Clare Lees

Clare A. Lees is professor of medieval literature and history of the language, and Director of the Institute of English Studies, University of London.

[1] Lees was professor of medieval literature and history of the language at King's College, University of London from 2001 until 2018.

[3] Lees featured on the panel of experts for the 'Beowulf' episode of 'In Our Time', broadcast 5 March 2015.

[1] Lees has published on a range of topics including Bede's account of Caedmon and the 'first hymn' in the English language; the Ruthwell Cross; 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, Roni Horn, and Sharon Morris.