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Rebecca is a PhD candidate in Classics at the University of Cambridge. Her research examines the relationship between gender, particularly grammatical gender, and transformation in Ovid's Metamorphoses. She has an MA in Classics from the University of Durham where she was supervised by Dr. Jennifer Ingleheart, and a BA in Classics from the University of Oxford.
Supervisors: Prof. Emily Gowers and Dr. Carrie Vout

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Talks by Rebecca Lees

Research paper thumbnail of Understanding Roman Gender Through Intersectionality

Talk given at an interdisciplinary graduate symposium, "Challenging Gender, Embracing Intersectio... more Talk given at an interdisciplinary graduate symposium, "Challenging Gender, Embracing Intersectionality?" at the Open University in November 2015.

Research paper thumbnail of Ovid's Iphis: A Queer Body in Roman Literature?

Talk given at the Queer Cultures Research Seminar at the University of Cambridge English Faculty,... more Talk given at the Queer Cultures Research Seminar at the University of Cambridge English Faculty, 25th February 2015

Papers by Rebecca Lees

Research paper thumbnail of Viewing Transvestites in Propertius and Ovid

Paper given at the Feminism and Classics conference, University of Washington, May 2016

Research paper thumbnail of A Love Story Without Men? Ovid and constructionism in Metamorphoses, 9.666-797

This paper was given at the Classical Association of Canada, as part of the Women Network's "Gend... more This paper was given at the Classical Association of Canada, as part of the Women Network's "Gender b(l)ending" panel.

Research paper thumbnail of Putting the "Roman" into "Romanticism": Byron's "paraphrase" of Nisus and Euryalus

This paper was given at a conference at the University of Durham, on "Anglophone Translations of ... more This paper was given at a conference at the University of Durham, on "Anglophone Translations of the Classics and the History of Sexuality"

Conference Presentations by Rebecca Lees

Research paper thumbnail of Deucalion and Pyrrha Rome's Adam and Eve.docx

Paper delivered at Promethus, Pandora, Adam and Eve: Archetypes of the Masculine and Feminine and... more Paper delivered at Promethus, Pandora, Adam and Eve: Archetypes of the Masculine and Feminine and their Reception throughout the Ages at Bar-Ilan University, March 2017.

Research paper thumbnail of Understanding Roman Gender Through Intersectionality

Talk given at an interdisciplinary graduate symposium, "Challenging Gender, Embracing Intersectio... more Talk given at an interdisciplinary graduate symposium, "Challenging Gender, Embracing Intersectionality?" at the Open University in November 2015.

Research paper thumbnail of Ovid's Iphis: A Queer Body in Roman Literature?

Talk given at the Queer Cultures Research Seminar at the University of Cambridge English Faculty,... more Talk given at the Queer Cultures Research Seminar at the University of Cambridge English Faculty, 25th February 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Viewing Transvestites in Propertius and Ovid

Paper given at the Feminism and Classics conference, University of Washington, May 2016

Research paper thumbnail of A Love Story Without Men? Ovid and constructionism in Metamorphoses, 9.666-797

This paper was given at the Classical Association of Canada, as part of the Women Network's "Gend... more This paper was given at the Classical Association of Canada, as part of the Women Network's "Gender b(l)ending" panel.

Research paper thumbnail of Putting the "Roman" into "Romanticism": Byron's "paraphrase" of Nisus and Euryalus

This paper was given at a conference at the University of Durham, on "Anglophone Translations of ... more This paper was given at a conference at the University of Durham, on "Anglophone Translations of the Classics and the History of Sexuality"

Research paper thumbnail of Deucalion and Pyrrha Rome's Adam and Eve.docx

Paper delivered at Promethus, Pandora, Adam and Eve: Archetypes of the Masculine and Feminine and... more Paper delivered at Promethus, Pandora, Adam and Eve: Archetypes of the Masculine and Feminine and their Reception throughout the Ages at Bar-Ilan University, March 2017.

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