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Monasteries Beyond the Cloisters
Justin Mann visualizes how Hosios Loukas and other Middle Byzantine monasteries shaped and controlled surrounding landscapes
The Words of Maya Elders
Crystal Sheedy documents a contemporary speech genre in Xocén that has preserved Maya cultural knowledge across centuries
Digging into the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library: Spotlight on “Medieval Latin Lives of Muhammad”
Muhammad as a “Bad Christian” in Medieval Europe
2022–2023 Summer and Academic Year Fellows and Project Grants
Supporting research of over forty scholars from around the world
Learning from Colonial Plants
Marlis Hinckley tracks the translation of Indigenous Mexican plants and plant knowledge to sixteenth-century Europe
Ten Years of Tyler Fellowships
Reflecting on a decade of fellowships supporting dissertations and professional development for early-career humanists
A Century in the Gardens
GLS Director Thaïsa Way reflects on our multifaceted centennial celebrations of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens
Development of United Nations Educational Resources
Amherst Folger Humanities Fellow Campbell Hannan reflects on the interdisciplinary process of developing educational resources on Dumbarton Oaks and the United Nations
Platonism in the Eastern Mediterranean
Samet Budak traces scholarly networks and intellectual traditions of Byzantine, Ottoman, and Arab philosophers
"Lasting Impressions" Reveals Stories and Histories from the Byzantine Empire
Drawn from the world’s largest collection of Byzantine seals, this exhibition takes viewers on a journey into the medieval world