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Ian Morris

Professor of Classics & History

E-mail: imorris@stanford.edu

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At Stanford Since 1995

Ph.D., Cambridge University; B.A., Cambridge University

Research Interests

  • Social, economic, cultural history of ancient Greece
  • Mediterranean Iron Age
  • Archaeology
  • Main work on social revolution of the eighth century B.C. in the Mediterranean
  • Archaeological fieldwork in Greece--currently publishing Iron Age deposits from Lerna

Courses Taught

  • Ancient Mediterranean World
  • Slavery Ancient and Modern
  • Democratic Athens
  • Social theory in Greek history

Publications and Conference Papers

  • Burial and Ancient Society (Cambridge 1987)
  • Death-Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity (Cambridge 1992)
  • editor of Classical Greece: Ancient Histories and Modern Archaeologies (Cambridge 1994)
  • co-editor, with Barry Powell, of A New Companion to Homer (Leiden 1997)
  • co-editor with Kurt Raaflaub, of Democracy 2500? Questions and Challenges (Dubuque 1997)
  • forthcoming book, Darkness and Heroes: Manhood, Equality, and Democracy in Iron Age Greece (Oxford)

Professional Affiliations

  • American Anthropological Association
  • American Historical Association
  • American Philological Association
  • Archaeological Institute of America
  • Social Science History Institute