Chimene Bateman

Dr Chimene Bateman is a Stipendiary Lecturer in French at Lady Margaret Hall and University College, University of Oxford. She holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and additional degrees from the University of Cambridge (BA, MA) and Yale University (PhD in Comparative Literature). Her research focuses on medieval and early modern French literature, challenging traditional chronological boundaries. She explores intersections of gender, classical antiquity, and cross-national literary influences. Current projects include a book on female literary addressees and a study of Virgil’s Aeneid in French literary and political contexts.

Teaching spans French literature from the Middle Ages to the 17th century, with an emphasis on translation studies. Her publications analyze works by Montaigne, the Ovide moralisé, Roman de la rose, and Renaissance poets like Louise Labé. She integrates comparative methodologies, drawing on Italian and classical sources.