UNF Department of History

10/12/2026

Beginning spring 2027, there are course catalog changes for history majors and graduate students.

HIS 3051: Craft of the Historian is now HIS 4051: Historical Research Methods
HIS 5059 Graduate Research Methods has been added to the Course Catalog.

Students who passed HIS 3051 (Craft) with at least a "C" grade do NOT need to take this new course, HIS 4051: Historical Research Methods.

If you have any questions about HIS 4051, speak with your advisor. If you have any questions about HIS 5059, speak with Dr. Kelly.

10/07/2026

UNF Alumni Brittany Cohill (History) and Tim Gilmore (English) will be on First Coast Connect Thursday morning! They'll be discussing the book launch for Memphis Wood (Thurs, Oct. 15, 7 pm -- doors open at 6 -- at the Mandarin Museum & Historical Society). Tune in Thursday morning at 9 on 89.9. WJCT!

10/07/2026

Continuing our Meet the Professor series with Clayton McCarl, who is in his 17th year teaching at UNF. His research and teaching specialties include colonial and 19th-century Latin America, digital humanities, scholarly editing, and book history. Dr. McCarl leads the digital editing workshop coloniaLab and the project Editing the Eartha MM White Collection, collaborating with students to publish archival materials from Latin America and North Florida online. We are thrilled to have him join the Department of History, and he will continue to teach Latin American studies and digital humanities courses.

10/05/2026

Interested in learning more about majoring in history? Come to the Midterm Major Faire and see what different majors in the College of Arts and Sciences have to offer.
October 12th and 13th, 11am-1pm, in the courtyard between building 59 and 51

09/25/2026

History graduate student Hudson Main presented his research, "Hip-Hop Within and Against Empire: Commodification of Black Noise in a Post-Civil Rights Era" at the Association for the Study of African American Life and History Annual Conference. Great work, Hudson!

09/14/2026

THE UNF PAST TO PRESENT SEMINAR PRESENTS

Between Archive and Ethnography: Connecting Histories of Criminalization with the Contemporary Marginalization of the Banjara Denotified Tribe in Rural India

Dr. Jessica Chandras
UNF Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work

This talk examines British colonial efforts to assimilate members of “Criminal Tribes” in pre-independence India, tracing how these policies shape the social marginalization that formerly criminalized communities face today. National identity ideologies, especially those within education policy that I examine in this project more broadly, frequently characterize formerly nomadic communities as “anti-modern” or “anti-national,” positioning them as inherent threats to Indian national progress and cohesion.

Friday, September 25, 2026
3 – 4:30 p.m.
Building 9, Room 2401

Sponsored by the Department of History

An RSVP by end of day September 23 is required for this event. Please send your response to Chellie Jones-Harris at [email protected]

Refreshments will be provided

Image: Taken by an officer with the Salvation Army at a Criminal Tribes settlement in Bareilly, India. Sewing women at the Bareilly Criminal Tribes Settlement. c. 1911-1914. Salvation Army Heritage Center archive in London.

09/02/2026

Study abroad opportunity for current students! Dr. David Sheffler (History) and Dr. Jessica Chandras (Anthropology) will be leading a 3-week trip to Spain in July 2027 to travel along the Camino Frances. There are multiple scholarship opportunities available. For more information on the trip, go to studyabroad.unf.edu or contact either professor.

09/01/2026

Dr. Denise Bossy and Dr. Keith Ashley’s project, Visualizing Indigenous Florida, was featured on our local NPR station WJCT this morning with Secretary William "Popeye" Osceola (Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida) and Alyssa Osceola (Seminole Tribe of Florida). Give it a watch!

First Coast Connect: Visualizing Indigenous Florida 9/1/2026https...

08/26/2026

Meet the Professor: Denise I. Bossy is in her 20th year teaching at UNF. Her research and teaching specialties include Florida History, the Native South, Indigenous Studies, and Public and Digital Humanities. She frequently gives public talks in Florida and across the southeast. Help us congratulate Dr. Bossy on her 20th anniversary at UNF!

08/17/2026

Welcome to the fall 2026 semester! What advice would you give to our freshmen just starting college? Your advice might get featured in an upcoming post! (with first name as attribution)