Yves Rees

Yves Rees
Born	11 March 1988 (1988-03-11) (age 36)
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	Australian National University University College London University of Melbourne
Occupation	Researcher historian
Awards	Calibre Essay Prize (2020)
Website	https://www.yvesrees.com/
Academic career
Fields	Transgender history
Institutions	La Trobe University (2017–)

Yves Rees is an Australian researcher in Australian history, best known for their work on gender, transnational and economic history, as well as writings on contemporary transgender identity, and politics.[1][2]

Early life and education

Rees received their undergraduate Bachelor of Arts Honors degree in history at the University of Melbourne (2009), Master of Arts in history at University College London (2011), and completed their PhD, entitled, "Travelling to Tomorrow: Australian Women in the United States, 1910-1960" at Australian National University (2016).[3][4] Their supervisor was Angela Woollacott.[4][5]

Career and impact

Rees started work at University of Sydney in 2016 as the Kathleen Fitzpatrick Junior Research Fellow and subsequently before moving to La Trobe University in 2017 as the David Myers Research Fellow.[3] As of 2020, they are a lecturer in La Trobe University's history department.[6][7] They are a board member of the History Council of Victoria and co-convenor of the Melbourne Feminist History Group.[7]

They are also active in academic outreach, contributing to ABC radio and The Conversation, and co-hosting a history podcast.[8]

Rees became known for their discussion of trans and topics relating to gender through an autobiographical lens.[1][9][10][11]

Awards and honours

Rees won the Calibre essay prize in 2020.[12][13]

Rees won the Serle Award Winner in 2018.[14]

Works

• Anna Clark; Yves Rees; Alecia Simmonds, eds. (2017), Transnationalism, Nationalism and Australian History, Singapore: Springer, Singapore, doi:10.1007/978-981-10-5017-6, OCLC 993774742, OL 37276257M, Wikidata Q58213280
• Sam Elkin; Yves Rees; Tiffany Jones, eds. (1 June 2021). Bent Street 5.1: Soft Borders, Hard Edges. Melbourne: Clouds of Magellan. ISBN 978-0-64519-351-0. OCLC 1258217245. Wikidata Q109405827.
• Yves Rees (2021). All about Yves : notes from a transition. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-76087-931-0. OCLC 1267767962. Wikidata Q109406050.

References

1. "Memoir, language and bodies: an interview with Dr Yves Rees". Right Now. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
2. "2020 Calibre Essay Prize winner: Yves Rees". australianbookreview.com.au. Australian Book Review. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
3. ORCID. "Yves Rees (0000-0002-2278-7751)". orcid.org. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
4. Rees, Anne (2016). Travelling to Tomorrow: Australian Women in the United States, 1910-1960 (PhD thesis). University of Melbourne. doi:10.25911/5d78d49d86f1d.
5. Rees, Yves. "CV" (PDF).
6. ORCID. "Yves Rees (0000-0002-2278-7751)". orcid.org. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
7. "Yves Rees". scholars.latrobe.edu.au. La Trobe University. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
8. "Yves Rees". The Conversation. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
9. "All About Yves". ABC Radio. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
10. Rees, Yves (31 August 2021). "My experience as a trans person doesn't fit the script, but why should it? | Yves Rees". the Guardian. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
11. "Book review: All About Yves by Dr Yves Rees captivates". QNews. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
12. "Yves Rees wins 2020 Calibre Essay Prize". booksandpublishing.com.au. Books+Publishing. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
13. "Yves Rees wins Calibre Essay Prize". latrobe.edu.au. La Trobe University. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
14. "Serle Award – Previous Winners – The Australian Historical Association". Retrieved 1 December 2021.

External links

• Yves Rees's webpage