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Discover the cultural histories of #plants at our Plant #Humanities Summer Program in #WashingtonDC. Apply by 2/28: https://t.co/j9loeCMG2X. No tuition! Housing, economy travel, weekday lunch covered.
💐: In our #RareBooks. Jean Baptiste Monnoyer. #EarlyModern. HOLLIS 002868491.
#DidYouKnow lions were a fashionable dinner decoration in the #Byzantine world? Such wild beasts still lived in known regions of the empire.
What do you think the #lion symbolized? Tell us for #NationalTriviaDay! We’ll reveal the answers on Monday.
#Caturday #Trivia #TriviaDay
Ornament: Fragments of Byzantine Fashion features Byzantine dress, but textiles didn't function alone. Jewelry like this gold ring expressed unique styles, creating a shared aesthetic language between clothing & jewelry. Ornament closes Jan 5th—visit soon! https://t.co/qVWzGtOjSa
Curious about the life of Lazaros of Mt. Galesion, an #11thCentury pillar saint? Time is running out to receive a 20% discount on this and other classic Dumbarton Oaks books in paperback! Use coupon DOBYZ20 at https://t.co/jNXYeL50bh.
#MedievalTwitter #Byzantine #History #Books
On International Day for #Tolerance, we celebrate the #UnitedNations Club, inaugurated here in 1942. Garden parties @DumbartonOaks (pictured), seminars, dances, & more helped build connections between citizens of allied nations. Learn more: https://t.co/VAkAEwb5Rv.
#ToleranceDay
Cross-disciplinary scholars/teachers, apply by this Friday 11/1 for @MellonFdn #Fellowships!
Urban Landscape: https://t.co/PTzlsriiTs
History Teaching: https://t.co/emCqwLyA7b
See full eligibility info at links.
📷: Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Italy. 1930.
#ShowYourArt2019 #Education
Discover how an online #lidar map helped archaeologists make surprising discoveries about the #Maya in the @NYTScience: https://t.co/gk1aesdKud. Featuring work by former #PreColumbian Studies Fellows Takeshi Inomata & Daniela Triadan!
📷: Takeshi Inomata/University of Arizona.
Read @WIRED on our #archaeology image cataloging work with @itsArthurAI: https://t.co/96ffhIg5yO. "It’s essential to evaluate the interpretations being made by the model and how it is ‘thinking’ to build trust with librarians & other scholars.” —our Executive Director
@tsimonite
Would you wear a ring inscribed with your own name? This one says "Bearer of God, help thy servant Michael Attaleiates"—a prominent #Constantinople jurist.
Apply by Nov 1 for #Byzantine #fellowships:
https://t.co/qneOqarwqY.
📷: Ring, before 1080, enamel on gold, BZ.1947.19.
Project #Grants support #archaeology & the investigation of endangered #Byzantine, #PreColumbian, or #garden / #landscape materials. Final degree holders, apply by Nov 1: https://t.co/JBpXPoCM32.
📷: Geomagnetic survey of #Cordoba Islamic Garden (Project Grantee Tomasz Herbich).