Episode 22: Day 2 of the 2022 FHS Annual Symposium Event

(Originally published by Sebastian Garcia on October 22nd, 2022) 

The Department of History’s Sebastian Garcia attended this year’s annual FHS symposium event which is hosted every October at the University of Central Florida. Being one of the most significant historical events of the year for Florida history and culture, Sebastian wanted to capture the essence of this unique and imperative event by doing on-the-spot, raw, “quick chat” interviews with as many people that were involved with this event—from directors to panelists—as possible. This episode of Knights Historycast is composed of the several quick chat interviews that Sebastian was able to do from day 2 of this incredible and significant event. The following are timestamps to each of the individual interviews that Sebastian conducted during this day of the event:

• Interview 1: Dr. Claire Strom from Rollins College and Dr. Rosalind Beiler from the University of Central Florida. Presented in Session 4, Panel 9, “Round Table: Turning Your Essay/Thesis/Dissertation Chapters into Publishable Articles”. (02:30)
• Interview 2: Jared Frredline and Jacob Finnegan, UCF History Graduate Students. Presented in Session 5, Panel 10, “U.S. Colored Troops in Florida”, with their project titled, “Olustee: Remembering Black Soldiers Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice”. (16:13)
• Interview 3: Olivia Aldrich and Lisa Lepenna, UCF History Graduate Students. Presented in Session 6, Panel 13, “Lightening Round: Future Florida Research”, with their project titled, “Seminole War Foundation”. (20:19)
• Interview 4: Sarah Bousfield, UCF History Graduate Student. Presented in Session 6, Panel 13, “Lightening Round: Future Florida Research”, with her project titled, “Baking the Past” [Instagram blog: @bakingthepast] (30:22)
• Interview 5: Dr. Christopher Meindl, Director of Florida Studies Program at the University of South Florida, and Dr. Scot French, Associate Professor of History and Director of Public History at the University of Central Florida. Presented in Session 7, Panel 14, "Round Table on Graduate Education and the Future of History". (43:50)