Christopher Smith (classicist)
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)Christopher John Smith,
academic and classicist specialising in early Ancient Rome
.
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
Born in 1965 at
DPhil from Oxford
in 1992.
Academic career
After joining the
professorial chair in 2002.[5]
Elected
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
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
- Awarded Premio Cultori di Roma 2017 by the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Romani.[15]
References
- ^ "Staff and Fellows". The British School at Rome. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ "Prof. Christopher Smith". University of St Andrews. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ www.st-andrews.ac.uk
- ^ "New role for Vice-Principal". University of St Andrews. 21 April 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ^ www.unioneinternazionale.it
- ^ "Major Research Fellowships 2016 | The Leverhulme Trust". www.leverhulme.ac.uk.
- ^ "Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici" (in Italian). Florence: Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici. 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ "Christopher John Smith - Research publications - University of St Andrews". risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk.
- ^ www.sal.org.uk
- ^ "www.royalhistoricalsociety.org". Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ www.socantscot.org
- ^ www.rse.org.uk
- ^ "Premio Cultori di Roma for Christopher Smith". 10 May 2017./
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