Event details
- When: Friday, October 16, 2026 at 8:00 AM
- Where: Trevor Colbourn Hall: TCH 351
- Category: Speaker/Lecture/Seminar
- Presented by: History Department
The Florida Historical Society Annual Meeting and Symposium is hosted at the University of Central Florida in partnership with the university’s Department of History. The event gathers historians, students and independent scholars to present research on Florida history through competitively selected academic papers and panel discussions.
A highlight of the conference is the annual Shofner Lecture, which serves as the keynote address. This year’s lecture will be delivered by Dr. Chambliss, a historian, author and professor at Michigan State University. His presentation will examine how Florida’s comic publishing history influenced American comic culture, focusing on visual storytelling, regional identity and creative networks as part of the Comics as Data North America project.
Event listing published by Events at UCF:
https://events.ucf.edu/event/4213421/florida-historical-society-annual-meeting-and-symposium/
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