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CONTACT INFORMATION: |
Department of Classical Studies |
233 Allen Building, box 90103 |
Duke University |
Durham , NC |
27708 |
919.358.1125 |
RKL7@duke.edu |
Personal Webpage: http://www.duke.edu/~rkl7/index.htm
Departmental homepage: http://www.duke.edu/web/classics
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EDUCATION : |
2000: BA (honours) with distinction, Classical Studies, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada |
2002: MA, Classics, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada |
2002-present: PhD Candidate, Classical Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC
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| with fields in Greek and Latin Literature, Callimachus, and Textual Criticism |
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| DISSERTATION: Homo Immemor: Forgotten Desire in Latin Literature |
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RESEARCH INTERESTS : |
| 1. Latin Poetry, esp Catullus, Vergil, Ovid |
2. Hellenistic and Roman cultural interchange |
| 3. Memory and memory distortion |
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TEACHING : |
Undergraduate Latin courses: |
Intensive Introduction to Latin, Summer 2003 |
Intensive Intermediate Latin: Cicero's Pro Archia; selected poems of Catullus, Summer 2003 |
Introduction to Latin, Summer 2004 |
| Latin 1 (Introduction, part 1), Fall 2006 |
| Latin 2 (Introduction, part 2), Spring 2007 |
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Classical Studies Courses: |
| Greek Civilization, Fall 2005 |
Roman Civilization, Spring 2006 |
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Other: |
Focus Inter-Disciplinary Course seminar, Constructing Culture in the Middle Ages, Fall 2004
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| Latin for Reading and Research: Classical and Medieval Latin Literature, Summer 2005 |
Focus Inter-Disciplinary Course seminar, Women in the Greek world, Fall 2005 |
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LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS: |
| 2006: The Narratology of Memory: Vergil's Orpheus immemor, Annual General Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, Toronto, On. [See ABSTRACT] |
2003: Mollosus: a speaking-absence in Aeneid 3.327, Annual General Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, Fredericton, NB [See ABSTRACT] |
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| PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIENCE |
| 2006: Instructional Uses of Technology, the Graduate School at Duke University (12 week course) |
| 2006/-07: Preparing Future Faculty, Colloquium on the Academic Profession at Duke University |
| 2006/-07: Assistant Librarian, Department of Classical Studies, Duke University |
| 2007: Introduction to College Teaching, the Graduate School at Duke University (12 week course) |
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GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS: |
| 2006: Duke University, Graduate Research Fellowship (summer) |
2004/-05: Myra and William Waldo Boone Doctoral Fellowship |
2002-2008: Duke University, Doctoral Fellowship |
2001: University of Western Ontario, Graduate Research Fellowship (summer) |
2000-20002: University of Western Ontario, Graduate Fellowship |
2000-2002: University of Western Ontario, Tuition Scholarship |
2000: University of Western Ontario, Gold Medal winner in Classical Studies |
1996: Carleton University, Undergraduate Scholarship |
1996: Carleton University: Tuition Scholarship
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Professional Affiliations: |
Member, American Philological Association |
| Member, Classical Association of Canada |
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