were recognized at UCF’s Founders Day on April 3.

Although the existence of 100-point-game trutherism feels too ridiculous to contemplate, it’s worth discussing because it originates in a kind of presentism—applying today’s attitudes, assumptions, and expectations to the past—that is all too common in other areas of our public discourse.

This year’s Faculty Authors’ celebration recognized faculty from across eight colleges, the library and the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, with 19 of the 53 awards belonging to Arts and Humanities faculty.

Dr. Bowen will provide leadership for developing and implementing policies and practices for undergraduate students at the University of Center Florida (UCF) and in the college.

Offered through the Africana Studies program, “History of the Caribbean” teaches students of all disciplines the big significance of a relatively small region.

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.