Professor William Harris FBA

Greek and Roman history, with special interests in Italy, the rise of the Roman Empire, literacy, and topics that verge on other disciplines, especially psychology, economics and environmental sciences
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2011
Subjects
Classics

Current post

Columbia University Professor of History

Center for the Ancient Mediterranean, Columbia University Director

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Werner Eck FBA

Ancient History, History of Rome, Italy and the Roman Provinces, Roman Epigraphy

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Professor Simon Goldhill FBA

The study of ancient Greek literature and culture, and its reception, especially in the nineteenth century

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Professor Emily Gowers FBA

Latin literature of the Republic and Principate, especially satire; poetics; cultural history of Rome

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