Summer schools and workshops bring together students and scholars for in-depth study of languages, material culture, and theory. Past opportunities have included the Garden and Landscape Studies Graduate Workshop, the Plant Humanities Summer Program, and summer schools in Byzantine Greek, Syriac and Coptic, and Byzantine coins and seals.
COVID-19 Notice
Although Dumbarton Oaks hopes to offer on-site accommodation and instruction, due to the ongoing pandemic and the possibility of travel restrictions, the program may have to take a hybrid or virtual form. Successful applicants will be notified of any developments.
2022 Garden and Landscape Studies Workshop: Landscape History and Historiography
May 15–June 3, 2022, hosted on-campus and virtually | Intensive three-week workshop, focusing on Landscape History and Historiography, for PhD and MLA candidates, and recent MLA graduates
2022 Plant Humanities Summer Program
June 27–August 12, 2022 | Program for advanced undergraduates and graduate students with an interest in plants from the perspectives of botany, botanical exploration, the history of science and medicine, environmental studies, art history, literature, and the history of the book and botanical illustration.
Virtual Residencies: Plant Humanities Lab
June 6–17, 2022 | Two-week virtual faculty residencies to facilitate the integration of the Plant Humanities Lab and associated resources into curricula related to plants and people.
2022 Dumbarton Oaks/HMML Syriac and Armenian Summer School
July 11–August 5, 2022 | Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML)
2022 Byzantine Greek Summer School
July 5–29, 2022 | Directed by Alexandros Alexakis and Stratis Papaioannou