Dai Smith (academic)
David Burton "Dai" Smith cultural historian, author, and former BBC programme editor and broadcaster. He was chair of the Arts Council of Wales between 2007 and 2016.
Smith was born in the
University of Wales, Swansea. Between 1969 and 1993, he was a lecturer in history in the universities of Lancaster, Swansea, and Cardiff.[1] He was appointed as Professor in the History of Wales at the University of Wales in Cardiff in 1985, holding the post until 1992.[2] He has also held visiting lectureships at universities in Denmark, England, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland and Spain.[2]
In 1993, he joined the BBC as editor of Radio Wales, and in 1994 was appointed as Head of Broadcast (English Language). He was responsible for commissioning programmes on the arts and in drama,[1] and has also presented award-winning documentaries on the people and culture of south Wales.[2]
In 2000, Smith was appointed
Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Glamorgan, where he was responsible for developing the university's contributions to the community. He left the post in 2005 to become the Raymond Williams Chair in the Cultural History of Wales at Swansea University.[3] In 2007, he was appointed Chair of the Arts Council of Wales, a post to which he was reappointed twice and held until 2016.[4][2]
His publications have included The Fed (1980), a history of
Welsh Assembly Government’s Library of Wales for classic works written in English from or about Wales.[3]
His son is Owen Smith, MP.[5]
In 2011, Smith was elected a
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to culture and the arts in Wales.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Professor Dai Smith reappointed as Arts Council of Wales Chair", Aberdare Online, 18 August 2009 Archived 16 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 July 2016
- ^ a b c d e "Professor Dai Smith", University of South Wales: Honorary Awards 2009 Archived 22 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 July 2016
- ^ a b Professor Dai Smith, Swansea University Archived 9 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 July 2016
- ^ Georgia Snow, "Arts Council of Wales chairman Dai Smith attacks ‘knuckle-headed’ Welsh government", The Stage, 31 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016
- ^ Brian Wheeler, "Profile: The Owen Smith story", BBC News, 21 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016
- ^ Wales, The Learned Society of. "Dai Smith". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N10.
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