Lela M. Urquhart. Curriculum Vitae

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1 Lela M. Urquhart Department of History P.O. Box 4117 (404) Atlanta, GA EMPLOYMENT 2009-Present Assistant Professor, Department of History EDUCATION Ph.D., Stanford University Department of Classics and the Interdisciplinary Program in Archaeology (Defended 2009, Submitted March 2010) B.A. with honors, Phi Beta Kappa, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Department of Classics, Classical Archaeology and Ancient Greek, June 2002 Thesis: The continuity and reuse of Punic sanctuaries in Sicily Director: Nicola Terrenato 2001 Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, Rome AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Ancient Greek and Phoenician colonization, Greek religion, state formation, postcolonial theory, ethnicity, and classical historiography DISSERTATION Colonial religion and indigenous society in the Archaic West Mediterranean: BCE Director: Ian Morris Reading Committee: Richard Martin, Josiah Ober, Giovanna Ceserani, and Caroline Winterer FELLOWSHIPS, ACADEMIC AWARDS, and GRANTS (since 2008) Research Initiation Grant, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Rome Prize Fellowship, American Academy in Rome Andrew Mellon/ACLS Recent Doctoral Recipients Fellowship (declined) Geballe Dissertation Prize Fellow, Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford University 2008 Dean of Humanities and Sciences Graduate Research Award, Stanford University 2008 Andrew Mellon/ACLS Early Career Research Fellowship, Alternate 2008 CAORC Multi-Country Research Fellowship Award, Alternate Mediterranean Research Grant, Department of Classics, Stanford University Archaeology Research Award, Stanford Archaeology Center, Stanford University Leland Stanford, Jr. Presidential Fellowship, Stanford University PUBLICATIONS and PAPERS Publications 1

2 In preparation. With Emily Modrall. Public architecture, relative measurements, and economic growth in Archaic-Classical Sicily. In preparation. With Meritxell Ferrer-Martin and Ian Morris. The Domestic Settlement at Monte Polizzo, Sicily. Excavations of Zone C. Under contract. English-speaking Traditions and the Study of the Ancient Greeks outside their Homelands in F. De Angelis (ed.), A Companion to Greeks across the Ancient World (Oxford, Blackwell). (Peer-reviewed). Submitted for review to World History. With Cuong Le, Imaginary borders and physical frontiers in ancient historiography from Herodotus to Sima Qian. (Peer-reviewed). Under review for Mediterranean Historical Review, Scales of cultural unity: three examples from Sicily, Sardinia, and southern Italy. (Peer-reviewed). Under revision for Ancient East and West, Religion and religious change in the Hellenization historiography. (Peer-reviewed). Forthcoming [April 2012]. Greek religion in Sicily, in S. Blakely (ed.), Blackwell Compass to Ancient Religion (Oxford, Blackwell). Forthcoming. Loomweights and Weaving Implements, in Ian Morris et al. (eds), The Acropolis Excavations at Monte Polizzo, Sicily. (Peer-reviewed) Review of Cristoforo Grotta, Zeus Meilichios a Selinunte (Rome, 2010). Bryn Mawr Classical Review Editor. Ritual communities and local identities in the Archaic western Mediterranean. Bollettino di Archeologia On-line. (Conference proceedings) 2009 Introduction and Religious ritual and community cohesion in Archaic central-western Sicily. Proceedings of the 17 th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Rome. Bollettino di Archeologia On-line. (Conference proceedings) 2008 The Legend of Phalaris: between cultural memory and colonial reality. Princeton-Stanford Working Papers Online. (Peer-reviewed) Conference Papers and Invited Lectures (since 2009) January 2012 It s all relative : measuring economic growth in archaic-classical Sicily Annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia, PA. February 2011 State status and economic investment in the sanctuaries of colonial Sicily, Mediterranean Historical Association, Emory University January 2011 Economic investment and religious activity in colonial Sicily. Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX March 2010 Local responses to colonial religion in ancient Sicily: beyond the Hellenization vs. Postcolonialism debate. American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy 2

3 November 2009 Comparative colonialisms: indigenous responses to colonization in Sicily and Sardinia. European University Institute, Florence, Italy. February 2009 Local responses to colonial religion in Archaic Sicily: BCE. Department of Classics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA February 2009 Towards a history of colonial religion in the Western Mediterranean. Department of History, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL January 2009 From graves to gods: the development of religious practice in Iron Age Sicily. Departments of Classics and History, Pomona College, Claremont, CA ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK 2011-Present The Sosio-Verdura Archaeological Survey Project, Sciacca (AG), Sicily Principal Investigator and Director Monte Polizzo Archaeological Project, Salemi (TP), Sicily Assistant Director ( ), Field Supervisor ( ) Responsible for developing and overseeing seasons of fieldwork and laboratory analysis as pertained to Zones A and C on the Monte Polizzo acropolis. Selected and instructed Stanford undergraduates prior to season in 2006 and 2007, and coordinated teams of undergraduates, graduate students, faunal, geomorphological, and palaeobotanical specialists in 2007 and During field supervision, was responsible for excavation strategy and documentation in Zone A. Managed excavation team of undergraduate and graduate students. Instructed American, Canadian, and Italian volunteers in proper methods of excavation and recording of results Tel Dor Archaeological Project, Israel Assisted area supervisor in conducting excavations within 10m by 10m grid area. Instructed American and Israeli undergraduate student volunteers in proper methods of excavation and recording of results Mochlos Excavation Project, Institute for Aegean Prehistory Study Center for East Crete Conducted salvage archaeology and critical conservation work in Bronze Age settlement area on island of Mochlos in eastern Crete. Assisted project directors with documentation and laboratory study Eno River Project, Hillsborough, North Carolina Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Participated in excavation of Eastern Woodlands site along the Eno River in Orange County, North Carolina. Followed project with research assistantship in the Research Laboratories of Archaeology. OTHER RESEARCH 2008 Visiting Associate Member, The American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece 2005, 2007 Research Specialist, Monte Polizzo Archaeological Project, Sicily Research Assistant for Prof. Denise Schmandt-Besserat, Dept. of Art History, University of Texas, Austin and Stanford Humanities Center 3

4 COURSES TAUGHT HIST 1111, Survey of World History to 1500 C.E. HIST 3500, The Ancient Mediterranean HIST 4510, The Ancient Near East HIST 4520, Ancient Persia, Greece and Rome: Ethnicity and Culture Contact in the ancient world HIST 8200, Graduate Seminar in Ancient History Seminar topics: - Fall 2010, Community and Identity from the Roman Republic through the late Roman Empire - Fall 2011, Mass and Elite in the Ancient Greek World Stanford University CLAR 150, Archaeological Fieldwork in the Mediterranean CLAS 430, Advanced Greek. Aristophanes Lysistrata and Clouds. CLAH 250, History and Culture of Ancient Egypt (TA for Prof. J. G. Manning) CLAH 200, The Greeks (TA for Prof. I. Morris) ADVISING AND THESIS DIRECTION Undergraduate Honors Program Fall 2010 Hannah Parker, Honors Internship (History) Cuong Le, Honors Thesis (History and English) Masters Degree Spring 2012 Heather Kravagna, Mortuary Variability and Social Identity in Final Palatial Crete, Dept. of Anthropology,, MA Committee Member Spring 2012 Jeffery Miller, Strategies of Legitimacy in the Severan Roman Empire, AD, Dept. of History,, MA Thesis Advisor Doctorate Degree In progress. Matthew Myers, Woe Is Me : The role of suffering in the formation of early Christian identity under the Roman Empire, Dept. of History,, PhD Thesis Advisor ACADEMIC SERVICE (since 2008) Latin American History Job Search Committee Member Graduate Committee Member World History Committee Member Freshman Studies Committee Member Stanford University Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures of the National Museum, Kabul Exhibit Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA Volunteer and Docent for Interactive Archaeology Exhibits 2008 Session Chair, Local identity and religious community in the Archaic Western Mediterranean. The Meeting of Cultures in the Ancient Mediterranean. Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica 17th Congress, Rome Graduate Faculty Representative ( ) Department of Classics, Stanford University 4

5 COMMUNITY SERVICE (current) Atlanta Beltline Group REFERENCES Ian Morris, Professor Depts. of Classics and History, Stanford University Home Phone: (831) Richard Martin, Professor Dept. of Classics, Stanford University Giovanna Ceserani, Assistant Professor Dept. of Classics, Stanford University Josiah Ober, Professor Depts. of Classics and Political Science, Stanford University Emma Blake, Assistant Professor Depts. of Classics and Anthropology, University of Arizona

DAVID ARLO TEEGARDEN

DAVID ARLO TEEGARDEN Department of Classics University at Buffalo, SUNY 333 MFAC Buffalo, NY 14261 (716) 645-2154 dat6@buffalo.edu TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS Ancient Greek History, Ancient Greek Democracy