Bethan Bide

Bethan Bide is a Lecturer in Fashion History at the University of York's Department of History of Art, and Director of the Pasold Research Fund. Her interdisciplinary background spans cultural geography, design history, and English literature. She holds a PhD from the Museum of London (2017), focusing on post-WWII London's fashion city reconstruction. Previously, she taught at the University of Leeds and worked in BBC Radio production and comedy theatre.

Her research examines cultural, social, and business histories of fashion, emphasizing material objects' role in revealing production-consumption dynamics, fashion city development, and materiality-memory relationships. Collaborations with museum curators include the 2023 'Cotton Connections' exhibition at Lotherton Hall and the Museum of London's 'Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners shaped global style' (2023–2024).

No specific scientific awards or grants are listed, though her work emphasizes public engagement and educational content creation. She currently oversees the Pasold Research Fund, supporting textile and dress history studies. Office hours are pending announcement.