Call for Applications: Fondazione Giorgi Cini, Venice
The Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice issued a new call for applications addressed to PhDs and postdocs aged 40 and under, for two-month residential fellowships dedicated to interdisciplinary research projects relevant to materials held in the Fondazione Archives.
The residential scholarships are offered, within the interdisciplinary context that characterizes the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice to ltal.ian and International scholars wishing to further their studies of Italian culture, especially that of the Veneto – in one of the following fields: art history, history of Venice, literature, musicology, ethnomusicology, drama, early printed books, comparative cultures and spiritualities, digital humanities. Candidates shall propose a research topic preferably focused on the archives and documents at Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
Every application shall include the following documents:
• application form (downloadable from www.cini.it/en/vittore-branca-center)
• degree certificate(s) with marks for individual exams
• copy of a degree dissertation (for PhD students) or doctorate thesis (for postdoctoral researchers) and copies of any other relevant academic works;
• curriculum vitae, including knowledge of languages (knowledge of Italian recommended);
• research project (around 1,500 words) of the study program that the candidate will follow specifying aims, time scale, and materials and documents to be consulted at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini;
• One reference letter from professors and scholars who supervise or have supervised th candidate on university headed paper.