Dumbarton Oaks Response to COVID-19
Out of an abundance of caution, the Museum and Garden will be closed temporarily beginning Saturday, March 14. In addition, Dumbarton Oaks will cancel all public events through the end of May.
We are closely monitoring developments regarding the COVID-19 outbreak and will update our website to reflect any changes to our operations and programming.
Garden and Landscape Studies sponsors two awards—the Bliss Symposium Award and the Mellon Colloquium Award—for currently enrolled graduate students and undergraduate juniors and seniors wishing to attend the annual spring symposium and the fall colloquium at Dumbarton Oaks, in Washington, D.C. The awards offer reimbursement up to $600 (up to $1,200 for students traveling from abroad) for the cost of travel to Washington D.C., local accommodation, and other approved expenses related to symposium attendance. Symposium registration fees are waived for award recipients. Successful applicants will be expected to assist with a portion of the conference, such as registration and/or facilitating the discussion periods.
To be eligible to compete for an award, applicants (and recipients) must be currently-enrolled graduate students or undergraduate juniors or seniors. Preference will be given to students in concentrations relevant to the fields of Garden and Landscape Studies and Urban Landscape Studies, and who live more than 75 miles from Washington, D.C.
- Bliss Symposium Award for students traveling domestically and for students traveling from abroad
- Mellon Colloquium Award for students traveling domestically. Learn more about the Mellon Initiative in Urban Landscape Studies
Learn about past awardees who attended the “Interpreting Landscapes of Enslavement" colloquium, the "Landscape, Sport, Environment" symposium, "Botanical Gardens and the Urban Future" colloquium, "Military Landscapes" symposium, "How Designers Think" colloquium, “Hubert Robert and French Garden Culture” colloquium, “Landscape and the Academy” symposium, the “Frontiers in Urban Landscape Research” graduate workshop, “River Cities” symposium, and the colloquium “Landscape and Sacred Architecture in Pre-Modern South Asia.”
Email Garden and Landscape Studies if you wish to be notified of upcoming student opportunities and events; please include your name and affiliation.