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
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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“The abolition of roaming charges will make us more global – it will allow us to engage more deeply with the wider EU”: World History Magazine
“The scourge of the massive (often unintended) holiday mobile-phone bill… should be at an end.”
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Ancient Invisible Cities: Cairo, Istanbul, Athens
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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Lytham Saint Annes Presidential Lecture 2019
Lytham Saint Annes Presidential Lecture 2019 Details to follow. I will be speaking at the annual presidential lecture for the Lytham St Annes Classical Association on 10th January 2019
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Filming Ancient Invisible Cities for BBC2
In September 2018, my new BBC2 series Ancient Invisible Cities airs. In this 3 part series, made by BBC Studios, we explore the cities of Cairo, Athens and Istanbul not only in person but using […] Read More