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Ecologies of the Former World

Adam Goldwyn Pushes Ecocriticism Back to Byzantium

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Beth Meyer Joins Garden and Landscape Studies as a Visiting Scholar

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Ephemera: The Dumbarton Oaks Disciplines as Viewed in Popular Culture

Lane Baker (November 2016)

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Looking for the Nomads

Florin Curta on Byzantium and the Nomads

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A Tree (Re)Grows in Brooklyn

Sonja Dümpelmann on the History of Street Trees

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Theories of Ritual

Pre-Columbian Studies Junior Fellow Jessica MacLellan on Maya Stone Platforms and the Organization of Community

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Contextualizing Robert

Garden and Landscape Studies 2016 Colloquium on Hubert Robert and French Garden Culture

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Building after Stone

Meredith Miller on Confronting Climate Change through Design

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“The World Upside Down”

Byzantine Studies Fellow Eleni Kefala on Byzantium and America before and after the Age of Reason

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Good Ink

Dumbarton Oaks in the News, October 2016

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“The Lord of Vilcabamba”

Pre-Columbian Studies Fellow Brian Bauer on the Wari Empire

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Introducing Elena Boeck

Dumbarton Oaks’ New Director of Byzantine Studies

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The Dumbarton Oaks Gardens in Vivid Black and White

James N. Carder (October 2016)

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Rhetoric and Rewriting

New Titles in the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library Series

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Announcing the Dumbarton Oaks Humanities Fellowships

Three Young Humanists from Harvard Arrive for a Year of Practical Learning and Career Preparation

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Roxanne Radpour Joins Byzantine Studies as a Predoctoral Resident

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Danilo Valentino Joins Byzantine Studies as a Predoctoral Resident

Danilo Valentino Joins Byzantine Studies as a Predoctoral Resident - Read More…

The Oregon Trail Reimagined

Karen Lewis on the Trail’s Evolving Identity

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Byzantine Seals Milestone

Online catalog reaches 6,000 entries

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Karen Lewis Joins Garden and Landscape Studies as a One-Month Research Awardee

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The Dumbarton Connection

James N. Carder (September 2016)

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Guy Sechrist Joins Garden and Landscape Studies as a Predoctoral Resident

Guy Sechrist Joins Garden and Landscape Studies as a Predoctoral Resident - Read More…

Dumbarton Oaks at the Rio Olympics

Margaret Mee’s Painting Included in the Opening Ceremony

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Helping Save Syriac for the Future

Dumbarton Oaks Welcomes Syriac Summer School

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Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library

A Conversation with Translator Suzanne Abrams Rebillard

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The Renovation of the Dumbarton Oaks Museum

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Good Ink

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Call for Papers: “The Individual in Material Culture”

A Dumbarton Oaks Panel at the 52nd International Congress on Medieval Studies

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How Mosaics Were Made and Made Known

Classical Art Historian Will Wootton Speaks at Dumbarton Oaks

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Mapping the History of Cultural Philanthropy in Washington, D.C.

News from the Summer Internship Program

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