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Dr Elisabeth Gernerd is a Lecturer in Design Cultures at De Montfort University, UK, within the School of Fashion and Textiles, Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities. She specializes in eighteenth-century fashion, material culture, and art history, with a focus on the cultural significance of dress.
Educational Background:
- PhD in History of Art, University of Edinburgh (2016)
- MSc by Research in History of Art, University of Edinburgh (2011)
- MA (Hons) in History and History of Art, University of Edinburgh (2010)
Her research explores the intersections of fashion, gender, politics, and visual culture in the eighteenth century. Key areas include underwear, accessories, graphic satire, and the material life of garments. She examines how dress functioned as cultural currency, reflecting and shaping societal norms. Her work combines material analysis with archival and visual research, bridging art history and cultural studies.
The recent publications and outputs reflect a strong trend in analyzing specific garments—such as stockings, banyans, and feather muffs—as lenses into broader historical themes like masculinity, temporality, patriotism, and global trade. Her scholarship emphasizes the agency of dress in political and social discourse, particularly through satire and portraiture.
Scientific Awards and Honors:
- Pasold Research Fund Award for Best Essay (2015)
- Publication Award, Paul Mellon Centre (2022)
- Continuity Fellowship, Paul Mellon Centre (2021)
- Major Project Grant, Pasold Research Fund (2020)
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Paul Mellon Centre (2018)
- Kanner Fellow, UCLA (2018)
Dr Gernerd has secured significant external funding from the Paul Mellon Centre, Pasold Research Fund, and other institutions. She supervises PhD students, including Catarina Ferriera on nineteenth-century corset production. She was the inaugural Deidre Murphy Postdoctoral Fellow at Historic Royal Palaces and has held fellowships at Winterthur, Colonial Williamsburg, and Yale. She is a founding member of the Sartorial Society Series, promoting interdisciplinary research in dress studies. Her consultancy includes exhibition work for Historic Royal Palaces and Dennis Severs House.
Research Groups:
- Institute of History
- Institute of Art and Design
