The Oaks News

The only complete English translation of Eriugena’s magnum opus

Four recently acquired lead seals illuminate Byzantine lives and fill collection gaps

Michael McCormick combines science, archaeology, and history to solve puzzles from the past

W. Sasson Chahanovich explains how the conquest of Constantinople kickstarted Ottoman enthusiasm for the end-times

Robyn Bollinger revives the macabre Paganini, “The Hot Canary,” and other touchstones of an indulgent musical tradition

Loa Traxler synthesizes what the physical remains of a dynastic founder reveal about the Classic Maya world and interactions with Teotihuacan

James Almeida studies enslavement, racial ideology, and labor history in the Andes and at Dumbarton Oaks

Héléna Rochard reassesses one of the largest corpora of monastic wall paintings in Early Byzantium

Six new releases in a project to make classic books more accessible

Robust virtual scholarly programming and internships developed for the summer months