The 1925 Paris Exposition des Arts Décoratifs and its Legacy

Dr David Lewis

Speaker and Course Director

Dr David Frazer Lewis is an architectural historian whose interests include the architecture of modern Britain and the United States, the design of sacred architecture, and the Gothic Revival. Prior to joining Oxford's Department for Continuing Education, he was an Assistant Professor at the Notre Dame School of Architecture. He has experience in museums and heritage, as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Yale Center for British Art, and has worked for architecture firms in San Francisco and London that specialise in historic conservation. Dr Lewis holds a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University, an MPhil from Cambridge, and a doctorate from the University of Oxford.

Dr Julian Holder

Speaker

Dr Julian Holder teaches the postgraduate course in Architectural History at Rewley House and is a Visiting Fellow of Kellogg College. A former Inspector of Historic Building with English Heritage and Director of the Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies at Edinburgh University he has held a number of posts in academia and conservation and published widely on nineteenth and twentieth century architecture and design. Recent publications include (with Elizabeth McKellar) Neo-Georgian architecture, 1880-1970; a reappraisal (2016), and (with Stephen Parissien) The architecture of British transport in the twentieth century (2005).