Michael Scott is a Professor of classics and ancient history at the University of Warwick. Scott is a professor in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick and member of Warwick's . His research and teaching focuses on aspects of ancient Greek and Roman society, as well as ancient Global History. In 2017-8 Michael held a Leverhulme Research Fellowship to work on an ancient global history research project looking at the movement of luxury goods between the Mediterranean and China in antiquity. He is a National Teaching Fellow ; Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy; winner of the Warwick Award for Teaching Excellence and Foundation Fellow of the Warwick Higher Education Academy. In 2015, Michael was also made an honorary Citizenship of Delphi, Greece – Επίτιμος Δημότης Δελφών – in recognition of his work related to the sanctuary of Delphi. Scott is also well known for his public engagement and outreach work as a speaker and broadcaster. He is President of the Lytham Saint Annes Classical Association, the largest branch of the Classical Association in the UK. He has written for national and international newspapers and magazines, lectured to schools and groups in the UK and Europe, and has taught in the UK, Europe, US and Brazil.
Scott has written and presented a range of TV and Radio programmes for National Geographic, History Channel, Nova, BBC & ITV including "Delphi: bellybutton of the ancient world" ; "Guilty Pleasures: luxury in the ancient and medieval worlds" ; "Jesus: rise to power" ; Ancient Discoveries ; "Who were the Greeks?" ; "The Mystery of the X Tombs" ; The Greatest Show on Earth ; "Roman Britain from the Air" ; "Rome's Invisible City", "Italy's Invisible Cities" ; "Sicily: Wonder of the Mediterranean" and "Ancient Invisible Cities". He has also presented a radio series for BBC Radio 4, 'Spin the Globe'.
Books
M I Finley: An Ancient Historian and His ImpactCambridge University Press. Edited Volume.
Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West Hutchinson/Windmill.
Delphi: centre of the ancient world Princeton University Press.
Space and society in the Greek and Roman worlds Cambridge University Press.
Risk in our time: Proceedings of the Darwin College Lecture Series 2010. Cambridge University Press.
Delphi and Olympia: the spatial politics of panhellenism in the archaic and classical periods Cambridge University Press.
From Democrats to Kings: the brutal dawn of a new world from the downfall of Athens to the rise of Alexander the Great Icon Books.
