About
Dr Richard G. Smith originally trained as a chemist before a career in consumer product innovation took him all over the world, including three years living in Buenos Aires and many more working and travelling across the length and breadth of Latin America. Subsequently, he studied Spanish, French and History at the Open University and obtained an MA in Latin American Studies from the University of Liverpool in 2016. His PhD, awarded in 2022 and also from Liverpool, concerned the student opposition to the Pinochet regime in Chile. He was a Visiting Fellow at CLACS, University of London (2022-23) and, as well as continuing his doctoral research interests, he is part of a project digitising a collection of political posters in Santiago, and one exploring music, migration and identity with Chilean exiles and other migrant communities in Liverpool.