At the time of editing this book Graham Clarke was Senior Lecturer at the University of Kent at Canterbury.
Peter Hulme is Professor in Literature at the University of Essex.
William H. Sherman is Associate Professor of English at the University of Maryland.
Michael Sorkin is Distinguished Professor of Architecture and Director of the Graduate Program in Urban Design at the City College of New York, and was for ten years the architecture critic for the Village Voice. He is the author of many books, including Variations on a Theme Park (1992), Some Assembly Required (2001) and Indefensible Space (2007).
Krishan Kumar is Professor of Social Thought at the University of Kent at Canterbury.
Jaś Elsner is Professor of Late Antique Art at the University of Oxford and a specialist in comparative art and archaeology. He is the author or editor of many books including Roman Eyes: Visuality and Subjectivity in Art and Text (2007).
Rolf Reichardt is Head of the French Research Collection at the University Library of Mainz.
Hubertus Kohle is Professor of Art History at the University of Munich and the author of many books.
David Crowley is Head of the School of Visual Culture at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. He is the author of National Style and Nation-state: Design in Poland from the Vernacular Revival to the International Style (1992) and Socialism and Style: Material Culture in Post-war Eastern Europe (2000).
Barry Bell was a professional architect who worked extensively in Thailand.