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.
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).
Speaker
Leslie Klingner is a decorative art and design historian specializing in the material culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A frequent public speaker, she served as a Lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for nearly a decade and is often a featured lecturer for the Royal Oak Society in support of the National Trust. From 2006-2022, she was the Curator of Interpretation at Biltmore, the family estate and collection of George W. Vanderbilt. Biltmore is the largest private residence in the United States, maintained by the Vanderbilt-Cecil family, which draws a visitorship of more than 1.5 million guests annually. Now residing in London, Leslie researches British country house culture in the inter-war period and its intersection with avant-garde art and design.
