Jeff Lubinski's passion has been maritime history for as long as he can remember. For his senior seminar paper, he chose to research the Ottoman attempt to rebuild their navy between 1900 and 1914. This topic was adjacent to his Honors in the Major work on the relationship between Great Britain, America, and the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean in the first half of the 19th century.
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Discover what it is like to be part of a UROP project! Danielle Wirsansky, Ph.D. candidate in History, mentored Sophie, Sophia, and Ada in doing primary-source research on the lives of women agents working for Britain's Special Operations Executive in France.
In her Honors in the Major thesis, Luce investigates the concept of medievalism, the ways in which we imagine the medieval past, and how that contributed to the creation of D&D, as well as how D&D nowadays contributes to the concept of neo-medievalism.
In his senior seminar paper, Justin researched the early history of American botanical gardens, primarily starting in the mid-18th century. In addition to sources written at the time, he was also able analyze drawing and sketches of the layouts of some of the early gardens.
After a lifetime working for IBM, James Cortada looks back on working outside of academia: "'Handling ambiguity, prizing context, thinking historically, and communicating well in collaborative ways,' by the time I left FSU I was equipped with these skills and the courage to work in a world-class company."
Hunter Ballenger decided to work on zoological gardens and exhibition culture in imperial Japan, leisure spaces open to the public. He investigated how these were used to project imperial authority and show that Japan had modernized to a western equivalency.
Visiting Scholar Marcandria Peraut talks about his use of oral history in his research projects on the history of Corsica. He decided to record the stories people were telling about the past and turn those memories into an oral history archive.
Ian Varga (FSU Ph.D. 2022) talks about life after Bellamy. Since 2024, he has been an assistant teaching professor at the University of Missouri - St. Louis.
Last summer, Panish interned at Heritage Village in Pinellas County. He worked on building 3D models of their historic houses using drafting and modeling software programs. The goal was to make the site more accessible.
Flora combined her interests in the history of science and technology and urban and environmental history to study the impact of architect and urban planner Ian McHarg on the development of GIS software.