Christopher Smith#
| Membership Number: | 4452 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/classics/people/cjs6 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 - 2024 Executive Chair, Arts and Humanities Research Council, UKRI.
- 2017 - 2020 Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellow
- 2009 - 2017 Director of the British School at Rome, seconded from the University of St Andrews
- 2007 - 2009 Proctor and Vice-Principal, University of St Andrews
- 2002 - 2006 Dean of Arts, University of St Andrews
- 2002 - present Chair in Ancient History, University of St Andrews
- 1998 - 2001 Pro-Dean of Graduate Studies, Faculties of Arts and Divinity
- 1998 Promoted Senior Lecturer
- 1995 - 1998 Chairman of Ancient History
- 1994 Promoted Lecturer Grade B
- 1992 Lecturer in Ancient History, University of St Andrews
Fields of Scholarship
- Roman oratory
- Archaeology of Early Rome
- History of Early Rome
- Ancient history
- Topography of Rome and Italy
Honours and Awards
- 2017 Premio 'Cultori di Roma'
- 2016 Elected corresponding member of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
- 2015 Elected member of the Association for Studi Etruschi ed Italici
- 2014 Elected member of the Accademia Etrusca di Cortona
- 2012 - 2017 President of the Unione Internazionale degli Istituti di Archeologia, Storia e Storia d'Arte
- 2011 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
- 2010 Visiting Professor, La Sapienza Rome
- 2001 Stanford Lecturer at Trinity College, Dublin
- 1999 Elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
- 1997 Elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
- 1994 Member of the Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica
- 1993 Elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
