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Professor Ian Morris FBA

Long-term world history; comparative archaeology; the evolution of societies; quantitative history; history & archaeology of ancient Greece.
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2012
Subjects
Archaeology, Classics
Sections
Archaeology
Website
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/classics/cgi-bin/web/people/faculty/ian-morris

Current post

Jean and Rebecca Willard Professor of Classics, Stanford University

Publications

Why the West Rules--For Now: The Patterns of History and What they Reveal About the Future 2010

The Measure of Civilization: How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations 2013

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The history, archaeology, and culture of ancient Egypt, especially the mechanics of death (funerary rituals and mummification), the role of animals, environmental change, foodways, and rock art

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Professor Michael Squire FBA

Ancient Greek and Roman art and archaeology; classical literature, culture and thought; visual-verbal relations; classical traditions and reception; theologies of art; cultural history of ornament; history of aesthetics

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