Applications are open for the 2019-2020 David and Julie Tobey Fellowship funded by the Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies. 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.
I Tatti offers Fellows the precious time they need to pursue their studies with a minimum of obligations and interruptions together with a maximum of scholarly resources—a combination that distinguishes the Harvard Center from similar institutions.
Each year, a limited number of activities organized at I Tatti are reserved for the Fellows, and they are expected to join the wider community at conferences, lectures, and concerts. This is a residential fellowship of 4 or 6 months in length. One fellowship is available every year.
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Who May Eligible:
To eligible, the candidates must be following all the eligibility criteria:
- Applicants must be conversant in English and have familiarity with Italian.
- At the time of application, a Ph.D. is required. Priority will be given to early and mid-career scholars.
- It must be possible for applicants to carry out most of their research in Florence.
- I Tatti welcome 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.
How to Apply & Competitions Rules:
To win the competition you need to do register through the given link:
https://itatti.slideroom.com/#/login/register
Rules:
- Projects should represent advanced research in the Italian Renaissance, broadly defined as the period ranging from the 14th to the 17th century.
- 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.
- Letters of Recommendation
- Applicants must have two scholars who know their work well submit recommendations online by November 20, 2018.
- 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.
Benefits:
- The stipend is $4,000 per month, plus a one-time supplement (maximum, $1,500) towards relocation expenses.
- In light of the residential nature of the fellowship, Fellows must live in the Florence area and spend at least three days a week at the Center.
- 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.
Application Deadline:
Applications can be written in English or Italian and must be submitted electronically by midnight (Cambridge, MA time) on November 15, 2018.
