2019 – present
PhD in Classics and Ancient History, University of Warwick, Supervisors: Professor Zahra Newby and Professor Michael Scott

2018 – 2019
Mst in Classical Archaeology, University of Oxford, Supervisors: Dr Dominik Maschek and Professor Maria Stamatopoulou

2015 – 2018
BA in Ancient History, Cardiff University

Archaeological projects:

2022 – present
Western Area of Samos Archaeological Project, Samos (Greece), British School at Athens, Cambridge University and University of Vienna

2021 – present
Emporio Hinterland Project, Chios (Greece), University College London

2019
Halaesa Temple of Apollo Archaeological Project, Sicily, University of Oxford and Università degli Studi di Messina

2019
Velika Castle Archaeological Project, Thessaly (Greece), University of Oxford

Gymnasia in Hellenistic and Roman Greece (Mainland and Cycladic Islands): Continuity, Change and the Built Environment

My doctoral project studies the built space of gymnasia (facilities for athletic training and civic education) in post-Classical Greece. Specifically, I explore the impact of the Roman conquest in the second century BCE on the position and role of gymnasia through an enquiry into their spatial form and function. Using three case studies (Amphipolis, Delos and Olympia), the thesis brings together an analysis of their users in the epigraphic evidence and a study of their architecture, monuments and other features in the archaeological record. It explores concepts of social identity, place-making and spatial narratives in order to reveal the ways in which individuals and social groups utilise the built environment to navigate the changing social, political and cultural conditions in specific poleis and sanctuaries.

2020
Evans, M.P. ‘Architectural and Spatial Features in Plato’s Gymnasia and Palaistrai’. In H. L. Reid, M. Ralkowski, & C. Zoller (Eds.), Athletics, Gymnastics, and Agōn in Plato (pp. 31-49). Sioux City, Iowa: Parnassos Press.