Fiona Smyth, B.Sc.Arch., B.Arch., Ph.D., M.I.O.A.
About Me.
I am a historian of architecture, science, and construction. I specialise in the history of building science (primarily acoustics). I am presently a Research Fellow in the School of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin. From 2015-2017, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University.
My current book project, funded by a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellowship from the European Commission, focuses on architectural acoustics in early twentieth-century Britain.
A second monograph, made possible by a Charlemont Scholarship from the Royal Irish Academy and a Research Grant from the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art is also underway. This project is a biography of Hope Bagenal, finally reaching fruition after roughly ten years of research.
Background:
I hold undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in architecture. My Ph.D. was completed jointly between the School of Architecture at University College Dublin and the School of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin. I am a (very) lapsed flautist.
Awards & Research GRants
- Hawksmoor Medal for Architectural History
- Royal Irish Academy Charlemont Scholar.
- Stanley Smith Prize for Construction History (Construction History Society)
- Newman Medal for Architectural Acoustics (Acoustical Society of America)
- European Commission: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellowship
- MIT Creative Arts (with Dr. Florian Hollerweger and Dr. Victoria Tzotzkova):
- Paul Mellon Centre for Studies on British Art:
- British Society for the History of Science:
- Irish Arts Council:
- Society for Musicology in Ireland: