Stanley M. Burstein

Stanley Mayer Burstein is a historian whose writings primarily concern the Hellenistic period. He is Professor Emeritus of history at California State University, Los Angeles, and the former Chair of the Department of History. He also served as secretary-treasurer and president of the Association of Ancient Historians.

Life

Burstein was born on September 16, 1941, in Massachusetts. He married in 1966 and had two children. He received a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles. He wrote many textbooks which are used by Common Core including The World from 1000 BCE to 300 CE and A Brief History of Ancient Greece, International Edition: Politics, Society, and Culture.

Awards

Burstein was awarded the California State University, Los Angeles Outstanding Professor Award (1993) and President's Distinguished Professor Award (1997) along with the 2004 Wang Family Excellence Award.

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21st-century American historians

21st-century American male writers

University of California, Los Angeles alumni

California State University, Los Angeles faculty

1941 births

Living people

American male non-fiction writers