Laura Aho

Education information

2014– Doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki majoring in Latin Language and Roman Literature Title of doctoral dissertation: Occasions and Motives for Sacred Dedications in Antiquity

My doctoral dissertation analyses the reasons for dedicating votive gifts to the gods, and the expression of those reasons in Greek and Roman votive inscriptions. My research is twofold. The first part will analyse the expressions themselves; the vocabulary and syntax of the inscriptions, and pictorial representations. This part will be data-driven and descriptive in nature. The second part will concentrate on a more historical and qualitative approach, analysing the votive practise in the Greco-Roman world in the light of my research material.

2008–2013 Master of Arts (majoring in Latin Language and Roman Literature, and minoring in Greek Language and Literature, and Classical Archaeology)

Master’s thesis: Votive Inscriptions Dedicated to Asclepius (in Finnish: Asklepiokselle omistetut votiivipiirtokirjoitukset)

2005–2008 Bachelor of Arts (majoring in Latin Language and Roman Literature, and minoring in Greek Language and Literature, and Classical Archaeology)

Other academic training:

5.7.2024 Data Driven Classics: Exploring the Power of Shared Datasets, King's College London

4.10.–30.11.2021 Kypros kulttuurien kohtaamispaikkana (Cyprus - meeting place of cultures), course organized by the Finnish Institute in Rome, the Finnish Institute at Athens, and The Finnish Institute in the Middle East

8.–11.4.2019 EpiDoc and Treebanking training workshop, University of Helsinki

12.10.2018 Basic studies in Modern Greek, University of Helsinki

3.–7.7.2017 Digital Humanities at Oxford Summer School, University of Oxford

18.1.–7.2.2016 Workshop on scientific methodology in classical and medieval studies, Finnish Institute in Rome

18.2.–12.5.2013 Course in scientific research in classical studies, Finnish Institute in Rome

27.10.–6.12.2011 Advanced course in classical archaeology in Athens, University of Helsinki and the Finnish Institute at Athens

21.8.–4.9.2011 European summer school in epigraphy in Poitiers

8.9.–19.10.2008 Course in classical studies organized by the Finnish Institute in Rome and the Finnish Institute at Athens