Professor Ian Simmons FBA

Fellow type
UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected
1997
Subjects
Geography

Current post

Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of Durham

Past appointments

University of Durham Professor of Geography

1981 - 2001

University of Bristol Professor of Geography

1977 - 1981

University of Durham Lecturer, Reader in Geography

1962 - 1977

Publications

Changing the face of the earth (1989)

The environmental impact of later mesolithic cultures (1996)

An environmental history of Great Britain (2001)

The Moorlands of England and Wales. An Environmental History 8000 BC to AD 2000 (2003)

Global Environmental History 10,000 BC to AD 2000 (2008)

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor David Mosse FBA

Historical anthropology of religion, social-political systems and livelihoods, especially with reference to Indian caste inequality and activism, religious pluralism (Hindu and Christian) and common property resources; the anthropology of knowledge, institutions and international development.

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Professor Stephen Graham FBA

The changing nature of cities and urbanism; sociologies of technology, mobility and infrastructure; the digitisation of urban life; the politics of urban security and militarisation; the vertical dimension of cities

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Professor Brenda Yeoh FBA

Migration and development in Asia; migration, family and social reproduction; transnational migration and cities

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