Eve MacDonald is a Canadian
classicist and
archaeologist
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
who specialises in
social history
Social history, often called the new social history, is a field of history that looks at the lived experience of the past. In its "golden age" it was a major growth field in the 1960s and 1970s among scholars, and still is well represented in his ...
. She is a Lecturer in
Ancient History at
Cardiff University
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MacDonald previously worked at the Universities of
Edinburgh and
Reading. In 2015 she published ''Hannibal: A Hellenistic Life'' with
Yale University Press.
Education
MacDonald completed a degree in classics at the
University of Alberta. For post-graduate study, MacDonald completed a Master of Arts at
UCL Institute of Archaeology and then a Doctor of Philosophy at the
University of Ottawa.
Career
MacDonald worked as a
teaching fellow at the
University of Edinburgh between 2007 and 2011, and then the
University of Reading from 2012 to 2017.
While at the University of Reading, MacDonald published a biography of
Hannibal
Hannibal (; xpu, 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋, ''Ḥannibaʿl''; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Puni ...
, ''Hannibal: A Hellenistic Life'' with
Yale University Press. The book presented Hannibal as part of
Hellenistic culture.
In a review published in ''
The Classical Review'', John R. Holton described MacDonald's book as "an excellent achievement, arguably the best of its kind to date".
Writing in ''
The Heythrop Journal'', Patrick Madigan echoed these sentiments, calling it "the most complete life of Hannibal to date". MacDonald's expertise on Hannibal led her to appear in documentaries on Hannibal for
PBS and
Channel 4.
MacDonald joined Cardiff University in 2017 where she is a lecturer in ancient history.
Selected publications
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References
External links
Cardiff University faculty page*
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Classics educators
Canadian classical scholars
Women classical scholars
Academics of the University of Reading
Academics of the University of Edinburgh
Academics of Cardiff University
Alumni of the UCL Institute of Archaeology
University of Ottawa alumni
University of Alberta alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)