Ian Morris (historian)
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| Born | January 27, 1960 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | The Thomas Alleyne School |
| Alma mater |
University of Birmingham; Cambridge University |
| Occupation | professor |
| Known for | Why the West Rules--For Now |
Ian Matthew Morris (born 27 January 1960) is a British historian. He is currently Willard Professor of Classics at Stanford University.
Morris grew up in the United Kingdom. He attended Alleyne's comprehensive school in Stone, Staffordshire, and studied ancient history and archaeology at the University of Birmingham. He gained his PhD at Cambridge University. From 1987 through 1995, he taught at the University of Chicago, and since 1995 he has been at Stanford.
Since joining Stanford in 1995, he has served as Associate Dean of Humanities and Sciences, Chair of the Classics Department, and Director of the Social Science History Institute. He was one of the founders of the Stanford Archaeology Center and has served two terms as its director. He has published extensively on the history and archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean and on world history. He has also won a Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Between 2000 and 2007, he directed Stanford University’s excavation at Monte Polizzo, Sicily.
Ian Morris has been awarded research fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Hoover Institution,National Endowment for the Humanities,Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C., and Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is also a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and has been awarded honorary degrees by De Pauw University and Birmingham University. In 2012 his work was the subject of a lengthy profile in the Chronicle of Higher Education. He delivered the Tanner Lectures on Human Values at Princeton University in 2012.
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