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Laerke Recht (rL)
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Staff profile
Processed on 23 January 2013
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Curriculum vitae
| 1983 | Born, Denmark |
| 2002 | Graduated, Esbjerg Gymnasium, Denmark |
| 2006 | BA First Class in Arts (Classics and Philosophy), University College Dublin, Ireland. BA thesis: Aegean and Near Eastern trading connections in the Late Bronze Age: the Uluburun Shipwreck |
| 2011 | Research PhD in Classics, Trinity College Dublin. Thesis title: Sacrifice in the Aegean and Near East in the Bronze Age: a poststructuralist approach. Supervisor: Dr. Christine Morris |
| 2011-2013 | Urkesh Research Assistant |
| 2013-2017, 2019- | IIMAS Research Fellow |
| 2017-2019 | Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, University of Cambridge |
| 2019-2020 | Temporary Lecturer/Affiliated Scholar, University of Cambridge |
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Archaeological field work
| 2007-2009 | Excavations at Priniatikos Pyrgos, Crete |
| 2009 | Excavations at Tel Kabri, Israel |
| 2009 | Excavations at Sissi, Crete |
| 2011 | Excavations at Souskiou-Laona, Cyprus |
| 2014-2019 | Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus |
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Academic Publications
| 2010 | Human sacrifice in the ancient Near East, 168-180 in Journal of Postgraduate Research vol. 9 |
| In press | Transformers Energise! Aegean Bronze Age rhyta in moments of transformation, in Clare Rowan and Annabel Bokern (eds). Embodying Value. BAR. |
| In press | Identifying sacrifice in Bronze Age Near Eastern iconography, in Nicola Laneri (ed). Defining the Sacred. Oxbow. |
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Academic Presentations
| 2008 | University College Dublin Postgraduate Colloquium. Paper entitled Sacrifice in the BA Aegean and Near East - a poststructuralist approach |
| 2008 | 2008 Sixth World Archaeological Congress. Poster presentation, Sacrifice in the BA Aegean and Near East |
| 2008 | Theoretical Archaeological Group 2008, Southampton. Paper entitled Dissolving differences: Sacrificial animals as markers of liminality in the Late Bronze Age Aegean |
| 2012 | Moments of Transformation Workshop, Frankfurt, March 2012. Paper entitled Ritual objects of transformation: the case of the rhyton in the Bronze Age Aegean |
| 2012 | 8ICAANE conference, Warsaw, April-May 2012. Paper entitled Identifying sacrifice in Bronze Age Near Eastern iconography |
| 2012 | From Ur to Anemospilia: human sacrifice in the Bronze Age Aegean and Near East. Seminar lecture, Lyon, October 2012, at Archeorient |
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Academic Teaching
| 2009-2010 | Undergraduate seminars in the course Greek and Roman Mythology and Religion at Trinity College Dublin |
| 2018-2020 | Aegean Prehistory, Mesopotamian Archaeology, University of Cambridge |
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Academic Awards
| 2006 | Trinity College Dublin Postgraduate Scholarship |
| 2007 | UCD Postgraduate Scholarship |
| 2008 | Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences Postgraduate Scholarship |
| 2009 | Biblical Archaeology Society Dig Scholarship |
| 2010 | Danish Institute in Athens Postgraduate Scholarship |
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Mozan Tasks
| 2011-2013 | UGR publication of CERAMICS book Urkesh website video clips ED III glyptics Colormode and Munsell Projects |
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