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Dr Suzanne Rowland is a lecturer in fashion and dress history in the School of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Brighton. She is a material culture scholar and interdisciplinary theorist with broad research interests in fashion design, manufacturing, and cross-class consumption from the early nineteenth century to the present day. With a background as a costume maker in film and theatre, she is particularly interested in how dress is manufactured and its corporeal relationship to the body. Her AHRC/Design Star PhD research investigated the design and wholesale manufacturing of women’s fashionable blouses during the 1910s through material culture, Actor-Network Theory, and storytelling.
Suzanne is a committee member of the following research networks:
Centre for Deign History, University of Brighton Centre for Design History
‘Tailored Clothes for Women’ research project supported by University of Brighton and European Research group Apparences, Corps et Sociétés http://gis-acorso.com/
19th Century Dress and Textiles Reframed https://c19thdressandtextilesreframed.wordpress.com
PhD, The role of design, technology, female labour, and business networks in the rise of the fashionable, lightweight, ready-made blouse in Britain, 1909-1919, University of Brighton
Fellow (FHEA), University of Brighton
Master, History of Design and Material Culture, University of Brighton
Bachelor, Cultural Studies
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding with ISSN or ISBN › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding with ISSN or ISBN › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book Review › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Suzanne Rowland (Keynote speaker)
Activity: External talk or presentation › Invited talk
Suzanne Rowland (Participant)
Activity: Events › Event
Johanna Lance (Organiser) & Suzanne Rowland (Organiser)
Activity: Events › Conference
Johanna Lance (Organiser) & Suzanne Rowland (Organiser)
Activity: Events › Conference