Prof. Steve Noll Featured on The Independent Life Podcast

Listen to Professor Steve Noll on The Independent Life Podcast from the Center for Independent Living of North Central Florida. Prof. Noll spoke about his personal journey and his academic interests in the history of disability rights. Part 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-steven-noll-bridging-history-advocacy-and/id1541415342?i=1000681153010 Part 2: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-steven-noll-lessons-from-the-disability-rights/id1541415342?i=1000681153009

Listen to Prof. Florin Curta on The Medievalist Podcast!

Prof. Florin Curta appeared on The Medievalist Podcast (https://www.medievalists.net/2025/01/medieval-eastern-europe-florin-curta/) to discuss his edited collection Medieval Eastern Europe (University of Toronto Press, 2024).

Prof. Steven Noll on Craig Patrick’s Money, Power, and Politics about “Florida’s Boondoggle”

Prof. Steven Noll was featured on the Fox 13 Tampa Bay show Money, Power, and Politics in an episode about the Cross Florida Canal, “Florida’s Boondoggle.”

Natalia Aleksiun ed. (co-ed with Eliyana Adler), Entanglements of War: Social Networks During the Holocaust (Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 2024).

Jack Davis Receives Florida House Distinguished Author Award

Distinguish Professor Jack Davis was named Florida House Distinguished Author at the 50th-anniversary dinner at the University of Florida on April 18, 2024.

Nancy Hunt, ed. Psychiatric Contours: New African Histories of Madness (Duke University Press, 2024)

Daniel Fernández Guevara wins dissertation prize

Congratulations to PhD alum Daniel Fernández Guevara, whose dissertation, “Comrades and Internationalists: Forging Identity and Cuban Solidarity with the other Spain, 1902-1961,” won the best dissertation prize of the Cuban section of the Latin American Studies Association! Read about it here: https://sections.lasaweb.org/sections/cuba/?pg=5

Prof. Max Deardorff’s A Tale of Two Granada’s Wins Book Prize

Assistant Professor Max Deardorff’s book A Tale of Two Granadas: Custom, Community, and Citizenship in the Spanish Empire, 1568–1668 (Cambridge, 2023) won the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies annual book award. Congratulations!

Congratulations to Mosunmola Ogunmolaji, Marcus Chatfield, and Licinio Miranda!

Three graduate students won research awards at UF in fall 2023. Mosunmola Ogunmolaji (Nancy Hunt, supervisor) won a Research Abroad for Doctoral Students (RAD) award from the UF International Center to conduct research on the transnational history of the migration of Nigerian nurses to the United Kingdom. Marcus Chatfield (Joseph Spillane, supervisor) received a CLAS […]

Shannon Scott Wins Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Germany

Congratulations to Rothman and Tedder Fellows Tyler Cline and Jeffrey Jones!

PhD candidates Tyler Cline and Jeffrey Jones won Rothman and Tedder fellowships, respectively, from the Center for the Humanities in the Public Sphere. Cline will use the funding toward research on his dissertation project, called “To Slake the Thirst of Liberty: Migration, Race, and the Transformation of Transnational Anglo-Saxonism, 1830-1890.” Jones will use the funding […]

Congratulations to Prof. Sandy F. Chang, winner of a 2023-24 ACLS Fellowship!

The Department of History is proud to announce that Prof. Sandy F. Chang has been awarded a 2023 ACLS Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). The ACLS Fellowship Program supports exceptional scholarship in the humanities and interpretive social sciences that has the potential to make significant contributions within and beyond the awardees’ fields. Dr. […]

Marianne Quijano Named Research Fellow at Consortium for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine

Department PhD candidate Marianne Quijano will use the fellowship to work on her project “A Primordial Whiteness: Science, Religion, and Race in Twentieth-Century Panama.” Read more at this link: https://www.chstm.org/profile/marianne-quijano. Congratulations, Marianne!

PhD Students Kristen Miller and Thomas Miller Awarded UF Travel Funding

Kristen Miller received a Richard J. Milbauer Fund Travel Award and a Center for European Studies Graduate Travel Award to conduct pre-dissertation research in England and Scotland in summer 2022 on the history of slavery in British East Florida. Thomas Miller was awarded a Field Research Grant from University of Florida’s Hugh L. Popenoe Mesoamerican […]

Steve Noll Featured in Florida Times-Union Article on the State’s Roadside Attractions

History Faculty Seth Bernstein and Anton Matytsin Awarded Tenure

Department faculty Seth Bernstein (Soviet and Eastern Europe) and Anton Matytsin (Early Modern Europe) were awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor for the upcoming academic year. Congratulations Dr. Bernstein and Dr. Matytsin!

UF History PhD Candidate Lisa Krause about the Mirabal Sisters and Dominican Revolutionary History on TED-Ed

The talk has over one million views from March 2021 to June 2022.

Congratulations to Rhodes Scholar Aimee Clesi!

History and Philosophy double major Aimee Clesi will head to Oxford next year on a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. She will pursue a master’s degree in criminology and criminal justice. Congratulations Aimee! Read more about Aimee here: https://news.ufl.edu/2022/04/all-rhodes-lead-to-oxford/

Historical Writing (& Practice) Since Black Lives Matter

A roundtable with four historians from the University of Florida, including Bill Link, David Canton, Lillian Guerra and James Gerien-Chen.

Fall 2020 – Gender & Crime Group Projects

Congrats to the students in Dr. Gallman’s class for these creative projects! Historians who study gender in 19th Century America turn to a wealth of primary sources. Students in AMH3931 devoted the fall semester to examining celebrated trials (6 murders and 1 divorce). Each group prepared a digital project and each student wrote an analytic […]

Dr. Noll Has a Visitor

Steve Noll’s AMH 2010 class had a visit yesterday… We’re glad you enjoyed the class @PresidentFuchs!

Reuben Miller on Mass Incarceration and the Supervised Society

Upon release, incarcerated people are greeted by more than 48,000 laws, policies and administrative sanctions that limit their participation in the labor and housing markets, in the culture and civic life of the city, and even within their families. They are subject to rules other people are not subject to and shoulder responsibilities other people […]

Back to School!

Whether you arrive in Gainesville by plane, automobile, or a good old-fashioned donkey, the History Department welcomes you back for the 2018-19 academic year. Be sure to check out our many courses listed in the slideshow below–including brand new classes on China–and please have safe travels. Check in to this site from time to time […]

Why Did You Become a Historian?

Dr. Lily Guerra provides a compelling answer to this question in the most recent edition of the American Historical Association’s Perspectives. Dr. Guerra responds to an earlier article by AHA President Mary Beth Norton entitled “Why Are You a Historian?” After a meeting with UF’s chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the history honor society, Dr. Guerra was […]

Jack Davis Wins Pulitzer Prize for History

We are thrilled to share the news that UF History’s Jack Davis has won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book The Gulf: The History of an American Sea. In announcing the award, the Pulitzer called this book: “An important environmental history of the Gulf of Mexico that brings crucial attention to Earth’s […]

The Dog Days of the Academic Year?

The History Department wishes all its undergraduate and graduate students good luck as they embark on these final days of the 2017-18 academic year. If you are graduating, congratulations and we wish you success. If not, then we look forward to seeing you next year. No matter where you are headed, please stay in touch […]

The Birth of an Icon

Please join us for a public lecture on Thursday, 15 March, 2018 4:00 pm at the History Department conference room in 5 Keene-Flint Hall, as Professor Azzan Yadin-Israel of Rutgers University will present: “The Birth of an Icon: How the Forbidden Fruit became an Apple.” Though we often assume Adam and Eve sinned by eating an […]

Considering the History Honors Program?

For UF undergrads interested in doing a Senior Thesis on a historical subject, consider the History Honors Program. It might not be the School of Athens, but it’s pretty close. And you don’t even have to be a history major to apply! For more details, you can either visit our webpage link. If you have any […]

Gary and Eleanor Simons Lecture–Joseph Crespino on Atticus Finch

The History Department is proud to announce that this year’s Gary and Eleanor Simons Lecture will be on Thursday, 22 March 2018 at 5:30 in Smathers 100. Dr. Joseph Crespino of the Emory University History Department will give a talk entitled, “Searching for Atticus Finch: Harper Lee & American History.” Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is […]

Pippa Holloway on Felon Disenfranchisement in Florida

Professor Pippa Holloway from Middle Tennessee State University will give a talk in this year’s Milbauer Lecture series on the history of felon disenfranchisement in Florida on Thursday, 22 February 2018 at 6 pm in the Bob Graham Center, on UF campus. Professor Holloway is the author of Felon Disfranchisement and the History of American Citizenship (Oxford […]

17th Carter Conference from UF’s Center for African Studies

UF’s Center for African Studies is devoting its 17th Carter Conference to creating a critical public forum about new methods and politics in curation and text-image studies. Emphasizing juxtapositions, sequences, montage, friction, and postcolonial politics, it will problematize archival, field, and curatorial techniques in the global humanities. We aim to interrogate art, fables, lexicons, dreams, and […]

Don’t Be Late! Application Deadlines for History Majors

We can’t advise you on your taxes, but if you’re planning on applying for the University Scholars Program, the History Honors Program, or any of the other awards and fellowships through the History Department, here are your 2018 deadlines. FEB 1 University Scholars applications due to the Department of History (submit […]

Alexander Grass Endowed Lecture on the Sephardic Diaspora

The History Department is pleased to announce a public talk by Dr. Jonathan Ray entitled “Merchants, Mystics, and Secret Jews: Sephardic Identities in the Age of Discovery,” in the lecture series sponsored by the Alexander Grass Chair in Jewish Studies. Dr. Ray will speak on Monday, 5 February 2018 at 5 pm in the Judaica […]

Heather Vrana’s New Book on Student Activism in Latin America

Dr. Heather Vrana, a recent addition to UF’s History Department, has published her first book with the University of California Press entitled, This City Belongs to You: A History of Student Activism in Guatemala, 1944-1996. This book analyzes the role of students from the University of San Carlos in Guatemala’s turbulent history in the half-century following World […]

The Richmond F. Brown Graduate Student Fund

The History Department is proud to announce the Richmond F. Brown Graduate Fund. Dr. Brown, the Center for Latin American Studies’ former Associate Director for Academic Programs and an affiliate faculty of the History Department, died peacefully on September 20, 2016. As a way of honoring his memory, the UF Center for Latin American Studies […]

Jack Davis Wins 2017 Kirkus Prize

The History Department is proud to recognize that Dr. Jack Davis has won the 2017 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction for his book, The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea. Here is their original review in its entirety: A sweeping environmental history of the Gulf of Mexico that duly considers the ravages of nature and man. […]

Pozzetta Lecture on Bicycle Racing in South Africa

The History Department is pleased to announce it’s first Pozzetta Lecture of the 2017-18 academic year. On Wednesday, 18 October 2017 at 3 p.m., Dr. Todd Leedy of UF’s Center for African Studies will present, “But Did They Really Race? The Early History of Black Competitive Cycling in Johannesburg.” This talk will occur in the […]

Labor History Prize in Honor of Dr. Robert Zieger

The Southern Labor Studies Association is currently accepting submissions for the Robert H. Zieger Prize for Southern Labor Studies. SLSA awards the Zieger Prize at the biennial Southern Labor Studies Conference for the best unpublished essay in southern labor studies written by a graduate student or early career scholar, journalist, or activist. The Zieger Prize […]

Honoring a Legend in Florida History

This April, the History Department was sad to learn of the passing of our former colleague, Dr. Michael Gannon. In recognition of his long career and his many contributions to the field of Florida history and to the University of Florida, the Department will hold a memorial service at the Baughman Center on the campus of the University […]

Dr. Heather Vrana Joins UF History

The History Department is pleased to welcome Dr. Heather Vrana, formerly of Southern Connecticut State University, as an assistant professor beginning in Fall 2017. Dr. Vrana received her Ph.D from Indiana University in 2013 and is the author of This City Belongs to You: A History of Student Activism in Guatemala, 1944-1996 (University of California Press, 2017), Anti-Colonial […]

Why Did You Become a Historian?

Dr. Lily Guerra (pictured here as a youngster) provides a compelling answer to this question in the most recent edition of the American Historical Association’s Perspectives. Dr. Guerra responds to an earlier article by AHA President Mary Beth Norton entitled “Why Are You a Historian?” After a meeting with UF’s chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, […]

Jack Davis Wins Pulitzer Prize for History

Don't Be an Impoverished Intellectual!

Interested in writing a senior thesis? Applying for money to do research this summer? Come to one of the information sessions this week! On Wednesday, March 15 and Thursday, March 16 and 4PM Dr. Sheryl Kroen will hold information sessions on the History Honors Program in the history conference room(downstairs in Keene-Flint–across the hall from the main office). If you […]

Simons Lecture: Alexander Hill on Stalin's Army

The Department of History is proud to announce the Gary and Eleanor G. Simons Lecture for 2017, which will feature Dr. Alexander Hill of the University of Calgary. Dr. Hill’s talk, “Stalin’s Red Army at War, 1939-1945” will take place at 5:30 pm in G186 McCarty Hall on the campus of the University of Florida. […]

Jack Davis’ New Book on the Gulf of Mexico

History Professor Jack Davis will publish his long awaited book, The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea in March 2017 with W.W. Norton. The official launch will be on March 12, 2017 at the Oxford Exchange in Tampa. Here is a brief description of what will prove to be another excellent book in the […]

Speaker Series on Empire, Religion, & Ethnicity in Europe and Beyond

A new speaker series will feature new and cutting-edge work of historians working on questions relating to ‘multicultural Europe’ in earlier historic moments. The History Department is a co-sponsor of this program, which ties into departmental interests in comparative empires, intercommunal relations, transnationalism, and globalization. Stay tuned for announcements regarding these events!

Nancy Hunt's New Book on Violence and Medicine in Colonial Congo

The History Department congratulates our new colleague, Dr. Nancy Rose Hunt, on the publication of her book entitled, A Nervous State: Violence, Remedies, and Reverie in Colonial Congo with Duke University Press. This book draws out the anxiety and resilience of the people of post-colonial Belgian Congo, using medicine as a way to join these seemingly […]

Nina Caputo's New Graphic History on Medieval Religion

The History Department congratulates Dr. Nina Caputo on her new graphic history, published with Oxford University Press, entitled Debating Truth: The Barcelona Disputation of 1263. This creative blend of art, primary sources, and historical commentary offers a unique perspective on the debate between a Dominican Friar and the Jewish scholar Nahmanides over the Messiah as […]

Elizabeth Dale’s New Book on Police Torture in Chicago

The History Department congratulates Elizabeth Dale on the publication of her new book, Robert Nixon and Police Torture in Chicago, 1871-1971. We’ve all heard of Richard Wright’s famous novel from 1940, Native Son; Dr. Dale’s book uses the actual case that inspired Wright’s work as a window into the failure of the criminal justice system […]

Ibram Kendi’s New Book on Racism in America

The History Department is proud to announce the publication of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s new book Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Nation Books, 2016). In this book, Dr. Kendi explores the long historical construction of racism in American thought through the eyes of five major (and iconic) thinkers: […]

Michael Schuering's New Book on West German Churches and Environmentalism

Congrats to Dr. Michael Schuering on the publication of his new book entitled, “Bekennen gegen den Atomstaat“. Die evangelischen Kirchen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und die Konflikte um die Atomenergie (“Professing against the Atomic State”. The Protestant Churches in West Germany and the Conflicts Concerning Atomic Energy (Göttingen: Wallstein, 2015) This book explores the intersection […]

Jeffrey Needell's Book on Brazil's Rise

The History Department is proud to promote Dr. Jeffrey Needell’s new edited collection entitled Emergent Brazil: Key Perspectives on a New Global Power, published this year by the University Press of Florida. The contributors to this volume take an interdisciplinary look at Brazil’s rise to economic prominence and the dynamic changes that have occurred as a […]

William Link's New History of the American South

The History Department is very proud to announce the publication of Dr. William Link’s new book entitled Southern Crucible: The Making of an American Region. Dr. Link is the Richard J. Milbauer Professor of History and Southern Crucible draws upon his extensive experience researching, writing, and teaching the history of the U.S. South. Oxford University Press […]

Slideshow of History’s Spring 2016 Courses

The History Department is always proud to offer a diverse range of courses for both our seasoned majors and newcomers–all are welcome and there are no prerequisites for these upper division offerings. You can navigate through the slideshow below to see some of our offerings and click on the thumbnail to view the larger flyer.

Matt Gallman's New Book on Popular Culture in the American Civil War

The History Department is proud to announce the publication of Dr. J. Matthew Gallman’s book, Defining Duty in the Civil War: Personal Choice, Popular Culture, and the Union Home Front with the University of North Carolina Press. Dr. Gallman interrogates the meaning of citizenship and duty during this pivotal time in American history through an analysis […]

Matt Gallman's New Book on Civil War Photography

The History Department is proud to announce the impending publication of Dr. J. Matthew Gallman’s new book, Lens of War: Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War, which he co-edited with Gary Gallagher and will appear in April 2015 with the University of Georgia Press. The book presents both iconic and unfamiliar photographs from the […]

Luise White’s New Book on Sovereignty

Congrats to Dr. Luise White, who is publishing her new book, Unpopular Sovereignty: Rhodesian Independence and African Decolonization, with the University of Chicago Press. White challenges the traditional narrative that describes the way that African states transitioned from colony to state in the 20th century. “The result is one of the most decisive challenges to linear […]

Pozzetta Lecture: Michelle Campos on Jerusalem's History in the Digital Age

The History Department is pleased to announce the first of the 2014-15 George E. Pozzetta Lectures. Dr. Michelle Campos, Associate Professor of History, will present on “Urban History in the Digital Age: Mapping Intercommunal Relations and Social Networks in Late Ottoman Jerusalem,” on Thursday, 31 October 2014 at 4 p.m. in the History Department’s Conference […]

History Major Receives "Best Paper" Award

UF History major Jackson Loop (’14) has just been named the winner of the “Best Qualitative Research Paper” from The Center for Undergraduate Research at the University of Florida. His paper, entitled “The Astor Place Riot: Anti-Aristocratism Voiced with a Cobblestone,” will be published next year in the Center’s journal, Journal of Undergraduate Research.