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]