Harris, William V. 1938-
HARRIS, William V. 1938-
PERSONAL:
Born September 13, 1938, in Nottingham, England; son of K. W. F. (an architect) and Elizabeth Harris; married Silvana Patriarca, November 30, 1988; children: Neil. Education: Oxford University, B.A., M.A., D.Phil. Politics: Socialist.
ADDRESSES:
Office—Department of History, 624 Fayerweather Hall, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER:
Columbia University, New York, NY, Shepherd Professor of History.
MEMBER:
Academia Europaea, Archaeological Institute of America, American Philological Association, Century Association.
AWARDS, HONORS:
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; James Henry Breasted Prize, American Historical Association, 2003.
WRITINGS:
Rome in Etruria and Umbria, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1971.
War and Imperialism in Republican Rome, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1979.
Ancient Literacy, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA), 1989.
Restraining Rage: The Ideology of Anger Control in Classical Antiquity, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA), 2002.
WORK IN PROGRESS:
Another book on a topic from Roman history.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
PERIODICALS
Library Journal, February 1, 2002, Clay Williams, review of Restraining Rage: The Ideology of Anger Control in Classical Antiquity, p. 114.