Chris Duvall is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, University of New Mexico.
Peter D. Sharrock is Senior Teaching Fellow in the History of Art and Archeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
Becky Taylor is a lecturer in History at Birkbeck, University of London, and is the author of A Minority and the State: Travellers in Britain in the Twentieth Century (2013).
Tobias Rüther is a journalist at Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung.
Frank J. Coppa is Emeritus Professor of History and Director of Doctoral Studies in Modern World History at St John’s University in New York. He is the author of The Life and Pontificate of Pope Pius XII: Between History and Controversy (2013) and The Papacy Confronts the Modern World (2003). He was awarded the first lifetime achievement award of the American Catholic Historical Association, and cited by it as a world-renowned scholar of the modern papacy.
Stephen A. Royle is Professor of Island Geography at Queen’s University Belfast. He is a founding member of the International Small Island Studies Association, Deputy Editor of Island Studies Journal and has visited 778 islands across the globe.
Jason Wilson is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies, University College London. His books include Octavio Paz: A Study of his Poetics (1979), Octavio Paz (1989), An A-Z of Modern Latin American Literature in English Translation (1989), Jorge Luis Borges(Reaktion, 2006), The Andes: A Cultural History(2009) and Buenos Aires: A Cultural History (1999). He lives in London and Buenos Aires.
Michel Onfray is a French philosopher who established the free Université Populaire in Caen, Normandy, where he teaches. He is the author of numerous books.
Michael Welland was a geologist with more than 40 years’ experience in teaching and the international energy industry around the world, including sojourns in many of the planet’s great arid regions. Author of the award-winning book Sand: A Journey Through Science and the Imagination, he gave public lectures and radio broadcasts in the US and Europe, and wrote a blog on all topics sandy.
Damian Flanagan is an award-winning author and translator who has published a number of books on Japanese literature, including Natsume Soseki: Superstar of World Literature (2007). He has also written widely on Japanese politics, arts and society for publications including Newsweek and the Nihon Keizai Shinbun.