My Work

I combines academic rigor with my practical experience to enhance public and community engagement, outreach and education. In the past 20 years I have organised and consulted on history and heritage projects that foster co-curation, co-production, and building equitable relationships between communities and researchers. I am the Senior Manager for Knowledge Evidence & Resources for NCACE. Prior to NCACE I worked at Swansea University, Oxford University, and as an independent consultant for MESH Associates.

I am member of the NCCPE Inclusion Advisory Group – Racial Equity aimed at accelerating inclusion within engagement with research in the UK.

I have received numerous awards for my impactful public engagement projects; and has experience in the media through my tv and radio appearances.

Awards for Public Engagement:

Winner of the University of Oxford Vice-Chancellor's Education Awards 2020. Project: Classics in Communities
Shortlisted for the University of Oxford Vice-Chancellor's Diversity Awards 2020. Project: Ethiopian and Eritrean Treasures: Ge'ez as a transmitter of Cultural Heritage.
Recipient of the Classical Association Outreach Prize 2019.
Shortlisted for the Times Higher Education Awards 2012. Project: Classics Outreach, Reaching Wider South-West Wales Partnership, Swansea University.

Public Engagement Talks & Interviews (selected)

Oct. 2025: Interviewing Dr Eve MacDonald, 'Carthage: A New History of An Ancient Empire', Waterstones Gower Street, London.

Jun. 2025: Interviewing Prof. Dan Hicks, 'Every Monument Will Fall', Housmans, St Pancreas, London

Oct. 2024 (Cheltenham Literature Festival): Interviewing Bettany Hughes, 'The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World'.

Sept. 2024 (Blackwell's): Introducing William Dalrymple, 'The Golden Road', St Mary Magdalen, Oxford

May 2024 (Bath Literature Festival): Interviewing Zainab Bedawi, 'An African History of Africa'. Interviewing Bettany Hughes, 'The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World'; Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones 'The Cleopatras'.

Oct. 2024: Introducing Paterson Joseph, 'The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho: A Novel', Corpus Christi College, Oxford

Dec. 2021: Bringing Research and the Community Together. Community Participation Master-planning Process, National Museum of Wales Cardiff.

Jul. 2021: Connecting diaspora communities with ancient manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries. Global Histories Training Symposium, National Trust.

Mar. 2021: Decolonisation and Ethiopian-Eritrean Heritage and Artefacts. Clubhouse Discussion on ‘Brutish Museum: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution’ with Prof. Dan Hicks, Prof. Monica Hanna, and Prof. Ciraj Rassool. Hosted by Bryan Knight and MC Hammer.

Feb. 2020: Oxplore Live: Is Knowledge Dangerous?, University of Oxford, live online discussion.

Previous Project

Early Career Fellow: Inclusion, Participation and Engagement

Between 2023 and 2024 Dr Mai Musié was awarded a Fellowship at the Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study. During her SAS-ICS Fellowship, she worked with the Ethiopian-Eritrean diaspora communities to explore themes of forced migration, exile, and Blackness by using classical mythological stories centring black ‘Ethiopian’ voices as a vehicle.

Previous Project

Dr Mai Musié worked as an Engagement Associate evaluating a new research and community project led by the University of Bristol and funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) citizen science scheme. The project was composed of four smaller projects, each of which sought to work with local citizens and communities in Bristol to build a fuller understanding of how the city’s legacy of transatlantic slavery still impacts society today.