Dumbarton Oaks
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Humanities research center, gardens, and museum affiliated with @harvard.edu in Georgetown, DC.
Learn more about the central role of this plant to many societies over time in the Plant Humanities Lab's narrative "Beyond the Silken Shadow: The Mulberry Tree's Metamorphosis and Homecoming" by Kate Aubrecht and Viveca Mellegård.
Find the full piece at lab.plant-humanities.org/mulberry/.
Find the full piece at lab.plant-humanities.org/mulberry/.
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Plant Humanities visual essays
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November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Learn more about the central role of this plant to many societies over time in the Plant Humanities Lab's narrative "Beyond the Silken Shadow: The Mulberry Tree's Metamorphosis and Homecoming" by Kate Aubrecht and Viveca Mellegård.
Find the full piece at lab.plant-humanities.org/mulberry/.
Find the full piece at lab.plant-humanities.org/mulberry/.
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The Menologion of Basil II - Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
A fascinating window into daily Byzantine religious observances The Menologion of Basil II, one of the most famous manuscripts surviving from Byzantium, contains short narratives to be read during the...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Single tickets can be purchased at the www.doaks.org/events/music/jeffrey-and-gabriel-kahane. For subscription purchases, contact [email protected].
Jeffrey and Gabriel Kahane
Tracing mutual interests in the overlapping traditions of American popular music.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Single tickets can be purchased at the www.doaks.org/events/music/jeffrey-and-gabriel-kahane. For subscription purchases, contact [email protected].
Join us on Sunday, November 23 or Monday, November 24 at 7:00 p.m. to explore overlapping traditions of American popular music. Repertoire will include songs by Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and Tracy Chapman, piano works by Samuel Barber and Aaron Copland, and pieces from Gabriel’s own catalog.
November 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Join us on Sunday, November 23 or Monday, November 24 at 7:00 p.m. to explore overlapping traditions of American popular music. Repertoire will include songs by Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and Tracy Chapman, piano works by Samuel Barber and Aaron Copland, and pieces from Gabriel’s own catalog.
Learn about the Gulmohar's journey from its roots in Madagascar to cultural significance in the #PlantHumanitiesLab's new plant narrative: "The Gulmohar: Becoming Native," by Nidhish Birhade.
Read the full piece at lab.plant-humanities.org/gulmohar/.
Read the full piece at lab.plant-humanities.org/gulmohar/.
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Plant Humanities visual essays
lab.plant-humanities.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Learn about the Gulmohar's journey from its roots in Madagascar to cultural significance in the #PlantHumanitiesLab's new plant narrative: "The Gulmohar: Becoming Native," by Nidhish Birhade.
Read the full piece at lab.plant-humanities.org/gulmohar/.
Read the full piece at lab.plant-humanities.org/gulmohar/.
Those invited to apply before Saturday, November 1, 2025 include: terminal degree holders and candidates, and mid- and early-career scholars in the fields of Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, and Garden and Landscape Studies. Apply today: www.doaks.org/research/fel....
Fellowships and Awards
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October 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Those invited to apply before Saturday, November 1, 2025 include: terminal degree holders and candidates, and mid- and early-career scholars in the fields of Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, and Garden and Landscape Studies. Apply today: www.doaks.org/research/fel....
Opportunities include residential fellowships for an academic year or a semester, joint residential fellowships alongside I Tatti—The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, and project grants of up to $10,000 in the areas of study Dumbarton Oaks supports.
Fellowships and Awards
www.doaks.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Opportunities include residential fellowships for an academic year or a semester, joint residential fellowships alongside I Tatti—The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, and project grants of up to $10,000 in the areas of study Dumbarton Oaks supports.
The papers of the colloquium will be published by Dumbarton Oaks under the auspices of her fellow colloquiarchs, Damaskinos of Haapsalu and Francesca Dell’Acqua.
October 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The papers of the colloquium will be published by Dumbarton Oaks under the auspices of her fellow colloquiarchs, Damaskinos of Haapsalu and Francesca Dell’Acqua.
A 1983-1984 joint fellow in Athens and at Dumbarton Oaks from and then 2015-2016 fellow at Dumbarton Oaks, Mary also served as colloquiarch for Dumbarton Oaks’ Fall 2022 colloquium, Hypapante or the Presentation of Christ in the Temple: Liturgical Celebration and Iconography in East and West.
October 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A 1983-1984 joint fellow in Athens and at Dumbarton Oaks from and then 2015-2016 fellow at Dumbarton Oaks, Mary also served as colloquiarch for Dumbarton Oaks’ Fall 2022 colloquium, Hypapante or the Presentation of Christ in the Temple: Liturgical Celebration and Iconography in East and West.
After she earned her BA from Harvard and her PhD from Birmingham, she spent most of her life teaching at Nottingham.
October 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
After she earned her BA from Harvard and her PhD from Birmingham, she spent most of her life teaching at Nottingham.