Florida, Community, and Historians at the Movies

Dr. Jason Herbert is an ethnographer for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, where he is the primary author of an ethnographic study of the Everglades, and he is the creator of the Historians at the Movies, the international phenomenon bringing together a community of historians and film lovers around the world to watch different movies each week and analyze the historical implications and cultural relevance. Dr. Herbert received his PhD from the University of Minnesota, where his research focused on the intersection of environmental and Indigenous history from the precolonial era to the present. His dissertation, Beast of Many Names: Cattle, Conflict, and the Transformation of Indigenous Florida, 1519-1858,examined the social, political, economic, and environmental consequences stemming from the introduction of livestock onto the Florida peninsula over three centuries. Finally, Dr. Herbert is also the co-founder of the Allen Morris Forum on the Native South, a monthly online meeting of scholars who specialize in the history and cultures of Indigenous Southerners.