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.
2020 Garden and Landscape Studies Graduate Workshop
May 17–June 6, 2020 | Intensive three-week workshop, focusing on the public realm and the design and construction of public landscapes, for doctoral and MLA candidates. Apply by March 15.
2020 Dumbarton Oaks/HMML Syriac and Armenian Summer School
July 13–August 7, 2020 | Intensive four-week courses in Syriac and Classical Armenian for doctoral candidates or recent PhD recipients who can demonstrate the need for either language in their research. Approximately ten places will be available, with priority going to students without ready access to similar courses at local or regional institutions. Apply by February 15, 2020.
Plant Humanities Summer Program
June 29–July 24, 2020 | Program for advanced undergraduates and graduate students with an interest in plants from perspectives as different as botany, botanical exploration, the history of science and medicine, environmental studies, art history, and the history of the book and botanical illustration. Apply by February 28.
2020 Byzantine Greek Summer School
June 29–July 24, 2020 | Intensive four-week course in medieval Greek and introduction to paleography and Byzantine book culture. Approximately ten places will be available, with priority going to students without ready access to similar courses at local or regional institutions. Applications due February 1, 2020