Curriculum vitae

Hilary W. Becker (neé Smith)

Department of Classics

The University of North Carolina

CB# 3145, 212 Murphey Hall

Chapel Hill NC 27599-3145 U.S.A.

Education

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ph.D., Classical archaeology (exp. May 2007).
• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. M.A., Classical archaeology (May 2002).
  • Master's Thesis, "The Etruscan castellum: fortified settlements and regional autonomy in Etruria." (94 pages). Advisor: Nicola Terrenato.
• Bryn Mawr College. A.B. magna cum laude with departmental honors (May 1999).
  • Major: Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology; Minor: Latin. Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jean MacIntosh Turfa.
• Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, Rome, Italy. Spring 1998.

Dissertation

• Production, Consumption, and Society in North Etruria During the Archaic and Classical Periods: The World of Lars Porsenna (Under the direction of Nicola Terrenato).

Publications

• “The Etruscan castellum: fortified settlements and regional autonomy in Etruria,” In Etruscan Studies 9 (2002-2003) 85-95.
• “Urbs, oppidum, castellum, vicus: settlement differentiation and landscape nomenclature in Etruria,” In G. Camporeale, ed., Proceedings of “La città murata in Etruria” XXV^th Convegno di Studi Etruschi ed Italici.” Chianciano Terme, Italy. (Forthcoming).

External Awards

• Fulbright Full Grant to Italy (2004-2005).
• Timothy P. Mooney Fellowship, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, UNC-Chapel Hill (2004-2005).
• Dissertation Completion Fellowship, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2005-2006).

Professional Conferences

• “Charismatic power and the private armies of Rome and Etruria: condottieri, bella privata, and mercenaries,” at the 138^th meeting of the American Philological Association. San Diego, California. January 5, 2007.
• “The Case for Etruscan Markets,” at the 108^th meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America. San Diego, California. January 7, 2007. Co-organizer, with Denise Demetriou, of the session entitled, “Production, Goods, and Marketplaces: the Dynamics of the Etruscan Economy.” (Participants: D. Demetriou, H. Becker, R. Roth, G. Cifani, T. Pena).
• “Urbs, oppidum, castellum, vicus: settlement differentiation and landscape nomenclature in Etruria,” at La città murata in Etruria.  XXVth Convegno di Studi Etruschi ed Italici. Chianciano Terme, Italy. March 30, 2005.
• “You can take it with you: economic implications of elite funerary consumption at Chiusi,” at the 106^th annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America. Boston, Massachusetts. January 7, 2005.
• “Roman roads as indices of Romanization in Southern and Northern Etruria,” at “The Etruscans and the Other” hosted by the U.S. Section of the Istituto di Studi Etruschi ed Italici. New York City.  April 2-3, 2004.
• “The Etruscan castellum: fortified settlements and regional autonomy in Etruria”, at the annual meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South in Austin, Texas. April 6, 2002.
• “Place names: landscape nomenclature in Etruria,” at the McMaster University graduate conference, “Place and Space: Creation of Setting in the Roman World”. Hamilton, Ontario. September 28, 2002.
• “The Etruscan castellum: fortified settlements and regional autonomy in Etruria,” at the “Etruscans Now!” conference hosted by the British Museum. December 9-11, 2002.

Invited lectures

• Panelist, “Membership development.”105^th annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America. San Francisco, Ca. January 2004.
• “Etruscan road networks: principles of construction and notes on Etruscan topography.” Lecture for Dr. Thomas Elliott’s class entitled “Roman Roads, Itineraries and Land Travel (HIST 99)”. UNC-Chapel Hill. April, 2004.
• Highlights of the Faliscan and Etruscan collections in the Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia. Lecture given to the Fellows of the American Academy in Rome. November 3, 2004.
• Presentation on the American educational system, given at the Liceo Scientifico Statale Primo Levi in Rome, Italy, at the behest of the U.S. Department of State for International Education Week. November 2004.
• "You can take it with you: economic implications of elite funerary consumption at Chiusi." Lecture for the Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica (AIAC). Rome, Italy. May 16, 2005.

Field Experience

• Field School at the Roman Imperial Villa in Ossaia, Italy, directed by Helena Fracchia and Maurizio Gualtieri. Duties included: excavation, record keeping, finds processing. Summer 1998.
• Excavation of an Etrusco-Roman farm at Podere Cosciano (Pomarance, Italy) directed by Nicola Terrenato. Summer 1999.
• Co-director of the finds laboratory for the excavations at Podere Cosciano.  Duties included: finds processing, typing and analysis of sherds and minor restoration. Educated Earthwatch volunteers concerning artifact typology and collection. Summer 2001.
• Finds Laboratory Supervisor, Torre di Donoratico. Summers 2003-present.

Teaching Experience

Department of Classics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:

• Visiting Instructor, Department of Classics. The Archaeology of Italy (Online course; The Friday Center for Continuing Education, UNC-Chapel Hill). Spring and Summer 2007.
• Graduate Teaching Fellow, LATN 111/ 601: Accelerated Elementary Latin. Fall 2006.
• Graduate Teaching Fellow, CLAR 20: Ancient Cities. Summer 2006.
• Senior Teaching Fellow, CLAR 78: Roman Art. Spring 2004.
• Graduate Teaching Fellow, LATN 3: Intermediate Latin. Fall 2003.
• Graduate Teaching Fellow, LATN 1-2. Fall 2001- Spring 2003.
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, CLAS 30: Heroic Journey. (K. Reckford). Spring 2001.
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, CLAS 21: The Romans. (C. Wooten) Fall 2000
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, CLAR 20: Ancient Cities. (D. Haggis) Spring 2000.
• Instructional Assistant, CLAR 20: Ancient Cities. (N. Terrenato) Fall 1999.

Languages

• Latin, Italian, German, Ancient Greek.

Professional service

• Member, Student Affairs Interest Group (SAIG) , Archaeological Institute of America. Winter 2002-Winter 2005.
• Program Coordinator, North Carolina Society of the Archaeological Institute of America. Fall 2003-Spring 2004; joint program coordinator 2005-06.
• Executive member, North Carolina Society of the Archaeological Institute of America. Fall 2000-Spring 2003.
• Member, Archaeological Institute of America. Fall 1998-present.
• Member, American Philological Association. 2005-present.

Updated 24 January 2007