Learning from Colonial Plants
Marlis Hinckley tracks the translation of Indigenous Mexican plants and plant knowledge to sixteenth-century Europe
A Century in the Gardens
GLS Director Thaïsa Way reflects on our multifaceted centennial celebrations of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens
Platonism in the Eastern Mediterranean
Samet Budak traces scholarly networks and intellectual traditions of Byzantine, Ottoman, and Arab philosophers
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
The Garden and Landscape Studies Program (1992–2022)
Expanding ways of studying how landscape and culture shape one another
Preserving Black History
Amber N. Wiley tells the story and legacy of Black historic preservation during the Bicentennial
The Lion in the Garden
Lihong Liu traces the history and art historiographical significance of the Lion Grove Garden in Suzhou across dynasties
A Tale of Two Polities
Patricia Chirinos Ogata examines sites of unsuccessful Wari imperial expansion in the northern highlands of Peru
Responding to Collective Trauma in Antiquity
David Gyllenhaal considers how late antique Christian and early Islamic communities sought divine meaning in catastrophes
The Multilingual World of Byzantine Antioch
Joe Glynias sheds light on the Byzantine legacy in the Middle East through writings from eleventh-century Antioch