Miss Isabelle Lepore
Research Student
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
Biography
Professional biography
Isabelle took her BA in English Literature at the University of York and her MA in Medieval and Early Modern Studies at Durham University. She is now embarking on her PhD, having registered as a part-time Postgraduate Research Student in 2024 and with generous support and funding from the ‘Gender and Otherness in the Humanities’ research centre at the Open University.
Isabelle has worked and volunteered in a variety of roles within the cultural heritage sector, from the Yorkshire Museum to the archives at Durham University. She also works part-time as a Learning Executive at a site of religious heritage in South East England.
Research interests
Isabelle's research interests centres on the development of drama between the tenth – twelfth centuries and the influence and involvement of women in shared cultures of performance throughout the medieval period.
Research project: “Gender and Medieval Performance: A case study of the Ludum de Sancta Katerina (c. 1110), Abbot Geoffrey de Gorron and Christina of Markyate”
Supervisors:
Professor Elaine Moohan
