Composition for Wooden Box
Viet Cuong gives a behind-the-scenes look at the premiere of an unconventional piece
Garden Launches Multiyear Project to Manage Invasive Plants
The changes support native animals and reduce insecticide needs without disturbing iconic Beatrix Farrand designs
Tracing the Enormous Byzantine Diaspora
Alasdair Grant explodes the geography of the Late Byzantine world by studying the lives of captive and enslaved Greeks
Cults, Cacti, and Chavín
Michelle Young reconstructs ancient rituals and reveals the long-distance connections in ancient Peru
A New History of Byzantium
Anthony Kaldellis rethinks a thousand years of history from the Persian occupation to Byzantine society as the law in motion
Slavonic Beyond Byzantium
Jakub Kabala looks at papal traces in the language of an iconic medieval Christian mission to the Slavs
Digging into the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library: Spotlight on “On Morals, or Concerning Education”
What is the value of the humanities in a time of crisis?
Recovering Our History
Iyaxel Cojti Ren tracks the emergence of the ancient Kaqchikel polity in the Guatemalan highlands during the Late Postclassic period
Conquest as Revival
Victor Castillo finds evidence that sixteenth-century Maya nobles revived ancient religious architecture while claiming Christian identities
Monuments, Hieroglyphs, and Native Fauna
Stephanie Strauss conducts the first art historical assessment of Epi-Olmec elite visual culture
Wearing Wonder
Stephanie Caruso reveals how a group of gold pendants created a sense of wonder in late antique viewers
Volcanic Stone, Renaissance Fun Houses
Katherine Coty reimagines Italian villa gardens as experiments with the local landscape
Reflections from an Early-Career Musician in Residence
Viet Cuong makes relatable the seemingly magical process of composing music
Globalization in Guinea Pig Bones
Sarah Kennedy establishes why food is key to understanding power, identity, and status in colonial Peru
Revolutionary Churches Hewn from Rock
Mikael Muehlbauer identifies medieval churches in Ethiopia that evoke a lost Byzantium
Behind the Scenes: Horseman, Poet, Soldier, Prince
Four recently acquired lead seals illuminate Byzantine lives and fill collection gaps
Back in Print: Eriugena’s “Periphyseon”
The only complete English translation of Eriugena’s magnum opus
Ancient Pandemics Meet Climate Change
Michael McCormick combines science, archaeology, and history to solve puzzles from the past
Early Modern Armageddon
W. Sasson Chahanovich explains how the conquest of Constantinople kickstarted Ottoman enthusiasm for the end-times
The Rock Star of Encores
Robyn Bollinger revives the macabre Paganini, “The Hot Canary,” and other touchstones of an indulgent musical tradition