The Institut national d’histoire de l’art in partnership with the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, announce a call for applications for the selection of the 2023 Robert Klein fellow.

Application deadline: 01 June 2022

For the fifth consecutive year, the Institut national d'histoire de l'art and the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz will award a postdoctoral grant to a researcher requiring access to Florentine institutions. This grant is intended for young researchers in art history, French or foreign, aged less than 45 years old, who wish to carry out research in Florentine archives or libraries. Applicants must hold a doctoral degree or be curators. The grant amounts to € 3,000.

Selection committee
The selection committee consists of a representative of the INHA, a representative of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz and an external scholar. The committee meets once a year to choose the awardee(s) for the following year.

Application documents
Applications for the 2023 selection must be submitted online on the INHA platform (https://candidature.inha.fr/) no later than June 1, 2022 before midnight (CET). Only applications submitted online on the INHA platform will be considered.

The file (in French or in English) must include:

1. A letter of application addressed to the director general of the INHA
2. A curriculum vitae
3. A detailed work program (4 pages maximum) in French or English including:
A general presentation of the research and of its result (publication, exhibition…)
The particular subject requiring the candidate's presence in Florence
The research institutions where the documentation and archives that will be visited are located including when possible precise information regarding the relevant material
Proposals for how this research might be diffused through a conference, a seminar, the establishment of a partnership with research institutions on site or elsewhere, will be particularly appreciated.
4. A recommendation letter by an established scholar in support of the application.

Applicants must be under 45 years old on June 1st, 2022.

Contact
For more information, please contact the Secrétariat of the Département des études et de la recherche of the INHA at +33 (0)1 47 03 85 81 or via e-mail: der-dirinha.fr