Department of History News

UCF history alum Kayla Elizabeth Campana ’15 ’22MA’s research focuses on the origins of psychological trauma and how treatment for it has changed over time.

UCF’s KnightRaas dance team generates a link to South Asian heritage whenever and wherever they perform.

Offered through the Africana Studies program, this course teaches students of all disciplines the big significance of a relatively small region.

UCF has long been a supplier of talent and partner in research for the U.S. military branches, as well as a supporter of local veterans.

With the Mayflower voyage having been completed over 400 years ago, a UCF historian tells us what the storybooks have right, what they might have wrong and why it’s all still important.

Artifacts and historical accounts of the Central Florida region point to what has always been most important to native peoples: respect.

History undergraduate Sebastian Garcia is taking up both Knights HistoryCast and the Florida Historical Quarterly podcast, interviewing historians at the university and beyond. But he couldn’t have done it without his mentor, Holly Baker ’14’18MA.

The artifacts and little-known stories of the area’s LGBTQ community have found a safe place at UCF, where volunteers have also provided the ears to keep the history alive.

Following her funeral today, two UCF professors discuss the impact of Queen Elizabeth II’s death.