Michael Scott (author)

Michael Scott SFHEA (born 1981) is a British classical scholar, ancient historian, and presenter. He is professor of classics and ancient history at the University of Warwick.[1]

Michael Scott
Born1981
NationalityBritish
EducationKing's College School
Alma mater
Occupationacademic, author and broadcaster in classics and ancient history
EmployerUniversity of Warwick
Known for
  • Ancient Invisible Cities: Cairo, Athens, Istanbul
  • This is Greece with Michael Scott
  • Sicily: Wonder of the Mediterranean
  • Italy's Invisible Cities
  • Rome's Invisible City
  • The Quizeum
  • Roman Britain From the Air
  • Who Were the Greeks?
  • The Mystery of the X Tombs
  • Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth
  • Jesus: Rise to Power
  • Guilty Pleasures: Luxury in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds
  • Delphi: bellybutton of the ancient world
Notable work
  • Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West
  • From Democrats to Kings
  • Delphi: Centre of the Ancient World
  • Delphi and Olympia
  • Space and Society in the Greek and Roman worlds
Websitemichaelscottweb.com

In 2015 he was a foundation fellow of the Warwick International Higher Education Academy; he was appointed a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2016.[1] He was a National Teaching Fellow in 2017,[2] and in 2017–2018 was a Leverhulme Research Fellow.[1]

He is president of the Lytham Saint Annes branch of the Classical Association.[3]

Books
  • M I Finley: An Ancient Historian and His Impact (2016) Cambridge University Press. Edited Volume (Co-editor with Prof Robin Osborne and Daniel Jew). ISBN 9781107149267.
  • Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West (2016) Hutchinson/Windmill. ISBN 978-0091958817.
  • Delphi: centre of the ancient world (2014) Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400851324.
  • Space and society in the Greek and Roman worlds (Key Themes in Ancient History series) (2012) Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107401501.
  • Risk in our time: Proceedings of the Darwin College Lecture Series 2010. (Co-editor with Dr Layla Skinns and Tony Cox) Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521171977.
  • Delphi and Olympia: the spatial politics of panhellenism in the archaic and classical periods (2010) Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107671287.
  • From Democrats to Kings: the brutal dawn of a new world from the downfall of Athens to the rise of Alexander the Great (2009) Icon Books. ISBN 978-1848311312.

References
  1. Professor Michael Scott. Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Warwick. Accessed July 2021.
  2. Dr Michael Scott. Advance HE. Accessed July 2021.
  3. "About Us". Lytham St Annes Classical Association. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
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