Clare A. Lees is professor of

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and history of the language, and Director of the

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Education

Lees earned her

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and master's degree at the

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before earning her PhD at the

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Career

Lees was professor of

and history of the language at King's College, University of London from 2001 until 2018. In 2013, Lees was director of the London Arts and Humanities Partnership, a Doctoral Training Partnership funded by the

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. Lees featured on the panel of experts for the 'Beowulf' episode of '

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', broadcast 5 March 2015. Lees was awarded a

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Major Research Fellowship in 2015. In January 2018, Lees was named director of the

of the School of Advanced Studies at the University of London.

Expertise

Lees has published on a range of topics including Bede's account of Caedmon and the 'first hymn' in the English language; the

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; and medieval masculinity. More recently, Lees and her long-term collaborator and co-author Gillian Overing have explored contemporary medieval art works and poems by

Caroline Bergvall Caroline Bergvall (born 1962) is a French-Norwegian poet who has lived in England since 1989. Her work includes the adaption of Old English and Old Norse texts into audio text and sound art performances. Life and education Born in Hamburg, Germ ...

Roni Horn Roni Horn (born September 25, 1955) is an American visual artist and writer. The granddaughter of Eastern European immigrants, she was born in New York City, where she lives and works. She is currently represented by Xavier Hufkens in Brussels an ...

, and Sharon Morris.

Publications

* Author of ''Medieval Masculinities: Regarding Men in the Middle Ages'' (1994). * Author of 'Tradition And Belief: Religious Writing in Late Anglo-Saxon England' (1999). * Co-Editor with Gillian R. Overing, ''A Place to Believe in: Locating Medieval Landscapes'' (2006). * Editor of ''The Cambridge History of Early Medieval English Literature'' (2013). * With Gillian R. Overing, ''The Contemporary Medieval in Practice'' (UCL Press, 2019).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lees, Clare Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Academics of King's College London Fellows of King's College London British academics of English literature British women academics Women medievalists British women non-fiction writers