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Fragment of a marble Sarcophagus
ca. 230-240 ACE
Duke Museum of Art
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Curriculum Vitae 
Lara Aho
Duke University
Classical Studies Department
233 Allen, Box 90103
Durham, NC 27708-0103
919-684-5076 (office)
lara.aho@duke.edu (email)

Education:

PhD (anticipated) The University of Iowa, 2006
BA, Phi Beta Kappa, Reed College, 1995
Summer excavation seasons Tell Mozan (Urkesh), Syria, 1996
Study Abroad St. Petersburg, Russia, 1993

Professional Experience / Employment History

    Elon University
        Visiting Instructor, Fall 2006
    First year Latin language
    Duke University
        Visiting Instructor, 2005 - 2006
    Greek Civilization Seminar, First Year Greek language, First Year Latin language,
    The University of Iowa
        Teaching Assistant, 1998 - 2003
    Greek Civilization, Greek Mythology, "Love and Glory, the Literature of Rome," First year Greek language, Readings in Greek prose, First year Latin language, Second year Latin language, Intensive summer Latin,
    Summer excavation seasons, Tell Mozan (Urkesh), Syria
        Participant, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Ballard Dissertation Fellowship, 2005-2006

The University of Iowa Graduate College Summer Dissertation Fellowship, 2004

The University of Iowa Scholarly Presentations Grants (three), 2002, 2003

The University of Iowa Council for Teaching Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 2002

Stanley Fellowshipfor Graduate Student Research Abroad, 2000

The University of Iowa Department of Classics Honorary Fellowship Award, 1997-1998

Professional Lectures

  Meetings:

The Unfashionable-ness of flattery: the case of Theocritus' Idyll 16, Duke University and University of North Carolina graduate colloquium, 2004
Theocritus 14.61: the 'sweetness' of the king, American Philological Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 2003
The court poet in the country: a new look at Theocritus' Idyll 7, Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest Annual Meeting (Eugene, OR), 2002
Ptolemaic kingship and the suppposed influence of Demetrius of Phaleron, Classical Association of the Middle West and South Annual Meeting (Austin, TX), 2002
The lost city of Urkesh at Tell Mozan, Syria, Archaeological Institute of America, Iowa City chapter, 2001
The archetypal beauty of young girls in Alcman's Partheneion , Classical Association of the Middle West and South Annual Meeting (Knoxville, TN), 2000


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