Smith joined the faculty in the fall of 2007. He previously taught history at the University of East Anglia - in the United Kingdom. His research and teaching focus on three themes: British decolonization, the international history of the Indo-Chinese peninsular and British international politics since 1919. He is the author of Britain and the Origins of the Vietnam War 1943-50 (2007). Smith has also published a number of articles in leading journals and for the BBC. He is currently working on a new study of Winston Churchill and Second World War post-hostilities planning for Southeast Asia.

Smith teaches the following history and political studies courses:

• HS261 The British Empire

• HS337 Britain and the End of Empire

• HS346 Cambodia: Revolution and Genocide

• HS351 Diplomacy: Napoleon to Stalin

• HS456 America and Vietnam

Smith is the Director of the Centre for Non-Western Studies. The centre supports inter-disciplinary research and teaching across a range of academic subjects linked by a shared interest in Non-Western politics, culture and society.

Email: tsmith@huntington.edu