The History Department at UMass Lowell provides a broad introduction to civilizations of the past and present, including those of antiquity, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Read more...
On September 1, 2024, Prof. Elizabeth Williams was promoted to a tenured Associate Professor. Since joining the History faculty in 2017, Prof. Williams has been the department's expert in the history of the Middle East and the Ottoman Empire. She has published journal articles and book chapters on environmental and agricultural history in this region. In 2023, she published a monograph with Stanford University Press: "States of Cultivation: Imperial Transition and Scientific Agriculture in the Eastern Mediterranean."
Neil Oliveria, already a grandfather, is pursuing degrees in history and education so he can embark on a new career as a teacher.
Karam Alafandi is studying history on his way to becoming a doctor.
Olivia Hebert discovered a passion for corporate real estate at UMass Lowell.
Honors transfer student Cameron McKenzie squeezed four study abroad trips into her short time at UML.
Sophie Combs knows her research is going somewhere: into the online Library of New England Immigration.
