Worth Their Weight in Gold: The Significance of Lead Seals to Byzantine Studies
In this lecture, Alicia Walker presents Byzantine sigillography as a rich domain for interdisciplinary investigation and collaboration.
Seals and Society in the Medieval World
Scholars working on seals from Byzantine, European, and Middle Eastern medieval contexts bring innovative, comparative perspectives to a specialized discipline entering a new phase.
Water, Copper, Wak’as, and Empire: Late Prehispanic Political Ecology in the High-Altitude Atacama Desert
Frances Hayashida discusses how access to water and copper helps us understand local organization in the Atacama Desert under Inka rule and requires us to rethink purely economic explanations for imperial incorporation and actions.
Contemporary Botanical Images: Science, History, Environment
This panel brings together three contemporary artists and illustrators to discuss the varied artistic processes they employ and to explore the scientific, aesthetic, historical, and environmental interests that inform their work.
Amy Lamb’s Photography: The Interplay of Science and Art
Artist Amy Lamb talks about her artistic process and the roots of her practice in her early scientific training.
Tenochtitlan: Imperial Ideologies on Display
This two-day symposium presents new discoveries about the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan and examines its consolidation as an imperial center across time.
Landscapes in the Making
Garden and Landscape Studies Symposium, in partnership with the Mellon Initiative in Urban Landscape Studies