Eatonville Town Council Votes to Preserve Site of Historic Black School
The Eatonville Town Council has voted to preserve the site of the first school for Black children in Central Florida.
Don Harrell: Celebrate, Learn, Honor and Embrace Black History Month
Don Harrell, professor of Africana Studies at UCF, spoke with Ivanhoe Newswire about the significance of Black History Month.
Pegasus Professor Luis Martínez-Fernández to Share New Book
Dr. Luis Martínez-Fernández’s book sheds insightful light on political, geopolitical and cultural transformations that have, as the author says, turned the world upside down.
David Head Named Kentucky Wesleyan's Distinguished Faculty Fellow
David Head, historian, author and lecturer of history at UCF was selected for Kentucky Wesleyan’s Distinguished Faculty Fellow for 2023.
UCF Researchers Help Restore the Lost History of Indigenous Prisoners in Fort Marion, 1875 – 1878
UCF Researchers collaborated with the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes of Oklahoma, the National Park Service, the Florida National Guard and Flagler College to honor Cheyenne, Kiowa and Comanche prisoners buried in St. Augustine National Cemetery.
The Fight to Protect the Land of the First Black School in Central Florida
As the sale of the land where the first Black school in Central Florida once stood closes in, some residents of Eatonville are fighting to protect it.
Spirituality Through an Afrofuturism Lens: The 2023 ZORA! Festival of the Arts & Humanities
Historic Eatonville’s annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts & Humanities returns for its 34th year with a focus on “Spirituality Through an Afrofuturism Lens.”
UCF Historian on the Golden Age of Piracy
History professor David Head discusses the golden age of piracy, the responsibilities of pirates and common misconceptions about their lifestyles.
UCF Partners with Opera Orlando to Capture Veteran Stories
The UCF Community Veterans History Project is partnering with Opera Orlando to capture veterans’ stories this holiday season.
UCF Professors Recreate Communities of the Past with Virtual Reality
Lori Walters, associate professor of history, and Joseph Kider, associate professor at the School of Modeling, Simulation and Training have been awarded a Digital Humanities Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for their project, MemoryScan: Humanizing Digital Twin Environments. Once fully developed, the project could allow people to go anywhere back in time through the virtually-recreated memories of others.