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About

Dr Yves Rees (they/them) is a writer, historian and podcaster based in Naarm/Melbourne, on unceded Wurundjeri land. Rees is a Senior Lecturer in History at La Trobe University, the co-host of Archive Fever history podcast, and author of the memoir All About Yves: Notes from a Transition (Allen & Unwin, 2021). They are also co-editor of Nothing to Hide: Voices of Trans and Gender Diverse Australia (Allen & Unwin, 2022) and Transnationalism, Nationalism and Australian History (Palgrave, 2017). Their next book Travelling to Tomorrow will be published by NewSouth in 2024. Rees was awarded the 2020 ABR Calibre Essay Prize, a 2021 Varuna Residential Fellowship and the 2018 Serle Award. Rees has judged the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, the Calibre Essay Prize and the Stella Prize. Their essays and criticism have been published in the Guardian, The Age, Sydney Review of Books, Australian Book Review, Meanjin, Griffith Review and Overland.

Upcoming Events

Sam Elkin: Detachable Penis

Sam Elkin, Yves Rees

6 May
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Past Events

Invasion of the Pod People

Queering the Archives

Noah Riseman, Julie Peters, Yves Rees, Clare Wright

Past event

28 Nov

The Next Big Thing

Now and Then

Yves Rees, Dianne O'Brien, Sara El Sayed, SJ Norman, Derek Chan, Bella Green

Past event

18 Oct
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