Eve MacDonald

Eve MacDonald is a Canadian classicist and archaeologist who specialises in social history. She is a Lecturer in Ancient History at Cardiff University. ^[1] 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. ^[1]

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. ^[1] While at the University of Reading, MacDonald published a biography of Hannibal, Hannibal: A Hellenistic Life with Yale University Press. The book presented Hannibal as part of Hellenistic culture. ^{[2] [3]} 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". ^[3] Writing in The Heythrop Journal , Patrick Madigan echoed these sentiments, calling it "the most complete life of Hannibal to date". ^[4] MacDonald's expertise on Hannibal led her to appear in documentaries on Hannibal for PBS and Channel 4. ^{[5] [6]}

MacDonald joined Cardiff University in 2017 where she is a lecturer in ancient history. ^[1]

Selected publications

• MacDonald, Eve (2015). Hannibal: a Hellenistic life. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN   978-0-300-21015-6.
• MacDonald, Eve; Bingham, Sandra (2019). "Piracy, plunder and the legacy of archaeological research in North Africa". In Evans, Richard; De Marre, Martine (eds.). Piracy, Pillage and Plunder in Antiquity: Appropriation and the Ancient World. Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies. Routledge. pp. 170–184. doi:10.4324/9780429440441-11. ISBN   978-0-429-44044-1. S2CID   211644374.
• MacDonald, Eve; Short, Ewen (2021), Droß-Krüpe, Kerstin; Fink, Sebastian (eds.), "Shirin in context: female agency and the wife of Sasanian King Khosrow Parvez", Powerful Women in the Ancient World: Perception and (Self) Presentation, vol. 4, Zaphon, pp. 475–498, ISBN   9783963271380, ISSN   2698-8224
• MacDonald, Eve (2022), Tougher, Shaun; Evans, Richard (eds.), "The best of men: cross-cultural command in the 630s AD", Generalship in Ancient Greece, Rome and Byzantium, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 206–224, ISBN   9781474459945
• Priestman, Seth; al-Jahwari, Nasser; MacDonald, Eve; Kennet, Derek (2023), "Anglo-Omani excavations at Fulayj fort", The British Omani Society Review 2023, The British Omani Society, pp. 95–98

References

1. "Dr Eve MacDonald". Cardiff University. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
2. "Michigan War Studies Review - book reviews, literature surveys, original essays, and commentary in the field of military studies". www.miwsr.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
3. Holton, John R. (April 2017). "A BIOGRAPHY OF HANNIBAL - E. MacDonald Hannibal. A Hellenistic Life. Pp. xvi + 332, maps, pls. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2015. Cased, £25, US$38. ISBN: 978-0-300-15204-3". The Classical Review. 67 (1): 265–267. doi:10.1017/S0009840X16001761. ISSN   0009-840X. S2CID   163249217.
4. Madigan, Patrick (2016). "Hannibal: a Hellenistic Life. By EveMacDonald. Pp. xv, 332, New Haven/London, Yale University Press, 2015, £25.00". The Heythrop Journal. 57 (1): 204. doi:10.1111/heyj.70_12307.
5. "Hannibal in the Alps ~ About the Film | Secrets of the Dead | PBS". Secrets of the Dead. 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
6. "Hannibal's Elephant Army – how did an audacious stratagem became one of history's greatest military feats?". Cardiff University. 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2022-05-23.

External links

• Cardiff University faculty page
• Eve MacDonald publications on Academia.edu
• Eve MacDonald on Twitter