Florida Historical Quarterly

In this episode, we talked with C.S. Monaco about his article in the current issue of the FHQ titled "'Wishing that Right May Prevail': Ethan Allen Hitchock and the Florida War." We also spoke with him about his current research on the Second Seminole War and the create questions and debates that surround this period of Florida history.

In this episode, we talked with Dr. Lisa Lindquist-Dorr, Associate Professor of History and Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Alabama. She is the author of White Women, Rape, and the Power of Race in Virginia, 1900-1960 published by the University of North Carolina Press. She spoke to us about her article " Bootlegging Aliens: Unsanctioned Immigration and the Underground Economy of Smuggling from Cuba during Prohibition," published in the Summer 2014 issue of the FHQ.

In this episode we talked with Matthew J. Clavin, Associate Professor of history at the University of Houston. He is the author of the book Toussaint Louverture and the Civil War: the Promise and Peril of a Second Haitian Revolution. He spoke to us about his article "An 'underground railway' to Pensacola and the Impending Crisis over Slavery," published in the Spring 2014 issue of the FHQ.

We interview Dr. Jane Landers who was the guest editor of the Special Issue of the FHQ that examines the 17th Century of Florida. This is the second of a 6-part special issue that will examine the Quintessential of Ponce De Leon's first visit to Florida.

This episode features and interview with Attorney Richard S. Dellinger, who co-edited this special issue on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

It is dedicated to the significant cases that have made it through the Middle District Court, which is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary.

We interviewed Dr. Sam Watson, Professor of History at the U.S. Military Academy West Point, about his article “Conquerors, Peacekeepers, or Both? The U.S. Army and West Florida, 1810-1811, A New Perspective,” which appeared in this issue. It is about the 1810 West Florida Rebellion.

We interviewed Andrew Fairbanks and Dr. Christopher Meindl, about their article “Talking Trash: A Short History of Solid Waste Management in Florida,” which appeared in this issue. Christopher Meindl is Associate Professor of geography at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, and Andrew Fairbanks received his MA in Florida Studies at USFSP.

For this episode, FHQ Assistant Editor Dr. Daniel Murphree interviewed Dr. Paul Hoffman, Paul W. and Nancy W. Murrill Professor of History at Louisiana State University. Professor Hoffman is the guest editor for this special issue, the first of a series of issues that re-examines the five hundred years of Florida history since the landing of Ponce de Leon in 1513. He is also the author of “The Historiography of Sixteenth-Century La Florida,” which appeared in this issue. This issue addresses the Sixteenth Century, and four more issues will come out yearly to re-examine subsequent centuries.

We interviewed Matthew G. Hyland from Duquesne University, about his article “The Florida Keys Hurricane House: Post-Disaster New Deal Housing.” The article, featured in this issue, is about hurricane houses during the Depression Era in Key West.

This episode features FHQ Assistant Editor Dr. Daniel Murphree’s interview of Professor Claire Strom, Rapetti-Trunzo Professor of History at Rollins College, about her article “Controlling Venereal Disease in Orlando during World War II.” The article is about Orlando's reaction and policies toward venereal disease and women's sexuality during World War II, and it was published in this issue.