{{Short description|American historian (born 1941)}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2017}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Stanley Mayer Burstein | birth_date = September 16, 1941 | birth_place = Methuen, Massachusetts | fields = History }}
'''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]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://coas.howard.edu/classics/main/BursteinBio.pdf|title=Burstein Bio|website=coas.howard.edu}}</ref> 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 State Standards Initiative|Common Core]] including ''The World from 1000 BCE to 300 CE'' and ''A Brief History of Ancient Greece, International Edition: Politics, Society, and Culture''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=World History Medieval to Early Modern Times|last=Stanley M.|first=Burstein|publisher=Holt, Rinehart and Winston|year=2006|pages=Biography}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/children/scholarly-magazines/burstein-stanley-m-1941-stanley-m-burstein-stanley-mayer-burstein|title=Burstein, Stanley M. 1941-(Stanley M. Burstein, Stanley Mayer Burstein) - Dictionary definition of Burstein, Stanley M. 1941-(Stanley M. Burstein, Stanley Mayer Burstein) {{!}} Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary|website=www.encyclopedia.com|language=en|access-date=2017-02-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16836323.Stanley_M_Burstein|title=Stanley M. Burstein|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=2018-11-06}}</ref>
=== 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.<ref>[http://www.calstatela.edu/sites/default/files/groups/Emeriti%20Association/Biographies/burstein_stanley_7-11.pdf CSULA Emeriti Faculty Biography – Stanley M. Burstein]</ref>
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