Lynda Nead is Visiting Professor of History of Art at The Courtauld Institute of Art. She has published widely on the history of British art and culture, including studies of Victorian art and the city and, more recently, on the visual culture of post-war Britain.

She is a Fellow and Council Member of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a Member of the Academia Europaea, and sits on the academic advisory boards of several museums and galleries including the Museum of London and the National Gallery, London. Lynda has also been a member of the Leverhulme Trust Research Awards Advisory Council.