A roundtable with four historians from the University of Florida, including Bill Link, David Canton, Lillian Guerra and James Gerien-Chen.
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Steve Noll’s AMH 2010 class had a visit yesterday… We’re glad you enjoyed the class @PresidentFuchs!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Read more "Speaker Series on Empire, Religion, & Ethnicity in Europe and Beyond"
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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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. […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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 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 […]
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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 […]