FSU Department of History

Recently, FSU History students participated in the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, Inc. Conference, joining historians, preservationists, educators, and public history professionals from across the state.

We’re proud to celebrate our students for presenting their work, engaging in conversations about historic preservation and public history, and representing the FSU History community at this important statewide gathering.

Opportunities like the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation Conference allow students to connect classroom learning with professional experience while contributing to ongoing conversations about how history is preserved, interpreted, and shared with the public.

Congratulations to all who participated!
Post credit: Danielle

Interview: Hannah Doster & "It's Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"

Hannah examined the siege of Constantinople in 1453 for her senior seminar class on Reconstructing Historical Landscapes. She showed how medieval warfare, especially military strategy, was dictated in terms of landscape. "I had never thought of looking at history through landscape. Having a senior seminar that focused on that angle alone was a huge revelation."

Read more at fla.st/CY4AAYT4

Congratulations to FSU History Ph.D. candidate Danielle Wirsansky on her acceptance to the Society for Military History Summer Seminar!

Hosted by The Society for Military History. the seminar brings together graduate students and early-career scholars for intensive discussions on military history, professional development, and current research in the field.

Danielle's research focuses on the experiences of male and female agents in the Special Operations Executive's F Section during World War II, with particular attention to how gender shaped recruitment, training, fieldwork, imprisonment, and survival.

Participation in programs like the Summer Seminar provides valuable opportunities to engage with scholars from across the discipline, explore new approaches to research, and build professional networks within the field of military history.

Congratulations, Danielle!


The Society for Military History Public Page

With the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence just around the corner, experts from the FSU Department of History, Florida State University English Department, and FSU Department of Religion are available for interviews on their specializations in areas that highlight America’s past and present, ranging from pop culture and music to the Cold War.

To learn more, visit: fla.st/945L0D13.

Florida State University Division of Research, Florida State University

UROP in History: In the Footsteps of Bandits - An Alternative History of Spain

Find out from Moira and Santiago what it is like to do an Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program project in History! Moira and Santiago researched the life stories of two different bandits: one from the late 16th/ early 17th century in Catalonia and one from the later 18th/ early 19th century in Andalucia. Their research shines a light on the causes of banditry but also the ways in which individual bandits were commemorated and celebrated.
To find out more, go to fla.st/TANA0EM5

Congratulations to these History majors who were awarded Honors medallions this spring:
Philip Allison, Anthropology; History, University Honors
James Arch, Psychology; History, University Honors
Jane Cohen, Music; History, Honors in the Major
Flora Domitrovic, History, Honors in the Major
Aspen Foulk, History; Latin, Honors in the Major
Leilani Fries, History; Political Science, Outstanding Senior Scholar
Scout Ganzer, History, Honors in the Major
Zachary Juhlin, International Affairs; History, University Honors
Delaney Lento, Political Science; History, University Honors
Jeff Lubinski, History; Media Communication Studies, Outstanding Senior Scholar
Luce Markarian, History, Honors in the Major
Grace Martin, History, Honors in the Major
Justin Milledge, Political Science; History, University Honors
Elizabeth Struble, Criminology; History, University Honors
Alejandro Valdivia, History; International Affairs, Honors in the Major
Nicholas Warren-Elmore, Economics; History, University Honors

Nearly half of the 548 Florida State University Spring 2026 graduates who earned honors medallions are from the FSU College of Arts & Sciences! 🏅

Honors medallion awardees completed the University Honors Program or Honors in the Major Program. Those who completed both programs with a 3.9 cumulative GPA or higher received the designation of Outstanding Senior Scholar.

To learn more about the Spring 2026 honorees and Florida State University Honors Program, visit: fla.st/PDZJN6KN.

📸 : Brittany Mobley

FSU Undergraduate Studies

Florida State University Then vs. Now

Swipe to see our recreated photos of three iconic campus locations- Landis Green, Westcott Fountain, and Dodd Hall!
Which one is your favorite?

Image Credit: FSU Digital Library
Post credit: Tessa

Congratulations to Bennett Calvo who won the 2026 John and Susan Ausley Undergraduate History Award. This award, based on academic merit, recognizes a History major who is undertaking an Honors in the Major project in History. Calvo's HITM project is on the decentralization of Native American power structures in the American Southeast during the Mississippian Shatter Zone (1540-1730).
Well done, Bennett!