Year: 2017
History Hit presents: Understanding the ancient Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan. The region known throughout history as the Silk Road (or more correctly Roads) is obscure to many in the English-speaking world Yet this is where civilisation itself began
“The scourge of the massive (often unintended) holiday mobile-phone bill… should be at an end.”
Am currently fascinated by the Almeida’s new Figures of Speech season ̵… Read More 
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
Annual Presidential Lecture: “Sicily – an island for everyone” Details to follow I will be speaking at the annual presidential lecture for the Lytham St Annes Classical Association in January 2018 For more information about the activities of the Lytham St Annes group
What Can We Learn from Cities of the Past? Location: Watershed Time: 7:40pm - 9:00pm On the evening of the 18th of the October, I'll be taking part in the second Festival of the Future City which is being held on the 18th-20th October in Bristol
I will be speaking at the Heffers Classics Forum, Cambridge – more details to follow. Time: TBC – full event 10am – 6pm Venue: Hicks Room, The University Centre, Granta Place, Cambridge, CB2 1RU
On 12th December I will be giving the 2nd annual Friends of Classics Memorial Lecture for Classics for All. Details to follow. For more information on the Classics for All organisation, please check out their website
"Daring you to see the true realities of ancient Greece" When: Saturday 1st July - Main talk 12-1pm, discussion with Natalie Haynes to follow at 1-2pm. Where: Park Farm, Compton Verney, Warwickshire This year I'll be appearing at the Also festival to give a talk
"Ancient Worlds: Linking East and West" Venue: Room 1.02, Classics Faculty, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge Time: 6pm - 7 pm Drinks in the Cast Gallery 7pm- 8pm Lecture in Room 1.02 At a meeting of the Cambridge Classical Assocation, I'll be talking about themes from my latest publication
Global History is a popular and expanding field, which seeks both to understand bet… Read More
“Recently I was greeted by a man who shook my hand in the limpest possible way.”
“It’s a polarising affair – people either love it or hate it.”
I’m a first-time father. My little one is now 10 months old.”
History Masterclass with Michael Scott: Gritty Realities of Ancient Greece Date & Time: 6th May 2017, Doors open 10:30, event 11am-1pm Location: 19 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3HH Michael has collaborated with the team at History Masterclass
Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West Venue: Weston Lecture Theatre Time: 12 - 1pm At the Oxford Literary Festival, I'll be talking about themes from my latest publication, 'Ancient Worlds'. The book is out now in both hardback and paperback
“It can easily feel like the globalisation that has defined the 20th and now 21st centuries is irreversible”
An Evening with Dr Michael Scott, at Waterstones' London Hampstead store Time: 7pm Location: Waterstones, Hampstead - 68-69 Hampstead High St, London NW3 1QP I will be talking about my book, "Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West"
“The Italian island can teach the world how to treat new arrivals, says Dr Michael Scott”
Following hot on the heels of Italy’s Invisible Cities on BBC One, my new seri… Read More
“1. The Other Norman Conquest: More than one island’s history for transformed by a Norman invasion in the 1060s”
Xander Armstrong and I are back on BBC 1 starting this Wednesday 4th January with a ne… Read More
