Five Harvard students received Bliss Awards that allowed them to attend the "Sign and Design" symposium

Oral History Interview with Christopher Jones, undertaken by Jeanne-Nicole Saint-Laurent on July 13, 2009, at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey. At Dumbarton Oaks, Christopher Jones was a Senior Fellow of Byzantine Studies (1993–1999).

Oral History Interview with Eunice and Henry Maguire, undertaken by Anna Bonnell-Freiden and Clem Wood at the Maguire home in Baltimore, Maryland on September 3, 2008. At Dumbarton Oaks, Henry Maguire was a Junior Fellow (1971–1972), a Senior Fellow (1986–1990 and 1991–1996 ex officio), and Visiting Senior Research Associate (1989–1990) of Byzantine Studies; he was Director of Byzantine Studies (1991–1996).

Oral History Interview with Ioli Kalavrezou, undertaken by James N. Carder and Margaret Mullett at the Guest House (Fellows Building) at Dumbarton Oaks on December 6, 2012. At Dumbarton Oaks, Ioli Kalavrezou was a Junior Fellow of Byzantine Studies (1974–1975 and spring 1976 and fall 1977). She has been a Senior Fellow of Byzantine Studies (since the fall of 1989) and was the Harvard Professor in Residence (fall of 2012). She has been the Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine Art History in the Harvard University Department of History of Art and Architecture (1989–present).

Oral History Interview with Kenneth G. Holum, undertaken by Jean-Nicole Saint-Laurent, Anne Steptoe, and Elizabeth Gettinger at the Dumbarton Oaks Guest House (Fellows Building) on July 27, 2009. At Dumbarton Oaks, Ken Holum was a Visiting Fellow (1976–1977) and a Fellow (1982–1983 and 1997–1998) of Byzantine Studies. He also received a project grant in 1989–1990 for work on the Israeli archaeological site of Rehovot ba-Negev.