Department of History News

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.

Rabbi Sanford Olshansky, who teaches Judaic studies shares the traditions of Rosh Hashanah — the first of the Jewish High Holy Days spanning 10 days — and Yom Kippur, which marks the end of the observance

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

After 15 years of advocacy, Mike Partain ’21MA helped secure the passage of the PACT Act, which will allow Marines and their families — including the history alum — who were exposed to toxic water at Camp Lejeune to seek damages.