Lecturers

All our lectures are taught by well-known, well-qualified lecturers who use high quality teaching materials including slides, digital images, video and music.

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daniel-evansDaniel Evans

Dan specialised in Italian Renaissance Villas and Gardens at Manchester University. He has led art historical expeditions throughout Europe and has lectured for many Scholars Societies of prestigious schools and universities around the UK. He has been shortlisted for the Paul Morrison Guide of the Year Award in association with Wanderlust and the Daily Telegraph.

Lectures:
Town and Country: The Life of an Italian Prince

graham-fawcettGraham Fawcett

Graham is a writer, broadcaster, translator and teacher. He worked in Florence for 4 years at the British Institute and now teaches courses, workshops and special events in poetry. For many years he has broadcast on literature and music for BBC Radio 3.

Lectures:
Picturing Dante
Ecstasies of the Mind and Senses

jim-harrisJim Harris

Jim Harris is a Visiting Lecturer and Associate Scholar at the Courtauld Institute, where he recently completed a PhD on Donatello and sculptural polychromy, and a Visiting Lecturer at King's, London. Jim is a director of the contemporary gallery Man & Eve and, before arriving at the Courtauld, he trained at RADA and worked as an actor and musician in theatre and television.

Lectures:
Renaissance Decorative Arts Course

margaret-knightMargaret Knight

Margaret has degrees in Fine Art, Art History and Philosophy. She was head of Contextual Studies at East Ham College, visiting lecturer at the School of Architecture at Central London Polytechnic and the Open University. At the Victoria and Albert Museum she was responsible for the Adult Education programmes.. She has also acted as historical adviser on a number of television series and films. Co-founder of THE COURSE and COURSE STUDY TOURS, she is now free lance.

Lectures:
Revelations

james-mcdonaughJames McDonaugh

After taking his degree in Philosophy & Theology at Oxford University, James went on to gain a Diploma in Art History and a Masters in Architectural History at the Courtauld Institute of Art. He has lectured on trips abroad for the Courtauld Institute, the National Arts Collection Fund, and for numerous schools and travel companies. He runs his own touring business for private clients.

Lectures:
Study tours

stephen-nelsonStephen Nelson

Stephen studied at Cardiff and Birmingham Universities where he received an MA in Fine Art. In 1999 he was appointed the Arts Council of England Helen Chadwick Fellow, which enabled him to work on his sculpture in Rome and Oxford. He exhibits both in Britain and abroad while also teaching at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Tate Britain, Hayward Gallery and Whitechapel Art Gallery.

Lectures:
History of Modernity Course London

nicholas-rossNicholas Ross

Nick has written books on Canaletto, Miro and Florence. He lectures widely both in the UK and Europe. He was voted the No.1 Guide in the Daily Telegraph Review and was recently described as the 'Renaissance Man' by Clive Aslet in Country Life.

Lectures:
Town and Country: The Life of an Italian Prince

geoffrey-tomsGeoffrey Toms

Geoffrey trained at Cambridge University and has devoted his lifetime to the ancient world. For twenty years he was Head of Education at the Museum of London which gave him a unique and special expertise in the understanding of the great city.

Lectures:
The Model and the Muse
Archaeology at the British Museum