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		Georgina Bexon History of Art & Architecture S & SE Asia, Indian Ocean, Australasia, USA, Caribbean

Coming from:		Lewes, East Sussex UK

Georgina is an art and architecture historian who has lived and worked in the UK, USA and Singapore and travels widely. A visiting lecturer at UK universities, she also presents talks at leading international art institutions and museums, most recently in New York, Moscow, Paris, London and Lisbon. Georgina is Art Historian at the Oriental Club London, an official tour guide at Tate Modern and an accredited speaker for the Arts Society. She holds 3 degrees in art history from top UK universities and is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and the Royal Society of Arts.


		Karin Bucannan Art Enrichment Speaker Architecture & Artistic Features Enrichment

Coming from:		East Malling, Kent UK

Karin is a Guest Speaker and free-lance artist specialising in embroidery and ceramic sculpture. She taught Art, Fashion & Textiles up to A‘level for 30 years. During her teaching career she organised and led art trips to European cities for as many as 40 students and staff, and has since travelled to many destinations worldwide photographing a host of urban sculptures, historic and contemporary architecture, cultural textiles and street furniture like decorative fountains for her presentations and talks.


		Dr Jim Curtis Art and Culture

Coming from:		Kennett Square, PA USA

Jim Curtis received his BA in German from Vanderbilt University and his PhD in Russian from Columbia University. He taught Russian for 31 years at the University of Missouri and is now a Professor Emeritus from that institution. Dr. Curtis is the author of seven books as well as numerous essays and blogs. He is an art educator and lectures widely in the area. He has served as a destination focused speaker on many cruises preparing numerous lectures on art and architecture.


		Professor Cindy Damschroder Art & Architectural History

Coming from:		Cincinnati, OH USA

Cindy Damschroder is a Professor at the University of Cincinnati, a life-long learner who enjoys sharing her passion for art, design and architectural history with students and world travelers. These passions are fueled through travel and cultural immersion. Having lectured to over 8,300 students on topics ranging from pre-historic caves to contemporary art, Cindy is a skilled lecturer in areas such as: Western Art History, Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Bauhaus. She has also been a National Women’s Day speaker on “Women Standing the Test of Time.”


		Diane Fortenberry Archaeologist & Ancient Art Historian PhD, MCIfA

Coming from:		London, UK

Diane studied Classics at the University of Mississippi, and earned her PhD in Mediterranean archaeology from the University of Cincinnati before moving to London in 1990. She has excavated and surveyed in Greece and Italy at sites that include Pompeii, Corinth, Nemea and Pylos. Diane has lectured to diverse groups of non-specialists while living and working in Greece in the 1980s, speaking on Greek, Roman and Egyptian art, architecture and archaeology there and in Egypt, including both classroom-based lectures and escorted tours.


		Thom Gorst Architecture and Art \| Maritime History

Coming from:		Bath, UK

Thom Gorst is an architect and historian of art & architecture, based in the City of Bath in the United Kingdom. Thom has taught architecture in a number of universities, including the University of Bath, and he was Professor of Architecture in Birmingham, UK. His doctorate was awarded by the Glasgow School of Art in 2011, and investigated the aesthetics of maritime ruins. He presents destination-specific lectures, in addition to giving insights into the developments of art & architecture.


		Dr Sheila Hoffman Art History - Iconologist Historical Architecture

Coming from:		**, ** USA

Dr. Sheila K. Hoffman is an art and cultural historian, iconologist and museologist who holds PhDs from the Sorbonne and from the University of Québec. She is Executive Director of the North Andover Historical Society in Massachusetts and Senior Lecturer in Art History at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Her expertise includes ancient symbols and ancient cultures, and she regularly appears on the Science, History, Discovery, and Travel Channels.


		Dr Sherry Hutt Destinations - History and Culture Art, Architecture & Economics

Coming from:		Hendersonville, North Carolina USA

Dr. Sherry has been honored for heritage preservation and protection through teaching in law, museum and public lands management, co-authoring texts, as editor of the Yearbook of Cultural Property Law and publishing journal articles, prior to Cruise through History storybooks. She was a judge, attorney, museum trustee and head of the U.S. program for cultural heritage repatriation in the Department of the Interior. Her degrees are in Speech and Theater, Law and Forestry Economics. A world traveler, she now delights in presenting port destinations to cruise travelers.


		Dr Dan Jones Historian & Archaeologist Dip Arch, MA, PhD

Coming from:		Suffolk, UK

Dan holds a PhD from University of East Anglia and is currently working on post-doctoral mediaeval material from Norwich. He has been a Member of Kent Archaeological Society since 1965 and has assisted in excavations, mainly on Roman and Mediaeval sites in UK and France since 1965. Dan is particularly interested in practical archaeology, ecclesiastical architecture and near-eastern ancient and classical history and talks on specific sites, or the general history of an area.


		Dr Jeremy Lloyd History \| Architecture, \| Inventions & Something Different! PhD, BSc

Coming from:		Nottingham, Nottinghamshire UK


Jeremy offers something different. He covers a wide range of interesting topics and his talks are visually attractive, humorous and engage with a diverse audience.


		Tiiu Lukk Journalist & Naturalist Art, History, Natural History & Culture

Coming from:		Santa Monica, California USA

Tiiu has served as an enrichment lecturer and a naturalist for more than 23 years. She has visited 119 countries throughout the world and has served on 8 different cruise lines, as well as a Smithsonian Journeys Expert on both land and sea. Her career has encompassed work as a journalist, a foreign correspondent in southern Africa for ABC News and the Washington Star, as a documentary filmmaker, and an author. Tiiu’s beautifully illustrated presentations focus on the history, culture, art, architecture, and natural history of destinations, so that passengers step ashore with more understanding and knowledge of their cruise destinations.


		Sandra Millikin Architectural & Art History BA (Hons), Mphil (Art History)

Coming from:		Uffington, Oxon UK

Sandra Millikin is an American who has lived in England for over 40 years. She was educated at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA and at the Courtauld Institute in London where she studied under the famous English architectural historian Sir John Summerson. She was assistant Curator at the Royal Institute of British Architects Drawings collection, where she contributed to the catalogue of the collection which is now housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Sandra has given talks on architectural history world wide on cruise ships and particularly enjoys days at sea as she is also a keen bridge player. She has also acted as Bridge Director on cruises.


		Andrew Roberts Destination related Engineering & Architecture based talks BSc MBA CEng MICE Chartered Civil Engineer

Coming from:		Hitchin, Herts UK

Andrew has been fascinated by architecture and engineering ever since he was a small boy playing with Meccano and Lego. This fascination led him to be an engineering graduate from the University of Southampton and a career as a Chartered Civil Engineer. Andrew has spent much of his working life on a variety of construction industry projects initially working for the British Government. An avid traveller, he has travelled the world discovering interesting architectural and engineering history and stories, including the Panama Canal, which he now shares with cruise guests.


		Dr. Emma Roberts History of Art, Design and Architecture Ph.D.; BA (Hons)

Coming from:		Chester, Cheshire UK

Born and raised in Wales, UK, Emma Roberts earned a BA (Hons) and a PhD at the University of Liverpool, England. Emma now heads the BA (Hons) History of Art course at Liverpool John Moores University, U.K., and lectures daily to students on all aspects of art and design. She also speaks regularly to other organizations and was, for several years, a regular visiting lecturer to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Emma is a frequent cruiser in her spare time.


		John Sherlock Architecture MA (Oxon)

Coming from:		Horsham, West Sussex UK


John is a seasoned cruise speaker on architecture and its history, having worked with Swan Hellenic, Cunard, Voyages of Discovery and P&O. John has the knack of making his talks fun, even though there's a lot of content! When working at Windsor Great Park, he was selected to make a presentation to the late HM the Queen and the late HRH the Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor Castle.


		Daniel Valentine History \| Geography \| Culture BSc, MA, MLitt, PGCE, DBA

Coming from:		Sevenoaks, Kent UK

Daniel Rossall Valentine is an expert communicator, an experienced, imaginative and humorous speaker and a published historian with a focus on local history, who is experienced in talking to diverse groups about local history, cultural history, and architecture. Daniel studied at the Universities of Oxford, St. Andrews, and King’s College London. He is a Member of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Daniel’s talks are carefully designed to engage with all levels of audience understanding and motivation. His presentations are rich with visual and intellectual stimuli.


		Bjorn Watson Military History BEM MSc MICE

Coming from:		Shrivenham, Oxfordshire UK

Bjorn Watson BEM is a retired Consulting Civil Engineer with a lifetime of experience working in construction. He has served his community since retiring and was awarded the British Empire Medal in 2020 for services to his community. He started a U3A military history group after retiring and has a wide knowledge of history, engineering architecture and current affairs. He gives talks to local groups all over the southwest mainly in military history but also in the history of architecture & engineering and he has has also extended this to his extensive travels abroad during his long career.


		Lorrie Wenzel Art History

Coming from:		Pewaukee, WI USA

Dr. Lorrie Wenzel is an author, Professor of Biblical Studies, church historian, and a former faculty member in the Religious Studies department at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee. She holds a Master of Arts in Theological Studies and a Doctor of Ministry. Dr. Wenzel has traveled extensively throughout Europe, studying over 300 churches. In March 2023, she published a book entitled CATHEDRALS: Clues to Identifying Biblical Figures in Cathedrals Around the World. An energetic speaker, she regularly lectures about medieval art and cathedrals.


		David Winpenny Architectural & Garden Historian and Writer

Coming from:		Ripon, North Yorkshire UK

David graduated in English at the University of Birmingham and has worked as a teacher and as a campaign co-ordinator and press officer for both central and local government. He now runs his own business as a writer, public relations consultant and lecturer. He is an accredited NADFAS lecturer. His fascination with architectural and garden history has always encompassed the odder and quirkier aspects – his recent book ‘Up to a Point’ is about pyramids from the 17th to the 21st century in Britain and Ireland.