Lorella Brocklesby is a cultural historian specializing in English and European architectural history, painting, theater, and decorative arts. She is a recipient of the NYU SPS Excellence in Teaching award and has taught over seventy-five different courses for NYU SPS including the History of Royalty, Medieval history, Victorian London, Dickens’ England, Shakespeare’s London, Henry James in France, and Europe’s Baroque Palaces. For sixteen years, Brocklesby was the program director of the NYU SPS Oxford Summer Study Program and has been a study leader on tours to France, Scotland, Scandinavia, and the United Kingdom. She has lectured for many museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution. She is a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.