The Institut national d’histoire de l’art and the Villa Finaly in partnership with the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, announce a call for applications for the selection of 2022 Robert Klein fellows.

For the fourth consecutive year, the Institut national d'histoire de l'art, the Villa Finaly and the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz will award two postdoctoral grants to researchers requiring access to Florentine institutions. These grants are 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 conservateurs du patrimoine. The grant amounts to € 3,000. Awardees are housed at Villa Finaly for a period to be determined (participation costs are € 25 per day for maintenance, in addition to the city tax of € 3 per night and per person). The Villa can  receive scholarship holders between January 7 and April 30 or between October 20 and December 20.

Selection committee

The selection committee consists of a representative of the INHA, a representative of the Villa Finaly, a member from the Universités de Paris (the Villa Finaly is the property of the Universités de Paris), a representative of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz and of an external scholar chosen jointly and by mutual agreement. The committee meets once a year to choose the awardees for the following year.

Application documents

Applications for the 2022 selection must be submitted online on the INHA platform (HERE) no later than March 8, 2021 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 and to the director of the Villa Finaly
2. A curriculum vitae
3. A detailed work program (4 pages maximum) in French or English including:

• A general presentation of the research;
• The particular subject requiring the candidate's presence in Florence;
• The research institutions where the documentation and archives that will be visited are located;
• 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.
5. The Fiche de renseignements Fiche de renseignements.

Applicants must be under 45 years old on March 8, 2021.

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-dir@inha.fr