Dr. Smith trained at Oxford as a social anthropologist and has taught at Temple Rome since 1996. His research interests include urban trends, especially in the Roman periphery, and the management of the territory. His book on Pier Paolo Pasolini came out in 2021 under the title Urban narratives and the spaces of Rome, translated and published in Italian in 2022. This volume was selected in 2022 by the President of Temple University as one of the most important books published by a faculty member in the previous five years. His most recent book is on farming, food, and the landscape. In 2012 he published a book on a farming community in central Italy, and in 2013 co-edited a collection of essays entitled Public space in Rome through the ages. He has also published in numerous scholarly journals and has lectured throughout Italy and many parts of the USA.
Degrees
PH.D. in Social Anthropology, Oxford University
M.Litt. in Social Anthropology, Oxford University
M.A. in Social Anthropology, conferred upon successful completion of a one-year post-graduate degree course from Oxford University.
B.A. in Anthropology, University of Washington
Published Work (Selected)
2023 The landscapes of Italian food. Local development and healthy practices. (With Gilda Berruti. Abingdon: Routledge)
2022 Pasolini. Narrare la città. (Rome: Media&Books)
2021 Urban narratives and spaces of Rome. Pier Paolo Pasolini and the city. (Abingdon: Routledge)
2013 Public Space in Rome through the Ages. Editor with Jan Gadeyne. (Farnham: Ashgate)
2012 La comunità e lo Stato. Antropologia e storia nella Marsica del Novecento (Luco dei Marsi: Aleph Editrice)
Courses Taught
HISTORY 2319: Mafia in Modern Italy
SOCIOLOGY 3230: Selected topics: Italian Mafia
GEOGRAPHY & URBAN STUDIES 4000: Special topics: Italian Mafia
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 3000: Special topics: Italian Mafia
ANTHROPOLOGY 2227: Popular culture in Modern Italy