UCF Africana Studies

Africana Studies is dedicated to developing expertise and knowledge of the African Diaspora.

The program's interdisciplinary approach emphasizes the artistic and intellectual traditions of all people of the African Diaspora. The Minor in Africana Studies is designed to complement a student's major, incorporating courses from many subject areas.

Sojourner Truth

“Then that little man in back, there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men, ’cause Christ wasn’t a woman! Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.”

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NSM Today: UCF Documentary on LGBTQ Oppression Finds Relevance 10 Year Later

October 21, 2021  “The Committee,” an Emmy award-winning documentary created by history professor Robert Cassanello and film professor Lisa Mills, dives into the lives of victims of the Johns Committee, which was initially formed by Senator Charley Johns in 1956 to remove communism in Florida.

WUCF Earns 4 Suncoast Regional Emmy Nominations

October 20, 2021  College of Arts and Humanities faculty, students and alumni collaborated with WUCF on the acclaimed material.

UCF History Professor Invested into Endowed Position

October 01, 2021  Kenneth Hanson, professor and program director of Judaic Studies, was invested into the Tess and Abe Wise Endowed Professorship in Judaic Studies. The endowed faculty position recognizes Hanson’s accomplishments and will allow him to advance his work and research.

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Today in Africana History

  • 1886 Wiley Jones operates the first streetcar in Pine Bluff, AR.
  • 1847 William Alexander Leiesdorff, an early settler of San Francisco, sails his ship Sitka from Alaska to San Francisco harbor.

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Area Studies Events

Study Away Research, Strategies for Self-Care, and Careers in Social Justice: Student Opportunities in IDS Research and History, Healing, and Human Rights
Tuesday October 26, 2021; 12:00pm - 1:30pm

History Research Colloquium Series: Participatory Action Research and Examining & Reporting Correspondence
Thursday October 28, 2021; 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Boomtown Blues: Archaeologies of Expansion and Collapse in Amazonia
Friday October 29, 2021; 7:00pm - 9:00pm

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John T. Washington

The University of Central Florida History Department and the Africana Studies Program is pleased to host the second annual Dr. John T. Washington Lecture Series benefiting scholarships for Africana Studies Minors. This lecture series upholds the legacy and continues the mission of the annual Dr. John T. Washington Community Service and Scholarship Awards Luncheon. The lecture will take place on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at the Teaching Academy, 117 with a reception beginning at 5:30 p.m. and presentations and lecture starting at 6 p.m. Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of Law at the University of California-Irvine School of Law will present Overcoming Injustice: Why Women's C...

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Main Office: CNH551
Ph: 407-823-2225
history@ucf.edu

Mailing Address:
12790 Aquarius Agora Dr.
Orlando, FL 32816-1350

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Africana Studies
College of Arts & Humanities at the University of Central Florida