As part of the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival, on 25th January I gave a lecture on … Read More 
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I’ll be speaking at this conference, about what we can and cannot know about the anci… Read More
I go to Athens now several times a year…Michael talks to Cara magazine (Septe… Read More
I have been in and out of China this year to work with a number of Universities…… Read More
The Cairo skyline is an architectural masterpiece 5,000 years in the making. Publi… Read More
Ancient Invisible Cities presenter Michael Scott on how new tech is bringing classics to life: iNews
Classics is a subject for everyone – and technology, alongside old-fashion… Read More
**DATES NOW CONFIRMED: Ancient Invisible Cities airs in the UK BBC2 Friday 7th Sept… Read More
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
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
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
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"
'This is Greece with Michael Scott' aired on SBS for Australia in Winter 2016. This series of programmes takes viewers across mainland Greece and the Aegean islands to explore its fascinating history from antiquity to today.
Ancient Worlds Linking East and West Time: 5pm Location: Kevinhall Lecture Theatre I will be speaking as part of the Humanities Lecture Series in Glasgow this January, discussing themes from my latest publication
"M. I. Finley: An Ancient Historian and his Impact." Cambridge Classical Studies, October 2016.
This two-part series examined the history of Sicily as a cultural melting pot from the Neolithic period to the modern day and ask what it means to be Sicilian. From treading grapes in an ancient wine press, scrambling across a 20ft Lava wall on mount Etna, reciting Shakespeare in an ancient Greek theatre, excavating child bones from a possible human sacrifice, salt mining old-fashioned style, having a cut throat shave from an 80 year local barber, trying my hand at Sicilian martial art of stick-fighting, making puppets and chocolate and exploring the underground Arab aqueducts of Palermo, we travel across the length and breadth of this extraordinary island.
Annual Presidential Lecture: “More Invisible Cities” Time: 7pm Doors open at 6.15pm Location: AKS Main Hall, Clifton Drive South, Lytham St Annes, FY8 1DT I will be speaking again on 5th January for the Lytham St Annes Classical Association to give my annual presidential lecture
Annual JP Postgate Lecture Guest Speaker Location: Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egytology, Liverpool University Time: tba I will be giving the annual John Percival Postgate Lecture at Liverpool University this December
"Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West" Time: 9-10pm On the 7th October I will be giving a talk at BBC History Magazine's Festival at Winchester discussing my most recent publication, "Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West"
Following the success of “Rome’s Invisible City”, in summer 2… Read More
"Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West" Location: Heffers Bookshop, Cambridge, 20 Trinity Street, Cambridge, CB2 1TY Time: 18:30 to 20:00 On the 6th of October I will be giving a talk and holding a book signing for my latest publication
A conversation with Bettany Hughes about my new publication "Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West" Location: Royal Institution of Great Britain On the 5th July, I was part of an event with Bettany Hughes about my new book Ancient Worlds at an event organized by Intelligence Squared
"Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West" Location: tba Time: 12.15 On the 17th of August I will be giving a talk and book signing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, discussing my newest publication, "Ancient Worlds"
"Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West" Location: Historical Trips Tent Time: 20.45 On the 1st of the July I gave a talk and book signing at the Chalke Valley History festival, discussing my newest publication, "Ancient Worlds"
Annual Guest lecture for Friends of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Location: Ashmolean, Oxford Time: TBA On the 8th of June I will be giving the Annual Guest lecture for the Friends of the Ashmolean in Oxford
Sicily: a force to be reckoned with in the ancient world' Location: BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum Time: 18.30-19.30 The cities and rulers of ancient Sicily were well known for often building big at home, but how did they articulate their presence and importance abroad?
A talk, book signing & wine reception for 'Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World' Location: Blackwell's Bookshop, Broad Street, Oxford Time: 7pm-8pm On the 4th of February I will be giving a talk about my newest publication, 'Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World'
I was interviewed by Julian Treasure for his new pod-cast series on the History of So… Read More
I am working with Dr Esther Eidinow (Nottingham) and Dr Armin Geertz (Aarhus) as par… Read More
“Taking a Global Perspective on Ancient History” Time: 7 pm Location: AKS Independent School Main Entrance (Clifton Drive South, Lytham St Annes, FY8 1DT) We live in a global and connected world. But that is not how we study history. Instead, we look at events situated in
In this documentary for BBC1 (and BBC Worldwide), I teamed up with ‘Pointless’ and ‘Have I Got News For You’ host Xander Armstrong to investigate the invisible world of underground Rome.
Dr Michael Scott participates as a contestant in this new quiz series hosted by Griff Rhys Jones, set in museums across the country. The Quizeum highlights the amazing artefacts in our country’s museums, while putting the experts to the test.
For full details & timings, please visit the EOCCC website. All ages are most welcome to attend - there will be activities and events suitable for every age range. The festival itself does not require booking (unless you are a large group) but author talks do need to be booked, and can be done so by
My Radio series Spin the Globe with BBC Radio 4 returned for its second year.
Airing f… Read More
This programme for ITV sees Michael team up with Christine Bleakley and a host of expert archaeologists and ancient historians to investigate three intriguing parts of Roman Britain.
I am currently working on a chapter for the Oxford History of the Archaic World, prin… Read More
“Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West.” Hutchinson, 2016.
“Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World.” Princeton University Press, 2014.
I presented a series for BBC Radio Four entitled ‘Spin the Globe’ whic… Read More
This new two-part series for BBC TWO focuses on the realities of life in the ancient Greek world, its legacies, and its continued importance for our own world today. Who were the Greeks: Episode 1 ‘Life’ and Episode 2 ‘Legacy’ aired in June and July 2013 on BBC2.
I am currently writing a journal article, which focuses on three very unusual grave stele (funerary markers) from the Aegean. On these grave stele, the very moment of death (by drowning) is represented. The goal of the article is to understand why someone might have chosen this kind of image, and how such iconography links into the ancient understanding of sea-faring and travel.
This series examines the extraordinary career of Athens in the ancient world from the 6th century BC to the 2nd century AD through the prism of one of its most important and culturally crucial spaces: the theatre.
Written and Presented for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL worldwide, Jesus: Rise to Power follows the story of the early years of the development of Christianity within the Roman empire and asks how in such a short space of time, Christianity moved from a persecuted movement to official religion of the Roman Empire
I wrote and presented a two-part series for BBC FOUR entitled Guilty Pleasures: Luxury in the Ancient Greek and Medieval worlds, which aired in June and July 2011 as part of BBC FOUR’s Luxury Season.
