Mireille Lee Mireille Lee is a specialist in Greek art and archaeology, with a particular
interest in the construction of gender in ancient visual and material
culture. Her current research focuses on the social functions of dress in
archaic and classical Greece. Her book project, "Kalos Kosmos: the body,
dress, and gender in early Greece," employs contemporary dress theory to
analyze dress practices as they can be reconstructed from the visual,
archaeological, and textual sources. She is also co-editor of a volume of
essays on the body in the ancient Mediterranean (under review). Prof. Lee
is on leave 2008-2009. |