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Christopher Smith (classicist)

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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]

Early life and education

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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.

Academic career

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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.

Selected publications & awards

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Among Smith's publications are:[10]

  • Early Rome and Latium: Economy and Society c. 1000 to 500 BC Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN 978-0-19-815031-2.
  • The Roman Clan: The Gens from Ancient Ideology to Modern Anthropology.Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0-521-85692-8.
  • Christopher John Smith; Anton Powell; Tim Cornell, eds. The lost memoirs of Augustus and the development of Roman autobiography. Swansea [Wales]: Classical Press of Wales; Oakville, CT: Distributor in the United States of America, David Brown Book Co., 2009. ISBN 978-1-905125-25-8.
  • CJ Smith, RJ Covino (eds). Praise and Blame in Roman Republican Oratory. Swansea : Classical Press of Wales ; Oakville, CT : Distributor in the United States of America, David Brown Book Co., 2011. ISBN 978-1-905125-46-3.
  • Peter Derow; Christopher John Smith; Liv Mariah Yarrow, eds. Imperialism, Cultural Politics, and Polybius. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-960075-5.

Fellowships

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  • Awarded Premio Cultori di Roma 2017 by the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Romani.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Staff and Fellows". The British School at Rome. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Prof. Christopher Smith". University of St Andrews. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Preferred candidate chosen for the role of Executive Chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council - Arts and Humanities Research Council". Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Appointment to British School at Rome". Keble College, Oxford University. 18 May 2009. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  5. ^ www.st-andrews.ac.uk
  6. ^ "New role for Vice-Principal". University of St Andrews. 21 April 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  7. ^ www.unioneinternazionale.it
  8. ^ "Major Research Fellowships 2016 | The Leverhulme Trust". www.leverhulme.ac.uk.
  9. ^ "Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici" (in Italian). Florence: Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici. 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Christopher John Smith - Research publications - University of St Andrews". risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk.
  11. ^ www.sal.org.uk
  12. ^ "www.royalhistoricalsociety.org". Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  13. ^ www.socantscot.org
  14. ^ www.rse.org.uk
  15. ^ "Premio Cultori di Roma for Christopher Smith". 10 May 2017./