Supporting research of over forty scholars from around the world
We are delighted to announce the selection of fellows in our three areas of study: Byzantine, Garden and Landscape, and Pre-Columbian Studies, as well as the Mellon Initiative in Urban Landscape Studies. This summer, fifteen fellows join us to research topics including lost and forgotten Byzantine manuscripts, an archaeological study of a Black cemetery in Georgetown, and Mesoamerican religion and Latinx spirituality.
During the 2022–2023 academic year, we are delighted host over forty fellows who will be studying questions such as how the Buitenzorg Botanic Garden was engaged in empire-building in the Netherlands East Indies, what we are learning from the excavations of Kaminaljuyu, and how an ancient Greco-Roman theater performed in medieval Byzantine visual culture. Additionally, our Mellon Fellows study urban landscapes through lenses of democracy, race, identity, and difference.
Summer 2022 Fellows
Byzantine Studies
- Ralf Bockmann, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Germany
- Renate Burri, University of Bern
- René de Nicolay, Universität Zürich
- Prolet Decheva, University College Dublin, Ireland
- Mariusz Gwiazda, University of Warsaw, Poland
- Markéta Kulhánková, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Alex MacFarlane, University of Oxford
- Louis-Patrick St-Pierre, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada
- Mellon Summer Fellowships in Urban Humanities
- Alissa Diamond, University of Virginia, Mellon Summer Fellowship in Urban Humanities
- Jennifer Hock, Maryland Institute College of Art, Mellon Summer Fellowship in Urban Humanities
- Delande Justinvil, American University, Mellon Summer Fellowship in Urban Humanities
- Amanda Martin-Hardin, Columbia University, Mellon Summer Fellowship in Urban Humanities
Pre-Columbian Studies
- Rebecca Mendoza Nunziato, Harvard Divinity School
- Victor Emmanuel Salazar Chavez, George Washington University
- Matthias Urban, Center for Advanced Studies, University of Tubingen, Germany
2022–2023 Academic Year Fellows
Byzantine Studies
- William Adler, North Carolina State University
- Peter Milo, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Andrea Nanetti, Nanyang Technological University Singapore
- Daniel Reynolds, University of Birmingham, Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies
- Katherine Taronas, Kenyon College
- Gunder Varinlioglu, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
- Lev Weitz, Catholic University of America
Garden and Landscape Studies
- Luthfi Adam, Monash University Indonesia
- Brian Bockelman, Ripon College
- David Karmon, College of the Holy Cross
- Anna Lise Seastrand, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Mellon Initiative in Urban Landscape Studies
- Ashon Crawley, University of Virginia
- Claire Dunning, University of Maryland, College Park
- Rabia Harmansah, University of Cologne, Germany
- Kathryn Holliday, University of Texas at Arlington
Pre-Columbian Studies
- Barbara Arroyo, Museo Popol Vuh, Universidad Francisco Marroquin
- Timothy Beach, University of Texas at Austin
- Allison Caplan, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Mallory Melton, University of California, Santa Barbara
Flora Clancy Fellowship in Maya Studies for Latin American Researchers
- Adolfo Ivan Batun-Alpuche, Universidad de Oriente
I Tatti–Dumbarton Oaks Joint Fellowship for Eastern Mediterranean Studies
- Ioannis Kyriakantonakis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens & Hellenic Open University
Musicians in Residence
- inti figgis-vizueta (fall term)
- David Hertzberg (spring term)
Artist in Residence
- Lungiswa Gqunta
2022–2023 Junior Fellows
Byzantine Studies
- Peter Boudreau, McGill University, Canada
- Guilhem Dorandeu-Bureu, Université de Paris 1 Pantheon, Sorbonne
- Elena Gittleman, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
- Mustafa Yıldız, University of California, Berkeley
Garden and Landscape Studies
- Gwendolyn Lockman, University of Texas at Austin
- Manuel Sanchez Garcia, Politecnico di Torino (Italy) and Universidad de Granada (Spain)
Pre-Columbian Studies
- Hayley Woodward, Tulane University
- Nicholas Brown, Yale University
2022–2023 Tyler Fellows
Byzantine Studies
- Chance Bonar, Harvard University
- Rong Huang, Harvard University
Garden and Landscape Studies
- Amy Chang, Harvard University
Pre-Columbian Studies
- Annick Benavides, Harvard University
- Sarah Loomis, Harvard University
Project Grants
Byzantine Studies
- Georgios Deligiannakis, “The Church Excavation Project in the Asklepieion Area of Ancient Messene”
- Alexander Fantalkin, “Geophysical Exploration at the Byzantine City of Ashdod-Yam"
- Jordan Pickett, “RC14 Dating of Byzantine Fortifications on the Acropolis at Sardis"
- Joseph Williams, “Byzantine Dome Construction in South Italy as Transcultural Knowledge”
Garden and Landscape Studies
- Jennifer Steverson, “African American Textiles as an Expression of Place”
Pre-Columbian Studies
- Whittaker Schroder, University of Florida
- Heather Hurst, Skidmore College (from 2020, extended to June 30, 2022)
Visit our Fellowship Community in the fall to learn more about the fellows and their projects.