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Christopher Smith in conversation with Roger Kneebone

November 9, 2026 · 1 h 2 min

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Professor Christopher Smith, Executive Chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the UKRI International Champion and the UKRI-IS8 Responsible Owner for the Creative Industries. Christopher is a distinguished academic who has been Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews since 2002 and publishes widely. In this conversation we explore the idea of creativity and discuss how current funding models might better address the needs of researchers in every field.

All episodes of Countercurrent: conversations with Professor Roger Kneebone

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