Scott is a lucid teacher who brings the past to life with his effortlessly engaging style.
- The Mail on Sunday.
Michael charmed us all with his huge expertise, deep knowledge and extremely personable approach to history.
- Sarah Rigby, Hutchinson Senior Editor
Michael Scott deftly steers the study of ancient history into the twenty-first century.
- Prof. Walter Scheidel, Stanford University
This is a properly exciting state of the art History TV.
- DAILY EXPRESS
Warwick Classics Network
In 2017-20, supported by a Warwick Widening Participation Development Fund and Warwick Impact Fund grant, I am leading a new widening participation and outreach initiative called the Warwick Classics Network
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M. I. Finley: An Ancient Historian and his Impact
“M. I. Finley: An Ancient Historian and his Impact.” Cambridge Classical Studies, October 2016.
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Ancient Invisible Cities: Cairo, Athens, Istanbul
Invisible Cities airs on BBC2 in late 2018. In the latest series of Invisible Cities, Michael heads to Cairo, Istanbul and Athens across 3 episodes, to uncover the forgotten, hard to reach and invisible aspects of these extraordinary cities and in so doing, offers new perspectives on their dramatic and important histories.
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Aristophanic comedy and society
As part of the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival, on 25th January I will be giving a lecture on ‘Aristophanic comedy […] Read More
Filming Ancient Invisible Cities for BBC2
**DATES NOW CONFIRMED: Ancient Invisible Cities airs in the UK BBC2 Friday 7th September 9pm (Cairo), 14th September 9pm (Athens), 21st September 9pm (Istanbul). In September 2018, my new BBC2 series Ancient Invisible Cities airs. […] Read More