Mai Musié
Mai Musié is a British-Eritrean writer, academic, and knowledge exchange professional. Born in Asmara, Eritrea in 1981, she came to the UK as a child refugee of the Ethiopian-Eritrean civil war. Mai has spent the last three and half decades living, studying, and working in London, Swansea, Oxford, and Bristol.
Mai was awarded her PhD in Ancient History from Swansea University in 2019. Her area of specialism is the history and literature of the imperial Greek and Roman age, focusing on race and representation in the ancient novels. Alongside her academic interests, Mai Musié has developed an extensive career in public engagement and has worked with universities and the cultural sector on history and heritage projects that foster co-curation, co-production, and building equitable relationships between communities and researchers. She is currently the Senior Manager for the National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.
Mai is well known for her public engagement and outreach work and was awarded the 2019 Classical Association Prize, given each year to the individual who has done the most to raise the profile of Classics in the public eye. She enjoys communicating the stories of the ancient world for modern audiences through tv, radio, podcasts, and interviewing writers and actors.
Mai currently lives in Bristol with her partner, her two young children, and two older stepchildren.Find Mai on Instagram