History major

First-Year Abroad: An Interview with History major Wyatt Geary

Wyatt Geary spent his first year at Florida State studying in Florence, Italy, and Valencia, Spain. Discover what it is like to spend your freshmen year at one of FSU's study abroad centers.

An interview with Kieran Stenson: Studying abroad in Poland

History major Kieran talks about learning Polish in Krakow, Poland and his travels through the country in search of Polish history.

#seniorseminar Talia Kimelman & “Depictions of Machismo in U.S. Cinema, 1990s-2010s”

Talia, a History major with a minor in film studies, decided to combine both her passions when she researched and wrote her senior seminar thesis on depictions of machismo in three movies.

Talking about Internships: Jeff Lubinski & the Greer Heritage Museum, South Carolina

Jeff interned at his local museum over the summer. In this interview, he describes his experiences digitizing content, processing donations and giving tours to visitors!

UROP in History: Black Americans in the Soviet Union

Madeleine Stout, a Ph.D. candidate, mentored Zoe, Kirill, and Kaysyn in a UROP project exploring the experiences of African Americans in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s.

#seniorseminar: Leonie Alderson & Actresses in Late Victorian England

In this interview, Leonie shares her experience researching and writing about the lives of women who were working in the public eye in Britain in the late 19th century.

Honors in the Major: An Interview with Kayla Reeves

History major Kayla Reeves graduated with honors from Florida State University in Spring 2024. She originally enjoyed studying British history but now focuses on American history with an emphasis on the Southern United States, religious history, and social movements.

Brooke Thompson & “Little Losses: An Analysis of Child Mortality and Grief in Nineteenth-Century Tallahassee”

Brooke devoted her senior seminar project to researching child burial practices at the Old City Cemetery in Tallahassee. She wanted to research something local and utilize local resources available at the State Archives of Florida.

#SeniorSeminar – Catherine Patillo and “We are Going to the Game: Building memories at Doak Campbell Stadium”

When Catherine Patillo decided to work on the history of Doak Campbell Stadium for her senior seminar paper, she quickly discovered that there was a lot of material available in FSU's Special Collection. In this interview, Patillo describes how she stayed on top of her primary sources and the writing of her research paper.

#seniorseminar - An interview with Wesley Grayson (FSU 2023)

Last fall, Wesley Grayson chose the senior seminar with the title "Crimes of the Powerful and Civil Resistance." In this interview, he explains the challenges of working on a topic that relies heavily on non-English language sources.