Eve MacDonald is a Canadian classicist and archaeologist who specialises in social history. She is a Lecturer in Ancient HistoryatCardiff University.[1] MacDonald previously worked at the Universities of Edinburgh and Reading. In 2015 she published Hannibal: A Hellenistic Life with Yale University Press.
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]
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]
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