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.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b 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.