News Topic: Department of History

In 2006, representatives from the Seminole Tribe of Florida built a traditional chickee, meaning "house" in Seminole, at FSU's Lakefront Park.

FSU faculty provide insights into Native and Indigenous histories for Native American Heritage Month

Published: November 6, 2023 | 10:29 am

Native American Heritage Month, observed during November, serves as a reminder of the significant contributions, rich traditions and ancestry of […]

“Moving Day in the Everglades of Florida: Seminole Indians and Dugout Canoes,” circa 1935, from the collection of the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum in Clewiston, Florida. (Courtesy of the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum)

FSU Native American and Indigenous Studies Center to host American Society for Ethnohistory annual conference

Published: November 1, 2023 | 12:25 pm

Florida State University and the FSU Native American and Indigenous Studies Center are set to host approximately 200 scholars from […]

Some of the representations of Napoleon Bonaparte through history. Florida State University Professor Rafe Blaufarb directs the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution and has completed extensive research on the man, his impact and his era. He is available to speak to reporters looking for context on this imposing and controversial historical leader.

‘A political animal’ — FSU history professor discusses reign and impact of Napoleon Bonaparte

Published: October 12, 2023 | 9:00 am

Napoleon Bonaparte was a towering figure in history. He seized power in the aftermath of the French Revolution, remade the […]

Rafe Blaufarb, professor of history and the Ben Weider Eminent Scholar in Napoleonic Studies. (Devin Bittner/Florida State University)

FSU historian awarded Newberry Fellowship to study historic perspectives on capitalism

Published: August 3, 2023 | 8:05 am

A Florida State University historian and director of the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution has earned a prestigious […]

Cathy McClive, the Department of History’s Ben Weider Professor in French Revolutionary Studies. (Devin Bittner/College of Arts and Sciences)

FSU historian earns international fellowship to investigate violence against women during France’s age of revolution

Published: July 28, 2023 | 7:56 am

A Florida State University historian is the recipient of a distinguished international fellowship that will support her research examining violence […]

Weather balloons and UFOs: FSU professor offers historical perspective on aerial surveillance

Published: February 15, 2023 | 12:03 pm

The recent incursion of a Chinese spy balloon and other flying objects into American airspace evoked memories of aerial reconnaissance […]

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