UNF Department of History

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)

08/14/2026

History majors and graduate students: here are people and resources to know for fall 2026!

08/13/2026

For a very long since (since 1591) a series of European-made engravings by Theodore de Bry have dominated the early visual history of Indigenous Florida. Until now! A collaborative art exhibition called "Utimile Nenebohauela: Visualizing Indigenous Florida" will be available at the Amelia Island Museum of History from August 21-October 4, 2026. Come and see the incredible artwork by Bobby C. Martin (Muscogee Nation), Daniel McCoy (Muscogee Nation), Alyssa Osceola (Seminole Tribe of Florida Indians), Cristina Osceola (Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida), Jessi Sands (Muscogee Nation), Chris Thompson (Seminole Nation), Jeremy Thompson (Seminole Nation). Opening roundtable with UNF professors Dr. Bossy (History) and Dr. Ashley (Anthropology) is August 21 at 6pm.

06/09/2026

Another piece from Dr. Romero:

In 1930, the United States men’s soccer team, composed mostly of immigrants and working-class amateurs from Northeastern migrant communities, reached the semifinals of the World Cup in Uruguay.

06/03/2026

Dr. E. Kyle Romero has an article out in the Philadelphia Inquirer about the history of distilling.

"By placing Bluecoat Gin or Pennsylvania rye within longer histories of slavery and freedom, immigration, labor, taxation, regulation, agriculture and urban redevelopment, historians can show that “local” alcohol was never just local color. It was produced through struggles over belonging."

By placing Bluecoat Gin or Pennsylvania rye within histories of freedom, immigration, labor, taxation and urban redevelopment, historians can show that “local” alcohol was never just local color.

05/07/2026

https://www.facebook.com/unfalumni/posts/pfbid037isp63ZuSd3YFAMCiw9VYXLNWEnDphyYXmPfDeu8QomC37nMpiuDh2BBwotnDbLSl?rdid=KTh7T4ghnalCI74z #

05/07/2026

Visualizing Indigenous Florida, a project led by Dr. Denise Bossy and Dr. Keith Ashley continues to garner significant national interest. One of the artists, Jeremy Thompson, was recently featured in First American Art Magazine. In the linked article he discusses the project in some detail.

https://firstamerican.art/chris-and-jeremy-thompson/