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- An interview with Professor Michael Scott – Agora
- Pompeii is the gift that keeps giving – The Independent
- ‘Making Stones Speak’ in Issue 16 of Aspects of History
- 15 Minutes of Fame: Kleisthenes – History Extra
- A Dusty Glasto without Portaloos – Times Literary Supplement June 10th 2022
- The Secrets of Delphi: Professor Michael Scott Explains the Beginning, Prosperity, and End of the “Ancient World Center”
- Material Musings Blog: The Strange case of the Cheese Grater
- Monocle ‘Where did ancient Greeks go on holiday’
- How public engagement has shaped a life as an academic
- Students Engage! The Future of Engagement at Universities
- The Case for Universal Amnesia and the Growing Power of the Law Courts In 4th-5th century BC Athens
- The Legend of Troy – BBC History Revealed magazine December 2019
- Five ways modern technology can expand the Ancient World – Warwick Knowledge Centre
- Ancient history – modern lessons: Can a new wave of Classics scholars save the world?
- By studying the Ancient Greeks we learn more about ourselves – @GreeceinUK Issue No.15 – 2019
- Up Close with the Only Surviving Wonder of the Ancient World: Magdalene Matters
- Compass Points: Compass Magazine
- Trip of a Lifetime: Acing Athens: Cara Aer Lingus Magazine
- Why China fell in love with ancient Greece: World History Magazine
- Cairo: Battleground of Empires: BBC History Magazine
- Ancient Invisible Cities presenter Michael Scott on how new tech is bringing classics to life: iNews
- “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 Belief in an interconnected humanity should be measured by the degree to which we take pride in our differences”: World History Magazine
- “The resting place of Hirst’s imagined ship rings true with what we know about connectivity between ancient cultures”: World History Magazine
- “To teach students about the range of global attitudes and values, we need a wide-reaching programme of learning”: World History Magazine
- “The Emergence of the Nation State left little room for a global perspective that priortised connections between nations”: World History Magazine
- Sicily provides a beacon of hope for refugees by welcoming them: iNews
- Sicily and Britain: BBC History Magazine
- Global Connections: World Histories Magazine
- Greek Sanctuaries and Russian dolls: walls and religious experience – Omnibus Issue 72
- How Archimedes took on the Roman: BBC History Extra
- The Tensions in American Democracy date back to 508 B.C.: Time Magazine
- Global Encounters of the ancient kind: BBC History Magazine
- It’s a small world: Radio Times
- A History of Greek Theatre: BBC History Magazine
- The Trouble with Luxury: BBC History Magazine
- The Battle of Marathon – more important than Hastings?: BBC History Magazine
- Has anyone seen the cameraman: Darwinian Magazine
- The Rise of Women in Ancient Greece: History Today
- Greece’s Golden Century: BBC History Magazine
- The mystery of the Temple of Zeus at the Sanctuary of Nemea: Omnibus 58
- Global Eye Interview with Michael Scott: How It Works Magazine Issue 35
- More Questions than Answers: Ad Familiares 42
- Blog
- X Marks the Spot (or perhaps never, ever, marks the spot)
- The new Delphic Garden at the University of Warwick
- International Lego Classicist of the Year 2022
- Here comes the Prof Michael Scott 2022 calendar!
- Classical Association Prize – April 2021
- Exciting things to look forward to this Christmas 2020
- Zoom webinars and Technology in the Arts
- Living in a Covid19 world
- Prof Michael Scott Calendar 2020!
- You’re Dead to Me – The Spartans!
- Classics: something for everyone
- Life in Ancient Greece – my new book for Key Stage 2
- Seeing yourself in Lego
- My Professorial Inaugural Lecture ‘This is Sparta: the ancient world then and now’
- The Calendar for 2019!
- Filming Ancient Invisible Cities for BBC2
- I go to die? Thinking about Socrates and the Almeida Figures of Speech series
- Sicily – melting pot of the Mediterranean – BBC TWO 31st Jan 2017 9pm
- Italy’s Invisible Cities – Naples, Venice, Florence – BBC 1 starting 4th Jan 2017
- Ancient Worlds – An Epic History of East and West – Out This Week!
- Quizeum – coming soon to BBC4!
- Invisible Rome – like you have never seen it before! Coming soon to BBC 1
- Roman Britain from the Air on ITV – 23rd December 8pm!
- Spin the Globe returns to Radio 4!
- DELPHI – a history of the centre of the ancient world – OUT NOW!
- Spin the Globe – BBC Radio 4
- Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth – BBC 4
- The Mystery of Rome’s X Tombs – BBC 2 Sunday 28th July 9pm
- T-3 hours to WHO WERE THE GREEKS!
- Boiotia – the dancing floor of Ares!
- Ancient world frozen in time
- Filming Who Were the Greeks
- Filming Jesus Rise to Power in Tunisia
- Jesus: Rise to Power
- Live with New Zealand
- Disasters!
- Saying it with a few words….
- Documentaries
- Sex – A Bonkers History
- #Fry and #Scott: The Classical Association Interview April 2022
- Inside Culture with Mary Beard BBC2 11th February 2021
- 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
- Paul the Octopus
- Podcasts
- Projects
- The experience of Ancient Festivals
- Marco Polo International Programme
- The sanctuary of Olympia during the Classical Period
- Yale University Press – Ancient Lives Series – Themistocles
- BBC Books: The Story of the Ancient world
- X Marks the Spot: The Discovery and Discoverers of Our Past
- Warwick Institute of Engagement [WIE]
- Polemic in Greek Antiquity
- Unknowability: How do we know what cannot be known?
- Global Fashion in Antiquity
- Warwick Classics Network
- The meaning and impact of luxuries across the ancient world 100 BCE-300CE
- Oiko.world
- Cognitive Approaches to Ancient Religious Experience
- The Oxford History of the Archaic World
- Death on Ancient Greco-Roman Grave Stele
- Public Lectures
- Sometimes a festival ain’t no party – the curious case of the Panathenaic festival in ancient Athens’ – LSA CA – 16th Jan 2025
- X Marks the Spot – Warwick Words Festival – 3rd October 2023
- An Evening with Mary Beard – Brighton Dome – 2nd October 2023
- X Marks the Spot – Gloucester History Festival – Tuesday 12th September
- Unlocking the Future of the Past – Thursday 22nd June, 7.30pm
- X Marks the Spot – Hay Festival Tuesday 30 May 2023, 5.30pm
- X Marks the Spot – Chalke Hill History Festival – Monday 26th June
- WCN A. G. Leventis Ancient Worlds Day – ‘Epic Worlds’ 28th June 2023
- ‘The historical context of Aristophanes’ Assemblywomen’ – lecture Friday 27th Jan 2023
- ‘X Marks the Spot’: The Discovery and Discoverers of our Past – Lytham St Anne’s 5th January 2023
- Why Learn Classics? (title tbc) – Classics for All/WCN Teachers’ Day Tuesday 14th February 2023
- ‘Group-Think: The Experience of Being in a Group at Ancient Greek Religious Festivals’ – 4:15-5:00pm Thursday 7th July 2022
- The Realities of the ancient Olympics – 29th June 2022
- The Gritty Realities of the Ancient Olympic Games – 30th June 2022
- ‘Realities and Myths of the ancient Olympics Games’ – Classical Association of Scotland Aberdeen Branch – 9th November 2021
- Warwick Xmas Lectures – 6th December 7pm
- Was there Fake News in Ancient Athens? – 25 November 2021
- Considering Drama – 23rd November 2021
- Languages and Story Telling – Words and Voices Resonate Festival, 19th September 2021 –
- ‘When Worlds Collide’ Panel on Ancient Greek world and Science both ancient and modern – The Science Museum, London – 18th February 2022
- ‘An island without an anchor: Delos and the Ancient World’ Lytham Saint Anne’s Presidential Lecture – 13th Jan 2022
- IASTE 2021: Virtual Traditions
- ‘All Equal in Democratic Athens – NOT!’ – Lytham St Annes Classical Association 7th Jan 2021
- On Disruptions in History and Archaeology – Saturday, September 5th 2020
- Centre for Hellenic Studies discussion of Euripides Ion – 17th June 10-11.30am EST, 3-4.30pm GMT
- ‘The View from the Aegean: Greek perspectives on a global ancient world’ – BSA Virtual Summer Lecture
- ‘Walking with the Gods: The Religious Lives of the Ancient Greeks’ Lytham SA CA Presidential Lecture 9th January 2020
- What the Greeks did with the Idea of Troy – British Museum 17th January 2020
- The Historical Context of Oedipus Rex – Warwick Ancient Drama Festival – 31st Jan 2020
- ICS/ Herculaneum Society Lecture: ‘Invisible Herculaneum’ – 19 February 2020, 6.00pm – 8.00pm
- Ancient Worlds Study Day 21st November
- Ancient Greece, Virtually – British Science Festival, 13th September
- Greek Religion – WCN Classical Civilisation Teachers Day 1st July 2019
- Ancient Myths: Now and in the Future – 20th October 2019
- Buckingham History Festival 27th April 2019 – Ancient Worlds: Greece, Rome, and Interactions with the Worlds Beyond
- FX Talks 16th May 2019
- ‘This is Sparta!’ – Professorial Inaugural Lecture, and LIVE Facebook stream, University of Warwick – 20th February
- ‘Visualising Antiquity in the Modern World’ – Warwick in London Faculty Talk Series, 9th May
- ‘Understanding the Oracle at Delphi’ – Classical Association of Northern Ireland, Belfast, 14th March 2019, 12 noon
- SPHS/ Anglo Hellenic League lecture -‘We are going where?’ TV and Classics, now and in the future’ 12th Feb 2019
- Aristophanic comedy and society – 25th Jan 2019
- Unknowability: How do we know what we cannot know? 4th April 2019
- Delphi at the Centre of the ancient Mediterranean World – Lytham Saint Annes Presidential Lecture 2019 – 10th Jan
- British Museum History Hit with Peter Frankopan – 27th January 2018
- Lytham St Annes Classical Association Presidential Lecture – 11th January 2018
- Festival of the Future City – 18th October 2017
- Heffers Classics Forum talk – 28th October 2017
- Classics for All Lecture – 12th December 2017
- Also Festival – 1st July 2017
- Cambridge Classical Association Talk – 16th June 2017
- History Masterclass with Michael Scott: Gritty Realities of Ancient Greece – 6th May 2017
- Oxford Literary Festival – 27th March 2017
- Waterstones Hampstead – 2nd March 2017
- University of Glasgow Humanities Lecture Series – 13th January 2017
- Lytham St Annes Classical Association Presidential Lecture – 5th January 2017
- Annual John Percival Postgate Lecture at Liverpool University – 6th December 2016
- BBC History Weekend at Winchester – 7th October 2016
- Heffers Bookshop Talk – 6th October 2016
- Intelligence Squared Talk with Bettany Hughes – 5th July 2016
- Edinburgh International Book Festival – 17th August 2016
- Chalke Valley History Festival – 1st July 2016
- Friends of the Ashmolean Guest Lecture – 8th June 2016
- British Museum talk – 24th June 2016
- Blackwell’s Oxford and Voyages to Antiquity Talk – 4th February 2016
- Lytham St Annes Classical Association Presidential Lecture – 7th January 2016
- East Oxford Community Classics Centre Talk – 18th January 2016
- Publications
- X Marks the Spot: The Story of Archaeology in Eight Extraordinary Discoveries
- Life in Ancient Greece – my new book for Key Stage 2
- M. I. Finley: An Ancient Historian and his Impact
- Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West
- Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World
- Space and Society in the Greek and Roman worlds
- Risk
- Delphi and Olympia
- From Democrats to Kings
- Radio
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