Past Events

• Thursday, December 8, 2011

  Tamara L. Bray, Wayne State University

  At the End of Empire: The Inca, the Caranqui, and the Northern Imperial Frontier, Public Lecture by Tamara L. Bray,

  For reservations and information email or call 202-339-6440
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• Thursday, March 1, 2012

  Barbara E. Mundy, Fordham University

  Water and the Aztec Landscape in the Valley of Mexico, Public Lecture by Barbara E. Mundy,

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Recent Events

• Thursday, November 10, 2011

  Averil Cameron, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

  Dialogues in Byzantium: The long life of a literary form, Public Lecture by Averil Cameron,

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• Thursday, September 22, 2011

  Suzanne Preston Blier, Harvard University

  Landscapes of Enchantment: Cosmology, Ritual, and Ideas of Place in the Ancient Yoruba City-State, Public Lecture by Suzanne Preston Blier,

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• Thursday, September 29, 2011

  Nancy Ševčenko

  A Prince and his Monastery: Isaac Comnenus and the Church of the Virgin Kosmosoteira in Thrace (1152), Public Lecture by Nancy Ševčenko,

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• Study Day: Friday, April 1, 2011

  Chairperson: Annemarie Weyl Carr, Southern Methodist University, Dallas

  Cyprus from Byzantium to the Renaissance, Study Day chaired by Annemarie Weyl Carr,

  Presented by Dumbarton Oaks Museum and the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus, Washington, D.C.. Flyer, Program

• Thursday, March 31, 2011

  Annemarie Weyl Carr, Southern Methodist University, Dallas

  Dumbarton Oaks and the Byzantine Churches of Cyprus, Public Lecture by Annemarie Weyl Carr,

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• Tuesday, March 15, 2011

  Peter Galison, Harvard University

  Wasteland and Wilderness, Public Lecture by Peter Galison,

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• Thursday, March 10, 2011

  Stephen D. Houston, Brown University

  Into Death's Dark Night: Exploring a Royal Maya Tomb at El Diablo, Guatemala, Public Lecture by Stephen D. Houston,

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• Thursday, March 3, 2011

  John Dixon Hunt, University of Pennsylvania

  The Role of History in Contemporary Landscape Architecture, Public Lecture by John Dixon Hunt,

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• Thursday, February 24, 2011

  Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle, Copán Association, Honduras

  From Rosalila to Oropendola: Unearthing Maya Secrets at Copán, Honduras, Public Lecture by Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle,

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• Thursday, February 17, 2011

  Patrick Geary, University of California, Los Angeles

  Looking into Carolingian Monastic Libraries: Reichenau and St. Gall, Public Lecture by Patrick Geary,

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• Wednesday, January 26, 2011

  Nancy Ševčenko

  A prince and his monastery: Isaac Comnenus and the church of the Virgin Kosmosoteira in Thrace (1152), Public Lecture by Nancy Ševčenko,

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• Thursday, November 18, 2010

  Beat Brenk, Williams College, Williamstown, MA

  Rhetoric, ambition, and the function of the Cappella Palatina in Palermo, Public Lecture by Beat Brenk, Williams College

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• Thursday, November 4, 2010

  John Haines, University of Toronto

  The Songbook of William of Villehardouin, Prince of Frankish Greece, Public Lecture by John Haines, University of Toronto

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• Monday, October 25, 2010

  Diana Magaloni Kerpel, Museo Nacional de Antropología, INAH, Mexico City, Mexico

  Images and Painters of the New World: The Story of the Making of the Florentine Codex, Public Lecture by Diana Magaloni Kerpel, Museo Nacional de Antropología, INAH

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• Tuesday, September 21, 2010

  Patrick Dougherty, Chapel Hill, N.C.

  Primitive Ways in an Accelerated World, Public Lecture by Patrick Dougherty,

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• Monday, April 19, 2010

  Ratish Nanda, Aga Khan Trust for Culture

  Working in Mughal Paradise: Restoring Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi and Bagh-e Babur, Kabul, Public Lecture by Ratish Nanda, Aga Khan Trust for Culture

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• Thursday, April 15, 2010

  Gunnar Brands, University of Halle, Germany

  Antioch-on-the-Orontes, Public Lecture by Gunnar Brands, University of Halle

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• Thursday, April 8, 2010

  Nicos Hadjinikolaou, University of Crete

  The state of El Greco studies at the beginning of the 21^st century, Public Lecture by Nicos Hadjinikolaou, University of Crete

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• Thursday, April 1, 2010

  Peter Brown, Princeton University

  Theology and social criticism: Salvian of Marseilles and the end of the Roman empire in the west, Public Lecture by Peter Brown, Princeton University

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• Thursday, March 25, 2010

  John Walsh, Emeritus, J. Paul Getty Museum

  Museum Sculpture Parks and Gardens” and film screening: “Art without Walls: The Making of the Olympic Sculpture Park” presented with the Environmental Film Festival., Public Lecture by John Walsh, J. Paul Getty Museum

• Thursday, March 11, 2010

  Steve Bourget, University of Texas at Austin

  Dressed to Kill: The Regalia of the Lord of Ucupe and its Symbolism, Public Lecture by Steve Bourget, University of Texas at Austin. This lecture is a part of the free public lecture series sponsored by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. © 2010 Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University.

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• Wednesday, March 3, 2010

  Thomas E. Burman, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  Reading and Writing the Qur'an with Riccoldo da Monte di Croce, OP (fl. 1267–1316), Public Lecture by Thomas E. Burman, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  Part of the Perspectives on Islam lecture series