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The Villa I Tatti, The Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies is welcoming applicants for its David and Julie Tobey Research Fellowship. The fellowship is available for international students.
The aim of the fellowship is to supports research on drawings, prints, and illustrated manuscripts from the Italian Renaissance, and especially the role that these works played in the creative process, the history of taste and collecting, and questions of connoisseurship.
The Villa I Tatti, The Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies is a centre for advanced research in the humanities located in Florence, Italy, and belongs to Harvard University.
Course Level: Fellowship is available to pursue the research programme.
Study Subject: Fellowship is awarded in the field of drawings, prints, and illustrated manuscripts from the Italian Renaissance, and especially the role that these works played in the creative process, the history of taste and collecting, and questions of connoisseurship.
Scholarship Award: Fellowship will cover the following:
- The stipend is $4,000 per month, plus a one-time supplement (maximum, $1,500) towards relocation expenses.
- When possible, a one-bedroom apartment will be set aside for the Fellow’s use, rent free, but with charges for utilities. If an apartment is not available, $1000 per month will be offered to help offset rental costs.
Number of Scholarships: This is a residential fellowship of 4 or 6 months in length. One fellowship is available each year.
Scholarship can be taken in Italy
Eligibility: The following criteria must be met in order for applicants to be eligible for the scholarship:
- Applicants must be conversant in English and have familiarity with Italian. At the time of application, a PhD is required. Priority will be given to early and mid-career scholars. Projects should represent advanced research in the Italian Renaissance, broadly defined as the period ranging from the 14th to the 17th century, and deal with drawings, prints, or illustrated manuscripts, and the role that these works may have played in the creative process, the history of taste and collecting, or questions of connoisseurship.
- It must be possible for applicants to carry out most of their research in Florence. I Tatti welcomes applications from scholars from all nations, and gives special consideration to candidates without regular access to research materials and facilities in Italy. Applications are evaluated by international scholars. The selection committee aims to assess the ability of candidates to contribute in a collegial way to the intellectual life of the Harvard Center.
- Short-term Fellowships at I Tatti can be held only once, and cannot be deferred. Short-term Fellowships are intended for scholars who have not previously held appointments at I Tatti (with the exception of Graduate Fellows).
Nationality: International applicants are eligible to apply for the fellowship.
College Admission Requirement
Entrance Requirements: Applicants must have a PhD degree.
English Language Requirements: Applicants must be fluent in English and Italian.
How to Apply: Applicants can apply via online:
- Applications can be written in English or Italian and must be submitted electronically by midnight (Cambridge, MA time) on November 15, 2017. Scholars can apply to only one type of I Tatti Fellowship at a time.
- Letters of Recommendation-
Applicants must have two scholars who know their work well submit recommendations online by November 20, 2017. These recommendations can be written in English or Italian. In order to give your referees adequate time to submit letters of recommendation, click the reference tab and register them as early as possible. Referees will receive an email explaining how to access the system and submit their letters electronically. It is the applicants’ responsibility to inform the scholars writing on their behalf of the nature of the project and the deadline for submission.
Application Deadline: The application deadline is November 15, 2017.
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