Victoria Leonard | |
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Academic work | |
Discipline | Classics |
Sub-discipline | Late antiquity |
Institutions | Royal Holloway, University of London Institute of Classical Studies |
Victoria Leonard FRHistS is a British Classicist specialising in the study of religion, gender, and the body in Late antiquity. She is a Post-Doctoral researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London and a research fellow at the Institute of Classical Studies.[1][2] She holds a PhD from Cardiff University. Leonard was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in July 2019.[3]
She is a founding member and current steering committee member of the Women's Classical Committee UK, a group who aim to support women in Classics, promote feminist and gender-informed perspectives in Classics, raise the profile of the study of women in antiquity and Classical reception, and advance equality and diversity in Classics.[4][5]