Art, Space and Mobility in the Early Ages of Globalization. The
Mediterranean, Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent (MeCAIS) 400-1650

Six Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships for the Academic Year 2009/2010

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence (Max-Planck-Institute) is pleased
to announce a non-residential doctoral/postdoctoral fellowship program for
the academic year 2009-2010, entitled: Art, Space and Mobility in the Early
Ages of Globalization. The Mediterranean, Central Asia and the Indian
Subcontinent (MeCAIS) 400-1650. The program is sponsored by the Getty
Foundation. It rethinks the postcolonial agenda through a study of premodern
world orders and historical concepts of space and mobility with special
attention to artistic objects, monuments and heritage
(www.khi.fi.it/Research/ Projects/Inter-Departmental projects/Art, Space and
Mobility).

The fellowship program is intended for young scholars who are working
towards a Ph.D. as well as those candidates who already possess a Ph.D.
(obtained no earlier than 2004). The fellowships are mainly open to
archaeologists, art historians and, in exceptional cases, to scholars of
related fields like anthropology, history, philology and religious studies.
The program especially welcomes applications from young scholars of
Mediterranean countries and Asia. We seek fellows whose work combines the
thorough study of objects with a broad appeal, and whose interests focus on
the intercultural and interartistic agency, the mobility of ideas, artists
and works of arts as well as the creation or transformation of spaces within
the chronological and topographical framework of the program. Applicants
should be interested in the study of premodern models of globalization from
an art historical point of view, adopting an interdisciplinary perspective
in their study of objects, images or texts. They are invited to participate
in the creation of a research network that will connect specialists in
Western, Islamic, Byzantine, Indian, Central and East Asian art. Projects
may consider the following questions according to the thematic focuses of
the program: The (Trans)formation of Topographies/ The Spaces of Power and
Religion/ Borderlines between Nature and Culture/ Visual Culture and Systems
of Knowledge/ Transforming Artistic Languages/ Making, Remaking and
Exchanging: Art and its Techniques/ Historiographies and Narratives.

The fellowships are non-residential. Research could primarily be conducted
at the fellows’ home institutions. At the same time, fellows will
participate in a series of workshops in Berlin and Florence as well as
Summer schools and seminars to be held in countries of the MeCAIS region. A
conference organized by the directors of the program will be designed
specifically for this research program. The working language is English.

Fellowships are for one year. Their amount follows international standards
and varies according to the specific conditions of the applicants. A second
fellowship year will be considered upon presentation of the researcher’s
first year results.

The deadline for application is September 15, 2009. Results will be
announced in early October 2009. Applicants should send a C.V., a research
proposal, one substantial writing sample or a portfolio, and two letters of
recommendation to:

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wolf, Director, Kunsthistorisches Institut –
Max-Planck-Institut, Via Giuseppe Giusti 44, I- 50121 Firenze, Italy. The
envelope should be marked \"Art Space and Mobility\". Applications by e-mail
are particularly welcome; these and questions concerning the program should
be sent to the following address: dirwolfkhi.fi.it

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence is an affirmative action equal
opportunity employer and educator.