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Christine Griffiths, Bard Graduate Center and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Junior Fellow 2018–2019

Judicial Power in Medieval Byzantium

Romain Goudjil studies the relationship between ecclesiastical and imperial power in medieval Byzantium

Cults, Cacti, and Chavín

Michelle Young reconstructs ancient rituals and reveals the long-distance connections in ancient Peru

Lives in the Landscape

Kaja Tally-Schumacher rediscovers Roman gardens

The Ancient World’s TV

Reyhan Durmaz argues that storytelling facilitated Christian-Muslim dialogue in the Middle Ages

Placemaking with Plants

Lindi Masur puts seeds under the microscope to find new evidence for indigenous food production and landscape management

Conquest as Revival

Victor Castillo finds evidence that sixteenth-century Maya nobles revived ancient religious architecture while claiming Christian identities

Missing Tongues

Mary Kate Kelly examines language variation among the ancient lowland Maya

Spectacles of Death

Luis Muro Ynoñán studies Moche funerary rituals at Huaca La Capilla

Caravans, Papyrus, and Cotton

Anna Kelley upends the idea that the Roman world was the center of trade in late antiquity