Dumbarton Oaks
@dumbartonoaks.bsky.social
Humanities research center, gardens, and museum affiliated with @harvard.edu in Georgetown, DC.
Our three newest Medieval Library vols. are out now: THE MENOLOGION OF BASIL II, THE WORKS OF HROTSVIT OF GANDERSHEIM, and vol. 1 of THE OLD ENGLISH CHRONICLE!
November 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Our three newest Medieval Library vols. are out now: THE MENOLOGION OF BASIL II, THE WORKS OF HROTSVIT OF GANDERSHEIM, and vol. 1 of THE OLD ENGLISH CHRONICLE!
In observance of Veterans' Day, the Museum and Gardens at Dumbarton Oaks will be closed on Tuesday, November 11. We look forward to welcoming visitors again on Wednesday, November 12.
Plan your visit to Dumbarton Oaks at www.doaks.org/visit/plan.
Plan your visit to Dumbarton Oaks at www.doaks.org/visit/plan.
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In observance of Veterans' Day, the Museum and Gardens at Dumbarton Oaks will be closed on Tuesday, November 11. We look forward to welcoming visitors again on Wednesday, November 12.
Plan your visit to Dumbarton Oaks at www.doaks.org/visit/plan.
Plan your visit to Dumbarton Oaks at www.doaks.org/visit/plan.
Join us on Thursday, November 20, at 6:00 p.m. to hear from Brian S. Bauer, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois Chicago, speaking on the mummification practices of the Inca and the journey of five royal mummies from Cusco to Lima.
November 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Join us on Thursday, November 20, at 6:00 p.m. to hear from Brian S. Bauer, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois Chicago, speaking on the mummification practices of the Inca and the journey of five royal mummies from Cusco to Lima.
Up next in our Music At Dumbarton Oaks Concert Series, we welcome father-son duo Jeffrey and Gabriel Kahane!
November 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Up next in our Music At Dumbarton Oaks Concert Series, we welcome father-son duo Jeffrey and Gabriel Kahane!
In the spirit of Halloween, meet Graylin and Giorgia, two Dumbarton Oaks fellows who participate in the Death Working Group—an informal group of DO scholars whose research tackles the topic of death.
What places in Dumbarton Oaks do you find the spookiest?
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What places in Dumbarton Oaks do you find the spookiest?
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Death in Scholarship: The Death Working Group
Meet Graylin and Giorgia, two Dumbarton Oaks fellows who participate in the Death Working Group—an informal group of DO scholars from different fields whose…
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October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
In the spirit of Halloween, meet Graylin and Giorgia, two Dumbarton Oaks fellows who participate in the Death Working Group—an informal group of DO scholars whose research tackles the topic of death.
What places in Dumbarton Oaks do you find the spookiest?
vimeo.com/1132248701
What places in Dumbarton Oaks do you find the spookiest?
vimeo.com/1132248701
In observance of United Nations Day, did you know some of the first conversations behind the creation of the UN were hosted at Dumbarton Oaks? Find out more about this history at https://www.doaks.org/about/history/dumbarton-oaks-conversations.
Image source: US National Archives
Image source: US National Archives
October 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In observance of United Nations Day, did you know some of the first conversations behind the creation of the UN were hosted at Dumbarton Oaks? Find out more about this history at https://www.doaks.org/about/history/dumbarton-oaks-conversations.
Image source: US National Archives
Image source: US National Archives
"Gulmohar" is a popular name for restaurants, resorts, boutiques, songs, and even an award-winning 2023 Indian melodrama. But how did this tree become such an important symbol in Indian culture?
October 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"Gulmohar" is a popular name for restaurants, resorts, boutiques, songs, and even an award-winning 2023 Indian melodrama. But how did this tree become such an important symbol in Indian culture?
Less than two weeks left before the deadline!
October 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Less than two weeks left before the deadline!
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Mary Cunningham, well-known among Byzantinists for her wide-ranging studies of the Virgin Mary and other topics in medieval Christianity.
October 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Mary Cunningham, well-known among Byzantinists for her wide-ranging studies of the Virgin Mary and other topics in medieval Christianity.
Join us on Wednesday, November 12, for a talk by Professor Meredith McKittrick on the landscapes of white supremacy.
Register at www.doaks.org/events/garden-and-landscape-studies/public-lectures/landscapes-of-white-supremacy-water-aridity-and-racial-domination-in-twentieth-century-southern-africa.
Register at www.doaks.org/events/garden-and-landscape-studies/public-lectures/landscapes-of-white-supremacy-water-aridity-and-racial-domination-in-twentieth-century-southern-africa.
October 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Join us on Wednesday, November 12, for a talk by Professor Meredith McKittrick on the landscapes of white supremacy.
Register at www.doaks.org/events/garden-and-landscape-studies/public-lectures/landscapes-of-white-supremacy-water-aridity-and-racial-domination-in-twentieth-century-southern-africa.
Register at www.doaks.org/events/garden-and-landscape-studies/public-lectures/landscapes-of-white-supremacy-water-aridity-and-racial-domination-in-twentieth-century-southern-africa.
Read Jonathan Wilcox's (The Medieval Review) new review of The Old English Catholic Homilies: The First Series, by Ælfric,Edited and translated by Roy M. Liuzza: https://domedieval.org/review-the-old-english-catholic-homilies-the-first-series/
October 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Read Jonathan Wilcox's (The Medieval Review) new review of The Old English Catholic Homilies: The First Series, by Ælfric,Edited and translated by Roy M. Liuzza: https://domedieval.org/review-the-old-english-catholic-homilies-the-first-series/
Join us on Thursday, October 23, for a public lecture by Maximilien Durand, director of the Department of Byzantine and Eastern Christian Art at the Musée du Louvre.
Registration is free but required. Learn more about the event and register at www.doaks.org/events/byzan...
Registration is free but required. Learn more about the event and register at www.doaks.org/events/byzan...
October 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Join us on Thursday, October 23, for a public lecture by Maximilien Durand, director of the Department of Byzantine and Eastern Christian Art at the Musée du Louvre.
Registration is free but required. Learn more about the event and register at www.doaks.org/events/byzan...
Registration is free but required. Learn more about the event and register at www.doaks.org/events/byzan...
Calling all Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, Plant Humanities, and Garden and Landscape scholars! Fellowship and Grant applications for the 2026-2027 academic cycle are due by Saturday, November 1, 2025.
Learn more about DO's Fellowships and Grants and apply today at www.doaks.org/research/fel....
Learn more about DO's Fellowships and Grants and apply today at www.doaks.org/research/fel....
October 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Calling all Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, Plant Humanities, and Garden and Landscape scholars! Fellowship and Grant applications for the 2026-2027 academic cycle are due by Saturday, November 1, 2025.
Learn more about DO's Fellowships and Grants and apply today at www.doaks.org/research/fel....
Learn more about DO's Fellowships and Grants and apply today at www.doaks.org/research/fel....
Dumbarton Oaks proudly supports the 2026 Byzantine Studies Prize by The Medieval Academy of America, awarding $1,000 to a meritorious monograph in Byzantine Studies.
The deadline for nominations is Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
www.medievalacademy.org/page/Byzanti...
The deadline for nominations is Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
www.medievalacademy.org/page/Byzanti...
October 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Dumbarton Oaks proudly supports the 2026 Byzantine Studies Prize by The Medieval Academy of America, awarding $1,000 to a meritorious monograph in Byzantine Studies.
The deadline for nominations is Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
www.medievalacademy.org/page/Byzanti...
The deadline for nominations is Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
www.medievalacademy.org/page/Byzanti...
The Museum and Gardens at Dumbarton Oaks will remain open through the federal government shutdown. We look forward to welcoming visitors during our usual public hours.
October 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Museum and Gardens at Dumbarton Oaks will remain open through the federal government shutdown. We look forward to welcoming visitors during our usual public hours.
MEDICAL WRITINGS is a “valuable addition” to DOML, “one that will be of interest not only to those specializing in medieval English medicine, but also to a broader readership.”
Read the review: domedieval.org/books/medica...
Read the review: domedieval.org/books/medica...
September 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
MEDICAL WRITINGS is a “valuable addition” to DOML, “one that will be of interest not only to those specializing in medieval English medicine, but also to a broader readership.”
Read the review: domedieval.org/books/medica...
Read the review: domedieval.org/books/medica...
Congratulations to Thaisa Way, Director of Garden and Landscape Studies, on receiving a Special Commendation by the jury of the J.B. Jackson Prize at the University of Virginia's Center for Cultural Landscapes.
Read the full announcement at www.arch.virginia.edu/news/center-....
Read the full announcement at www.arch.virginia.edu/news/center-....
September 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Congratulations to Thaisa Way, Director of Garden and Landscape Studies, on receiving a Special Commendation by the jury of the J.B. Jackson Prize at the University of Virginia's Center for Cultural Landscapes.
Read the full announcement at www.arch.virginia.edu/news/center-....
Read the full announcement at www.arch.virginia.edu/news/center-....
Presenting our 2025-2026 Fellows! Over the next year, they will advance scholarship in the areas of Pre-Columbian, Byzantine, Plant Humanities, Music, and Garden and Landscape studies.
Meet our fellows and their research projects at www.doaks.org/about/people....
Meet our fellows and their research projects at www.doaks.org/about/people....
September 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Presenting our 2025-2026 Fellows! Over the next year, they will advance scholarship in the areas of Pre-Columbian, Byzantine, Plant Humanities, Music, and Garden and Landscape studies.
Meet our fellows and their research projects at www.doaks.org/about/people....
Meet our fellows and their research projects at www.doaks.org/about/people....
The Museum and Gardens at Dumbarton Oaks will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, September 16. Daily tickets will not be sold and season passes will not be honored.
We look forward to welcoming visitors again on Wednesday, September 17.
We look forward to welcoming visitors again on Wednesday, September 17.
September 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Museum and Gardens at Dumbarton Oaks will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, September 16. Daily tickets will not be sold and season passes will not be honored.
We look forward to welcoming visitors again on Wednesday, September 17.
We look forward to welcoming visitors again on Wednesday, September 17.
BOOK OF THE DEAD is officially out! The second book in our Texts from the Early Americas series is the first transcription and translation of a Nahuatl-language death registry maintained by the Indigenous people of Huexotzinco, Mexico (1619–1640).
Get your copy: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978088...
Get your copy: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978088...
September 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
BOOK OF THE DEAD is officially out! The second book in our Texts from the Early Americas series is the first transcription and translation of a Nahuatl-language death registry maintained by the Indigenous people of Huexotzinco, Mexico (1619–1640).
Get your copy: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978088...
Get your copy: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978088...
Just published: SACRALIZING VIOLENCE IN BYZANTIUM!
[Image caption: Plate with the Battle of David and Goliath, Byzantine, 629–630. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.]
[Image caption: Plate with the Battle of David and Goliath, Byzantine, 629–630. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.]
August 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Just published: SACRALIZING VIOLENCE IN BYZANTIUM!
[Image caption: Plate with the Battle of David and Goliath, Byzantine, 629–630. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.]
[Image caption: Plate with the Battle of David and Goliath, Byzantine, 629–630. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.]
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🧵(1) This month, 10 students from around the world gathered at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota, to learn Classical Armenian language and paleography.
Thanks to @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social and the Zohrab Information Center, Eastern Diocese, for sponsoring the course!
Thanks to @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social and the Zohrab Information Center, Eastern Diocese, for sponsoring the course!
July 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🧵(1) This month, 10 students from around the world gathered at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota, to learn Classical Armenian language and paleography.
Thanks to @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social and the Zohrab Information Center, Eastern Diocese, for sponsoring the course!
Thanks to @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social and the Zohrab Information Center, Eastern Diocese, for sponsoring the course!
We’re thrilled to announce that vol. 1 of MEDICAL WRITINGS FROM EARLY MEDIEVAL ENGLAND has won the 2025 International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England Award for Best Translation or Edition! Thank you @isseme2025.bsky.social!
For this year’s awardees: isseme.org/2025/07/15/i...
For this year’s awardees: isseme.org/2025/07/15/i...
July 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We’re thrilled to announce that vol. 1 of MEDICAL WRITINGS FROM EARLY MEDIEVAL ENGLAND has won the 2025 International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England Award for Best Translation or Edition! Thank you @isseme2025.bsky.social!
For this year’s awardees: isseme.org/2025/07/15/i...
For this year’s awardees: isseme.org/2025/07/15/i...
Our July #PlantOfTheMonth feature on @jstordaily.bsky.social explores the saguaro’s ties to desert wildlife, human history, and environmental change.🌵
Check out “Saguaro Cactus: A Desert Sentinel’s Prickly Plight” by Nina Foster:
daily.jstor.org/saguaro-cactus…
Check out “Saguaro Cactus: A Desert Sentinel’s Prickly Plight” by Nina Foster:
daily.jstor.org/saguaro-cactus…
July 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Our July #PlantOfTheMonth feature on @jstordaily.bsky.social explores the saguaro’s ties to desert wildlife, human history, and environmental change.🌵
Check out “Saguaro Cactus: A Desert Sentinel’s Prickly Plight” by Nina Foster:
daily.jstor.org/saguaro-cactus…
Check out “Saguaro Cactus: A Desert Sentinel’s Prickly Plight” by Nina Foster:
daily.jstor.org/saguaro-cactus…
Our bronze horse is back on display! This centuries-old Arabian masterwork is now on view in the Courtyard Gallery. To learn more about this object, from its origins to its reconstruction process, visit the object file at
museum.doaks.org/objects-1/in...
museum.doaks.org/objects-1/in...
July 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Our bronze horse is back on display! This centuries-old Arabian masterwork is now on view in the Courtyard Gallery. To learn more about this object, from its origins to its reconstruction process, visit the object file at
museum.doaks.org/objects-1/in...
museum.doaks.org/objects-1/in...