Italian Fellowship in the Humanities, American Academy in Rome (deadline 12 febbraio 2024)

Italian Fellowship in the Humanities AAR invites applications from Italian scholars working in Renaissance and early modern studies

Detail of an eighteenth-century fresco by Aureliano Milani in the Mirror Gallery of the seventeenth-century Palazzo Doria Pamphilj in Rome (photograph © Konstantinos Papaioannou and licensed through Dreamstime)

The American Academy in Rome invites applications from scholars working in Renaissance and early modern studies for an Italian Fellowship in the 2024–25 academic year. Eligible disciplines include history, history of art and architecture, literature, religious studies, anthropology, and musicology.

Any scholarly approach to the field or combination of approaches will be given consideration, as will historical approaches that overlap with the social sciences. Candidates should address how they plan to make use of resources, such as libraries, archives, and museums, in Rome and at the Academy. All applicants must have:

• Italian citizenship (dual citizenship is also acceptable)
• Completed their doctorate between 2017 and September 2024
• An excellent command of written and spoken English, which will be confirmed during the interview stage of the selection process

This postdoctoral fellowship in the humanities will be awarded for a two-month period between September 2024 and June 2025. The application deadline is February 12, 2024. learn more

American Academy in Rome Since 1894 the American Academy of Rome has functioned as a residential center for research and creativity. Its purpose has always been to enable highly motivated scholars and artists to immerse themselves in the experience of Rome, ancient and modern, and to be inspired by daily exchange with the other members of this creative community. The Academy has made an outsized impact on the intellectual and cultural life of the United States, numbering among its Fellows and Residents 452 Guggenheim Fellows, 74 Pulitzer Prize winners, 52 MacArthur Fellows, 13 Grammy awardees, 9 Pritzker Prize winners, 9 Poet Laureates, and 5 Nobel Prize laureates. Approximately 35 Fellows are selected as winners of the Rome Prize each year by rotating juries in the different fields. Additionally, this community is enriched by invited Residents across the disciplines, as well as an array of visiting artists and scholars.