Brad Evans is a political philosopher, critical theorist, and writer specialising in the problem of violence. He is Professor of Political Violence & Aesthetics at the University of Bath and the lead editor for the Histories of Violence section with The Los Angeles Review of Books. Adrian Parr is an internationally recognised environmental, political, and cultural thinker and activist. She is the Dean of the College of Architecture, Planning, and Public Affairs at the University of Texas, and she has served as a UNESCO water chair. She is a founding signatory of the Geneva Actions on Human Water Security. In 2011 Parr received the UC Rieveschl Award for Scholarly and Creative Work.