Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Interdisciplinary Research, centred primarily in Dress History, Theatre History and Material Culture. Specialist in historic Theatre Costume, particularly from the nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Research interests
Dr. Veronica Isaac has a background in the museum sector and worked for the Victoria and Albert Museum for ten years. She has also carried out freelance projects for museums and private collections around Britain and lectures widely.
She currently works as a freelance curator, lecturer and writer, and, alongside her work for the University of Brighton teaches at the New York University London and Rose Bruford University.
An interdisciplinary dress historian, her BA was in English Literature and History whilst her MA focused on Museum and Gallery Studies with a specialist pathway in Historic Textiles and Dress. In September 2016 she completed a PhD thesis investigating the personal and theatrical dress of the actress Ellen Terry (1847-1928).
Her particular specialism is the history of dress and theatre costume and dress from the late 18th century to the mid-20th century, but her interests and publications extend beyond this.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Brighton
2011 → 2016
Award Date: 1 Sep 2016
University of Southampton
2008 → 2009
Award Date: 23 Jul 2009
University of York
2004 → 2007
Award Date: 1 Jul 2007
External positions
Lecturer, New York University, London
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Research Output
Costumes Centre Stage: 'Re-membering' Ellen Terry
Isaac, V., 20 Aug 2020, Performance Costume: New Perspectives. Pantouvaki, S. & McNeil, P. (eds.). Bloomsbury PublishingResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding with ISSN or ISBN › Chapter
'Re-Dressing The Part': The scenographic strategies of Ellen Terry (1847-1928)
Isaac, V., May 2020, (Accepted/In press) Scenography and Art History: Performance Design and Visual Culture. Kjellmer, V. & Van Rosen, A. (eds.). Bloomsbury PublishingResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding with ISSN or ISBN › Chapter
“Masquerading as Portia”: Examining the history, and highlighting the ‘agency’, of Ellen Terry’s red silk ‘legal robes’
Isaac, V., 20 Aug 2020.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Ellen Terry & Smallhythe Place, Kent
Isaac, V., 2018, 48 p. National Trust.Research output: Other contribution
Open Access
Activities
Studies in Costume and Performance (Journal)
Veronica Isaac (Reviewer)
1 Jan 2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work