Eve MacDonald

Eve MacDonald is a Canadian classicist and archaeologist who specialises in social history. She is a Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at Cardiff University. 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. 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". 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