Visiting Professor of the Built Environment

Created especially for Professor Thurley, the Visiting Professorship of the Built Environment was created in 2009 for Simon Thurley's ongoing lectures on the history of English architecture.

Dr Simon Thurley

Dr Simon Thurley is a leading architectural historian, a regular broadcaster on television and radio and is the Chief Executive of English Heritage, the Government's principal advisor on the historic environment in England.

English Heritage aims to protect and promote England's historic environment and ensure that its past is researched and understood. It manages what is in effect the national collection of ancient monuments and historic buildings, with...

All Visiting Professor of the Built Environment lectures


On Top of the World, 1830 to 1914	Dr Simon Thurley	Wednesday 7 March 2012
Engine House, 1760 to 1830	Dr Simon Thurley	Wednesday 8 February 2012
The Rise of Consensus, 1650 to 1760	Dr Simon Thurley	Wednesday 2 November 2011
The End of the Old World Order, 1530 to 1650	Dr Simon Thurley	Monday 10 October 2011
How the Middle Ages were Built: Coming of Age, 1408-1530	Dr Simon Thurley	Wednesday 13 April 2011
How the Middle Ages were Built: Exuberance to Crisis, 1300-1408	Dr Simon Thurley	Wednesday 23 March 2011
A New Jerusalem: Reaching for Heaven, 1130-1300	Dr Simon Thurley	Wednesday 1 December 2010
Making England: The Shadow of Rome, 410-1130	Dr Simon Thurley	Wednesday 3 November 2010
Town and Crown: Why London never became an imperial capital	Dr Simon Thurley	Thursday 11 March 2010
The Politics of Architecture in Tudor and Stuart London	Dr Simon Thurley	Thursday 11 February 2010
From boom to bust: The politics of heritage 1997 to 2009	Dr Simon Thurley	Thursday 10 December 2009
The birth of heritage and the fabrication of history	Dr Simon Thurley	Thursday 22 October 2009