Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 14 février 2026;
- Date limite : 15 avril 2026
Tenure Track Pos., Max Planck Institutes, Lise Meitner Research Group
“Free science is as natural as free breathing.” – Lise Meitner.
 The Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.) is a world-leading, independent, non-profit research organization with the goal to promote cutting edge basic research. Over 26,000 employees across 85 Max Planck Institutes and research facilities conduct basic research in the life and natural sciences as well as the humanities, social sciences and law and have a strong interest in innovative and interdisciplinary research.
Lise Meitner Research Group (Tenure track positions at Max Planck Institutes) The Max Planck Society invites outstanding applicants to apply for tenure-track . . . → En lire plus
Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 12 février 2026;
- Date limite : 16 avril 2026
The Centro Studi Wolfsoniana announces the Forth edition of the international call for the Fellowship in memory of Gianni Franzone (1964-2022), twentieth-century art historian and curator of the Wolfsoniana in Genoa, promoted and supported by the family Franzone.
The fellowship is destinated to under 35 researchers in the history, culture and visual arts of the period pertaining to the Wolfsoniana collection (1870-1950), with special attention to aspects related to decorative and propaganda arts and to architecture.
Terms and conditions The applicants are invited to present research projects pertaining to the main themes documented by the collection, library and archives of the Wolfsoniana, aimed both to elaborate an in-depth study of these materials, and to trace the new perspectives of those historical problems whose legacy still sets a strict . . . → En lire plus
Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 12 février 2026;
- Date limite : 30 avril 2026
Two fully funded postdoctoral positions are available to begin in the 2026-27 academic year, working primarily with Professor Cammy Brothers. It is a one year, renewable position.
Candidates must have a Ph.D. or be in their final year of their doctoral program with the expectation of a degree by October 1, 2026. The field is defined broadly as the art and architecture of the early modern Mediterranean world, 1100-1700, but the specific focus is open.
Deadline: Applications should send the following in a single pdf by March 2, 2026: a letter of interest (1 page) indicating the candidate’s background and reason for pursuing a postdoctoral position; a description of the proposed research and writing project to be pursued during the fellowship year (2-4 pages, it can be distinct from the . . . → En lire plus
Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 12 février 2026;
- Date limite : 10 mars 2026
4A_Lab: Art Histories, Archaeologies, Anthropologies, Aesthetics Fellowships 2026/2029 Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellows (M/F/D)
The Berlin-based research, fellowship, and mentoring program 4A_Lab invites excellent early career and mid-career scholars to apply for up to three predoctoral and three postdoctoral residential fellowships (6 to 36 months for predoctoral and 6 to 24 months for postdoctoral fellows).
4A_Lab: Art Histories, Archaeologies, Anthropologies, Aesthetics is a joint program of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut (www.khi.fi.it), and the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de), in collaboration with further partners in Berlin. The Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz is an internationally outstanding cultural and scientific institution with unique museums, archives, libraries, research institutes and facilities. The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz is a highly connected Max Planck Institute for art historical research, in dialogue with other disciplines, . . . → En lire plus
Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 12 février 2026;
- Date limite : 15 mars 2026
Research Fellowships, Image Center, Toronto
The Image Centre (IMC) is Canada’s leading institution dedicated to the exhibition, research and collecting of photography. Established in 2012 at Toronto Metropolitan University, in the heart of the city, the IMC welcomes visitors to explore the intersection of photography and culture. Through compelling exhibitions and engaging public programming, the IMC showcases work by emerging, renowned, and anonymous photographers, past and present. With a growing collection of nearly 500,000 photographic objects and an innovative scholarly research program, the IMC is also a vibrant hub for the preservation and study of photography.
Since 2014, The Image Centre has offered a variety of fellowships for research related to photography. Research fellows have the opportunity to study select areas of The . . . → En lire plus
Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 30 janvier 2026;
- Date limite : 28 février 2026
The department of Prof. Dr. Tristan Weddigen (Art of the Modern Age in a Global Context) at the Bibliotheca Hertziana is pleased to offer
Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships for the 2026/27 academic year.
Under the overarching theme of Art of the Modern Age in a Global Context, the department welcomes projects addressing – but not limited to – one of its five research priorities: Rome Contemporary, Materiality and Mediality, Italy in a Global Context, Transnational History of Art History, and Digital Visual Studies. Please find further information about these research priorities and other projects on the department’s website: https://www.biblhertz.it/en/dept-weddigen.
Applicants should be at an early stage in their career and can propose a funding period of three to twelve months. Scholarship recipients may request . . . → En lire plus
Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 12 janvier 2026;
- Date limite : 6 mars 2026
 The MIT Department of Architecture is welcoming applications for its second Summer Teaching Workshop, hosted by the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art Group.
This intimate four-day intensive Workshop will give early- and mid-career instructors teaching architectural history at the undergraduate level the opportunity to collaboratively discuss and develop materials and methods for survey and introductory courses. The goal is to create space and time for intimate dialogue about pedagogy, and to allow early- and mid-career teacher-scholars to learn from one another and reimagine the syllabus and other course materials.
The theme of this year’s Workshop is Global Environmental History. We understand by the concept . . . → En lire plus
Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 12 janvier 2026;
- Date limite : 28 février 2026
The Association of Friends of the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich (CONIVNCTA FLORESCIT), offers an annual award for early career research in the field of applied arts. The award is funded by Claudia Oetker.
 The purpose of this award, funded by Claudia Oetker, is to encourage younger scholars to address neglected topics and to bring the results of their work to the attention of a broader public. Consideration will be given to a Ph.D. dissertation, M.A. thesis, or scholarly publication, completed within the last three years and dealing with art historical questions which involve the applied arts. Applicants should have graduated within the last five years. The winning candidate chosen by an independent committee of scholars, will receive € 7,000, and . . . → En lire plus
Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 12 janvier 2026;
- Date limite : 24 février 2026, 24 février 2026
 The Association of Friends of the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich (CONIVNCTA FLORESCIT), offers an annual award for early career research in the field of the history of architecture. The purpose of this award, named after the architect Theodor Fischer (1862-1938), is to encourage younger scholars to bring the results of their work to the attention of a broader public.
Consideration will be given to a Ph.D. dissertation, M.A. thesis, or scholarly publication, completed within the last three years and dealing with art historical questions in the history of architecture. Applicants should have graduated within the last five years.
The winning candidate, chosen by an independent . . . → En lire plus
Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 12 janvier 2026;
- Date limite : 28 février 2026
The Wolfgang Ratjen Award is an annual award for early career research in the field of graphic arts. The prize, funded by the Foundation Wolfgang Ratjen, is curated and presented by CONIVNCTA FLORESCIT Friends of the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte.
The purpose of this award, which honours the memory of the collector Wolfgang Ratjen (1943-1997), is to encourage younger scholars to address neglected topics and to bring the results of their work to the attention of a broader public.
Consideration will be given to a Ph.D. dissertation, M.A. thesis, or publication, completed within the last three years and dealing with art historical questions which involve drawings or prints in Western art. Applicants should have been graduated within the last five years. The winning candidate, chosen by an independent . . . → En lire plus
Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 12 janvier 2026;
- Date limite : 28 février 2026
 The Willibald Sauerländer Award honours and supports early career research in the history of art history. The prize, funded by CONIVNCTA FLORESCIT Friends of the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, honours the memory of Willibald Sauerländer (1924–2018), from 1970 to 1989 director of the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte and an honorary professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich.
Consideration will be given to a Ph.D. dissertation, M.A. thesis, or publication completed within the last three years. Applicants should have been graduated within the last five years. The winning candidate, chosen by an independent committee of scholars, will receive € 7,000, and is expected to spend three months conducting research at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte . . . → En lire plus
Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 12 janvier 2026;
- Date limite : 28 février 2026
The Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte will award two Juliane and Franz Roh Fellowships in Modern and Contemporary Art (20th–21st century) at the Studienzentrum zur Kunst der Moderne und Gegenwart at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte.
The fellowships are intended for doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars who have graduated within the last five years who are working on a project related to modern or contemporary art. Fellows are expected to partake in the activities of the ZI and to present the fellowship project. The fellowships last three months and can commence between April and October 2026. Graduate fellows will receive a monthly stipend of €2,000. Postgraduate fellows will receive €2,300 per month.
Application:
Applications are accepted in German, English, French or Italian. Please submit a CV and a project description (no more than . . . → En lire plus
Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 12 janvier 2026;
- Date limite : 28 février 2026
 The Jutta Held Award honours and supports early career research in art history with a socio-political focus.
The prize, funded by Stiftung Kritische Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften, honours the memory of Jutta Held (1933–2007), one of the first female professors of art history. The award is made in recognition of her commitment to social issues and gender studies in art and cultural history, and aims to promote such critical approaches in early-career scholarship.
Consideration will be given to a Ph.D. dissertation, M.A. thesis, or publication completed within the last three years. Applicants should have graduated within the last five years. The winning candidate, chosen by an independent committee of scholars, will receive € . . . → En lire plus
Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 12 janvier 2026;
- Date limite : 28 février 2026
PANOFSKY FELLOWSHIP 2026 : Byzantine-Latin Artistic Interactions in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Periods
Prof. Dr. Michele Bacci, Université Fribourg, will hold the Panofsky Professorship at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte Munich in 2026. In connection with this professorship the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte seeks applications for a Panofsky Fellowship.
The fellowship is intended for doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars (who have graduated within the last five years) who are working on a project related to the topic “Byzantine-Latin Artistic Interactions in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Periods”. Fellows are expected to maintain a presence at the ZI, to present the Fellowship project, and to partake in the activities of the ZI. The fellowship lasts three months and commences between April and July 2026.
Graduate fellows will receive a monthly . . . → En lire plus
Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 12 janvier 2026;
- Date limite : 31 janvier 2026
Census Fellowship in the Reception of Antiquity
Humboldt-Universität x Bibliotheca Hertziana x Warburg Institute. Application deadline: Jan 31, 2026
The Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History, and the Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London, are pleased to announce a fellowship in Berlin, Rome, and London, offered at either the predoctoral or postdoctoral level. These fellowships grow out of the longstanding collaboration between the Humboldt, the Hertziana, and the Warburg in the research project Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance (https://www.census.de).
The fellowships extend the traditional chronological boundaries of the Census and are dedicated to research and intellectual exchange on topics related to the . . . → En lire plus
Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 15 décembre 2025;
- Date limite : 15 février 2026
 La Fondation Giacometti soutient des contributions significatives dans le domaine de l’histoire de l’art moderne.
L’Institut Giacometti propose un programme de recherche sur l’histoire de l’art moderne : l’École des modernités. Ce programme a pour ambition de soutenir les projets originaux dans l’étude de l’art de la période moderne (1905-1960).
Dans le cadre de ce programme, l’Institut Giacometti apporte son soutien à des recherches inédites sur la période moderne, par l’accès à son centre de recherche, par une résidence de recherche et par un soutien à l’édition sous la forme d’une collection d’ouvrages. La modernité cosmopolite à Paris est un des axes de ce programme.
Pour recevoir les . . . → En lire plus
Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 15 décembre 2025;
- Date limite : 12 février 2026
Early Career Fellowships, Collegium Helveticum, Zurich
Do you hold a PhD in art history or a related field, or a master’s degree from an art school? Does your work cross and transgress disciplinary boundaries in unconventional ways? Are you looking for a vibrant, transdisciplinary research community? Then you might consider applying for a 10-month residential early-career fellowship at the Collegium Helveticum. Open to all disciplines, the fellowship begins on September 1, 2026, and the call for submissions is now live until February 12, 2026 (17:00 CET).
With its early-career fellowship program, the Collegium supports outstandingly promising academics and artists at a critical stage of their career.
Early-career fellows are free to pursue their individual projects as outlined in their application, and they receive support from . . . → En lire plus
Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 15 décembre 2025;
- Date limite : 16 janvier 2026
 POSITION TITLE: Post-Doctoral Fellow and Assistant to the Director for Academic Programs. I Tatti, Florence.
REPORTS TO: Paul E. Geier Director of Villa I Tatti.
Villa I Tatti offers a position of Post-Doctoral Fellowship and Assistant to the Director for the academic years 2026-2028 with one year renewal possibility. The candidate will be an art historian of the later medieval and/or early modern period (1300-1700), including the historiography and impact of the Italian Renaissance in the Modern Era (19th-21st centuries). The successful candidate will spend approximately half of the time working on his/her own project, chosen to be in keeping with I Tatti’s own academic agenda . . . → En lire plus
Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 15 décembre 2025;
- Date limite : 20 janvier 2026
The Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) offers short-term fellowships to support research projects that engage substantively with the museum’s collections. These awards are open to academics, curators, doctoral candidates, and independent scholars seeking funding for up to four weeks of on-site research.
These fellowships are open to curators, academics, independent scholars, and doctoral students working in any area of British visual and material culture. Applicants may be of any nationality. North American predoctoral applicants must have completed all academic requirements except the dissertation to qualify.
Fellowships provide US $5,000 for a four-week research period, with funding prorated for stays of two to four weeks. This stipend is intended to cover all associated costs, including travel, lodging, and daily expenses.
Application Timeline
Deadline: Tuesday, January . . . → En lire plus
Posté par Olivier Bonfait, le 30 novembre 2025;
- Date limite : 1er février 2026
 The Burlington Magazine’s Travel Bursaries to study collections of European drawings.
We are delighted to announce a new initiative: The Burlington Magazine Travel Bursaries, generously funded by the Rick Mather David Scrase Foundation.
These bursaries are designed to support emerging art historians undertaking research on old master drawings. The awards will fund travel to major collections worldwide to study works of Western art on paper from the Renaissance to 1900.
Typical awards will range from £2,000–£2,500 for travel within Europe and £3,000–£3,500 for intercontinental travel. Applications are welcomed from postgraduate and curatorial researchers worldwide.
The deadline for applications is Sunday, 1 February 2026.
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Équipe Rédacteur en chef : Olivier Bonfait.
Rédacteurs : Elliot Adam (Moyen Age) ; Nicolas Ballet (XX-XXIe siècles) ; Matthieu Fantoni (musées) ; Antonella Fenech Kroke (bourses) ; Vladimir Nestorov (Lettre mensuelle)
Administrateur web : Matthieu Lett.
ancien éditeur : Pascale Dubus
anciens rédacteurs : Gautier Anceau, Sébastien Bontemps, Damien Bril ; Sébastien Chauffour ; Ludovic Jouvet ; Aude Prigot
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