Peripheral Lands, Contested Histories
Zeynep Kezer studies Elazığ, Tunceli, and the making of modern Turkey from the margins
Eastern Knowledge, Latin Letters
John Mulhall finds medieval translators who sought to remedy Latin deficiency with Greek and Arabic texts
From Paradise to Pompeii
Annette Giesecke finds Near Eastern inspiration for luxurious ancient Roman gardens
Digging into the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library: Spotlight on Ælfric’s “Old English Lives of Saints”
From cross-dressing monks to the walking dead, everything old is new again
A Typology of Gifts
Daniel Caner untangles dirty wealth, fruit-bearings, and Christian philanthropy
Encore from an Early-Career Musician in Residence
Robyn Bollinger reflects on researching the history of musical dessert
The Park as Evolutionary Art
Heidi Hohmann charts 150 years of parkways, playground instructors, and change in Minneapolis
The Bishop versus the Emperor
Matthew Crawford works on the first English translation of a surprising treatise from late antique Alexandria
The Pope’s Ghostwriter
Evangelos Chrysos describes how a ninth-century papal advisor used the world’s largest forgery to fuel a culture clash
Reflecting on Landscapes of Enslavement
Mellon award recipients discuss the 2019 Garden and Landscape Studies colloquium