Digging into the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library: Spotlight on “Architrenius”
An epic journey past virtue and vice
Caravans, Papyrus, and Cotton
Anna Kelley upends the idea that the Roman world was the center of trade in late antiquity
Oilcan City in Casablanca
Sheila Crane challenges the “Slumdog Millionaire” narrative in colonial Moroccan history
Landscape Choreography
Bradley Cantrell says computation and culture (not control) will protect ecosystems
Hiding in Plain Sight
Christos Simelidis rediscovers a text on the Virgin Mary that is a missing link in Byzantine religious history
Making Empire Local
Carla Hernández Garavito shows how an Andean community used ritual to create a local history of their conquest by the Inca
2019 Summer Scholars
Dumbarton Oaks welcomes an international cohort of summer fellows, interns, and summer school participants across a variety of fields and disciplines in the humanities
Cultivating Perfume
Christine Griffiths tells a story about plants, artisanal knowledge, and experimentation in early modern England
The Ancient World’s TV
Reyhan Durmaz argues that storytelling facilitated Christian-Muslim dialogue in the Middle Ages
2019 Byzantine Studies Symposium
Processions: Urban Ritual in Byzantium and Neighboring Lands