Interviews with Past Mellon Fellows

A People’s History of Cantera

Sarah Lopez traces the movement of people and cantera stone across the US-Mexico border

The First Black Landscape Architects

Glenn LaRue Smith researches the history and contributions of Black landscape architects in post-Reconstruction America

Preserving Black History

Amber N. Wiley tells the story and legacy of Black historic preservation during the Bicentennial

Landscape, Democracy, and the Classical Tradition

Samantha L. Martin reappraises the spatiality of democracy in the Athenian agora and its legacy

Snapshots of Selma

Danielle S. Willkens uses reality capture technologies to preserve sites of protest in Alabama

Archaeological Sites and the Modern City

Rosabella Alvarez-Calderón examines contested heritage and the ways we teach about historic urban landscapes in Lima, Peru

Hope and Resilience in Milwaukee

Arijit Sen documents the physical and social landscape of Milwaukee’s North Side through the experiences of its residents

Markets in a Cosmopolitan City

Alec Stewart celebrates the material exuberance of the Los Angeles indoor swap meet

Reimagining the Desert

Danika Cooper confronts the consequences of perceiving arid lands as barren

Slavery and Central Park

Sara Zewde assesses the legacy of a founding figure in landscape architecture

Oilcan City in Casablanca

Sheila Crane challenges the “Slumdog Millionaire” narrative in colonial Moroccan history

Angkor Reenvisioned

Sarah Klassen uses high-tech tools to analyze medieval Cambodian landscapes

Life of an Urban River

Sahar Hosseini reimagines river landscapes in the Safavid empire’s capital