Christopher John Smith, FRSE, FSA, FRHistS (born 1965 at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire), is a British academic and classicist specialising in early Ancient Rome.
Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews, and formerly Director of the British School at Rome, [1] [2] Smith was appointed on 1 September 2020 as Executive Chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council. [3]
Born in 1965 at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Smith attended Aylesbury Grammar School before going up to Keble College, Oxford, to read Literae Humaniores, graduating as Bachelor of Arts in 1988. [4] He then pursued further studies, taking a DPhil from Oxford in 1992.
After joining the University of St Andrews in 1992 as a Lecturer in Ancient History, Smith was appointed to a professorial chair in 2002. [5]
Elected FSA (Scot), he served as Proctor & Provost of St Leonard's College at St Andrews, [6] before becoming President of the Unione Internazionale degli Istituti di Archeologia Storia e Storia dell'Arte in Rome from 2012 to 2017. [7]
In 2017 Smith was awarded a three-year Leverhulme Trust Major Research Grant [8] to study Rome's early kings, and is a foreign member to the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici in Florence. [9]
His research explores constitutionalism and state formation with particular emphasis on the development of Rome as a political and social community and how this was represented in ancient historical writing and subsequent political thought.
Among Smith's publications are: [10]
Christopher John Smith, FRSE, FSA, FRHistS (born 1965 at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire), is a British academic and classicist specialising in early Ancient Rome.
Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews, and formerly Director of the British School at Rome, [1] [2] Smith was appointed on 1 September 2020 as Executive Chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council. [3]
Born in 1965 at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Smith attended Aylesbury Grammar School before going up to Keble College, Oxford, to read Literae Humaniores, graduating as Bachelor of Arts in 1988. [4] He then pursued further studies, taking a DPhil from Oxford in 1992.
After joining the University of St Andrews in 1992 as a Lecturer in Ancient History, Smith was appointed to a professorial chair in 2002. [5]
Elected FSA (Scot), he served as Proctor & Provost of St Leonard's College at St Andrews, [6] before becoming President of the Unione Internazionale degli Istituti di Archeologia Storia e Storia dell'Arte in Rome from 2012 to 2017. [7]
In 2017 Smith was awarded a three-year Leverhulme Trust Major Research Grant [8] to study Rome's early kings, and is a foreign member to the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici in Florence. [9]
His research explores constitutionalism and state formation with particular emphasis on the development of Rome as a political and social community and how this was represented in ancient historical writing and subsequent political thought.
Among Smith's publications are: [10]