Faculty of Classics - University of Cambridge

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Dr Michael C. Scott 

Dr Michael C. Scott is the Mary and Moses Finley Research Fellow in Ancient History at Darwin College and an Affiliated Lecturer at the Faculty of  Classics. 

Contact:

Post:  Darwin College , Cambridge , CB3 9EU
Email: mcs45@cam.ac.uk
Tel: 01223 762942

Major publications:

2009/10 Forthcoming: 'Delphi and Olympia: the spatial politics of panhellenism in the archaic and classical periods.' (Cambridge University Press)
2009 Forthcoming: 'Democrats to Kings: how the Greek world changed from Athenian democracy to Alexander the Great.' (Icon Publishers)
2007
BABesch Journal, Holland (82: 23-33): “Architectural sculpture in its archaeological context: the Siphnian treasury at Delphi .”
Journal of Hellenic Studies: Book review (J. Pedley Sanctuaries and the Sacred in the Ancient Greek World CUP 2005).
Journal of Hellenic Studies: Book review (C. Feyel Les artisans dans les sanctuaires grecs aux époques classique et hellénistique BEFAR 2006).
2006
Magdalene College Magazine (49: 96-102): “The Museum in the 21st century.”

Research interests:

History and archaeology of Greek religion 8^th century BC – 2^nd century AD
Panhellenism in the Greek and Roman worlds
Relationships of Art and Text in Greek and Roman culture
Theoretical and practical approaches to the understanding of space, place and memory

Other Faculty positions:

2009
Co-organiser of the 2009 Classics Faculty Craven Seminar (The archaeology of Greek Religion)

2008
JRF Faculty board Representative
Chair of Staff Student Joint Committee
Organiser of the 2008 Classics Faculty Laurence Seminar (Panhellenism in the Greek and Roman worlds)