Naoíse Mac Sweeney

Naoíse Mac Sweeney is Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Vienna. She previously held posts at Cambridge and Leicester Universities, and has won numerous academic awards for her work on classical antiquity and myths both in the UK and the EU. Her previous book was shortlisted for major awards, and she has appeared on Thinking Allowed on BBC Radio 4 and was a reporter on BBC4's Digging for Britain TV series with Alice Roberts.

Books by Naoíse Mac Sweeney

The West

Naoíse Mac Sweeney

Prize-winning Classical historian - of half-Chinese, half-Irish ancestry - on how 'the West' became the idea that dominated history, told through the stories of nine fascinating lives, for fans of Niall Ferguson, Peter Frankopan and Edward Said